The Nassau County Museum of Art Has Abruptly—and Mysteriously—Ditched Its Director, Prompting Calls for His Reinstatement | Artnet News
A director is abruptly out of a job at one of Long Island’s leading art museums, and no one is…
The ‘Cult of David’: More Former Employees of David Adjaye Allege They Were Overworked, Underpaid, and Victims of ‘Emotional Abuse’ | Artnet News
More former employees have come forward with complaints against the acclaimed Ghanaian-British architect David Adjaye, who in July became the…
The Queens Museum Repurposed a Set of ‘Temporary Walls’ for Another Exhibition. Turns Out It Was a Sculpture by Xaviera Simmons | Artnet News
Last October, New York artist Xaviera Simmons opened her largest museum show to date, “Crisis Makes a Book Club,” at…
A German Museum Is Under Police Guard After Receiving Right-Wing Threats Over Its ‘Safe Space’ for BIPOC Visitors | Artnet News
A German museum that was attempting to create a “safe space” for Black, Indigenous, and other ethnic groups that have…
Armory Show Director Nicole Berry on Hiring Women Curators to ‘Challenge the Canon,’ and What’s in Store for the Fair Now That It’s Owned by Frieze | Artnet News
The unexpected news that the international art fair conglomerate Frieze would acquire the Armory Show and Expo Chicago in July…
Banksy’s Blockbuster Show in Glasgow Attracted Record Crowds—and the Artist Wants You to Decide Where It Should Travel Next | Artnet News
Banksy may not have had an authorized solo show in 14 years, but if anything, that seemed to stoke the…
Christie’s and Sotheby’s Are Competing to Land the Estate of Emily Fisher Landau, Whose Collection Could Fetch Up to $500 Million | Artnet News
As the major auction houses look ahead to their blockbuster November evening sales, Christie’s and Sotheby’s are both vying to…
JTT, the New York Gallery Known for Minting Star Artists, Is Closing After More Than a Decade | Artnet News
In a surprise move, Tribeca’s JTT gallery, known for discovering up-and-coming artists, will close at the end of next week…
Who Was Edward Brezinski? Nobody Really Knows. But a New Documentary About the ’80s Artist’s Failure to Find Fame Could Change That | Artnet News
The downtown ‘80s art scene in New York launched the careers of artists like Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring to…
Meow Wolf’s Newest Permanent Venue in Texas Heightens the Maximalist Ambitions of the Immersive Art World-Builders | Artnet News
In April 2020, in the throes of the early pandemic, the immersive arts production company Meow Wolf laid off over…
Klimt’s ‘Lady With a Fan’ Sets a New Auction Record in Europe, Making $108.4 Million at Sotheby’s Mini-Marathon of London Sales
Setting a new record for the most expensive work of art ever auctioned in Europe—Gustav Klimt’s final portrait Dame mit…
Market Star Painter Flora Yukhnovich, Known for Her Contemporary Take on French Rococo, Joins Mega Gallery Hauser and Wirth
In-demand British painter Flora Yukhnovich, known for her florid canvases that draw equally on the traditions of French Rococo, Italian…
A Collector Clinched a Rare 17th-Century Terracotta Sculpture for a Record $2.85 Million at a French Auction. Now, the Louvre Is Snatching It
Imagine going to an auction house, determined to take home an art historical treasure. The piece you want sparks a…
A Writer Is Calling Out the British Museum for Using Her Translations of Chinese Poetry in an Exhibition Without Permission
London’s British Museum has removed two poems by the early-20th-century feminist revolutionary and poet Qiu Jin from view after Vancouver…