Art
Required Reading
This week, the Obama portraits, Fortuny in Madrid, the precarious lives of independent curators, slavery at US colleges, the information apocalypse, and more.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
In Brief
Fearless Girl and Wall Street Bull Sculptures May Get a New, Permanent Home
Adweek [http://www.adweek.com/agencies/fearless-girl-is-getting-a-permanent-home-in-nyc-though-she-may-be-relocated/] is reporting that negotiations are underway between the New York City Mayor’s Office and State Street Global Advisors, the financial firm behind the infamous "Fearless Girl" statue [
Art
Required Reading
This week, Ellsworth Kelly's new Texas chapel, visiting the Trump border wall prototypes, woke in Arkansas, whitesplaining the Classics, drones at the Olympics, and more.
News
Artforum Posts Statement After Boycott Letter, and Amanda Schmitt's Attorneys Respond [UPDATED]
Artforum released a statement distancing itself from former publisher Knight Landesman. Attorneys for former employee Amanda Schmitt responded.
Art
Art World Largely Silent as Artforum and Landesman Continue to Fight Sexual Harassment-related Lawsuit
A few months after news broke about sexual harassment allegations against Knight Landesman at Artforum, some want to sweep the realities of the issue under the rug.
Art
Required Reading
This week, Louvre's Nazi loot, gender imbalance in the art world, Linda Nochlin and the female gaze, Amazon's welfare scam, the future of Canadian art catalogues, and more.
Art
Required Reading
This week, the feud between Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, Hank Willis Thomas's Guernica, what Google did with your selfie, fake social media followers, Arthur Miller's defense of the NEA, and more.
Art
Signs of Creative Resistance at the 2018 Women’s March
Over a million people around the world protested the one-year anniversary of the Trump administration, and many showed up with great signs, the greatest in fact, these are definitely some very very great signs.
Art
Required Reading
This week, a gigantic Katharina Grosse in Sydney, Anuradha Vikram on radical of women, Trevor Paglen on the changing nature of contemporary images, talking to Haitian art collective Ti Moun Rezistans, and more.
Art
Required Reading
This week, the Disneyland of Detroit, the Dubai Frame opens, Sinclair Media's Trump connection, funerary photos and the politics of social media, and more.
News
Art Movements
This week in art news: NYPD's Special Victims Squad is investigating photographer Terry Richardson, Charles Dutoit was ousted as the conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Morgan Library & Museum received a $5 million grant from the Sherman Fairchild Foundation, and more.
Art
Do the Met Museum's Admission Numbers Add Up?
The bigger question regarding the Metropolitan Museum's new admission policy is who should pay? Donors? The public?