In Brief
Obama Administration's Tax Reforms Target Art Collectors
The Obama administration is looking into ending a tax break that has been heavily exploited by buyers and sellers of art.
Benjamin Sutton
Art
From the Couches to the Conservation Labs, the Whitney Museum's New Building
They say you don't realize what you were missing until you get it. Well, New York City was missing a building for showing modern and contemporary art.
News
Paris Pledges €80 Million to Fix Historic Buildings, but Much More Is Needed
The city of Paris will spend €80 million (~$85.9 million) over the next five years fixing up and restoring the 96 historic buildings it is responsible for maintaining.
Art
The Serious Business of 'New Yorker' Cartoons
"Cartoons either make the strange familiar or the familiar strange," says New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff in Leah Wolchok's documentary about the magazine's enduring cartoon department, Very Semi-Serious.
Art
A Documentary Portrait of Peggy Guggenheim, Collector of Art and Artists
Peggy Guggenheim did enough living for 10 people.
News
Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: Thieves steal Lichtenstein from Simpsons co-creator's foundation, seller sues for money from van Gogh auction, and drug-buying art robot is set free.
Art
The Tribeca Film Festival's Short Forays into Art
The art-centric short films at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival include two documentaries about very unusual artists, an enigmatic science-fiction drama, and a ballet set in a Parisian housing project.
In Brief
Will Cornelius Gurlitt's Collection Turn Up at Documenta 14?
Documenta 14 director Adam Szymczyk wants to show the collection of late art hoarder Cornelius Gurlitt as part of the quinquennial exhibition's next edition in 2017.
Art
When Abstract Sculptures Have Familiar Faces
While looking at Sophie Hirsch's solo show Autokorrekt at Brooklyn's Signal gallery last weekend, I got an acute pang of pareidolia from two pieces made from molds of peeled pomegranate fruit.
Art
China's Terracotta Warriors Have a Smashing Cameo in 'Furious Seven'
The most outrageous action sequence in the new blockbuster Furious Seven ends with Vin Diesel and Paul Walker plowing a car through a platoon of clay figures that look just like China’s Terracotta Army.
Art
Making Sense of Paintings That Tell Snippets of Stories
The narrative impulse in painting is nothing new.
In Brief
Security Footage of Dallas Museum of Art's Crane Crash Oozes Suspense
Newly released security camera footage of a crane collapsing on the Dallas Museum of Art is pure Hitchcock.