In Brief
All 53 Republican Senators Received Cakes With a Message: “Let Bolton Testify”
Partnered with Brooklyn bakery Butter & Scotch, a group of friends raised funds to send cakes brandishing messages like "Don't Dessert Democracy."
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News
Sotheby's Old Masters Painting Sale Garners $61M; Christie's Cancels Annual Spring Auction in Dubai
Also, the Denver Art Museum received 44 works on paper, a stolen Marc Chagall painting sold for its low estimate of $130,000 in Tel Aviv, and more.
Art
In Los Angeles, New Murals Crop Up to Commemorate Kobe Bryant
Bryant himself was the inspiration for a few murals even before his passing, but in the days since the crash, new ones have already popped up across the city, this time commemorating both Bryant and his daughter.
In Brief
Major Triennial in Beijing Is Postponed, Citing Coronavirus Outbreak
As institutions shutter in response to the epidemic and Art Basel Hong Kong weighs its options, the CAFA Museum's Techne Triennial exhibition of media art has been postponed.
News
After Fire, Museum of Chinese in America Optimistic as Some Archives Are Recovered for Restoration
Some 200 boxes have already been recovered and are "very much salvageable," says museum president Nancy Yao Maasbach.
Film
BoJack Horseman's Flawed Final Season
As the acclaimed Netflix series has gone on, it appears in some ways to have bought into its own hype too much, and in doing so has weakened its critiques.
Film
Paying Tribute to Beloved TV Icon Walter Mercado
The documentary Mucho Mucho Amor, which just premiered at Sundance, feels like a celebration in a way few biographies do.
Announcement
Tyler School of Art and Architecture Announces 2020 MFA Thesis Exhibitions
Student work will be on view at Tyler on Temple University's Main Campus in Philadelphia from February 5 through April 11. The series of exhibitions will "push the boundaries of both technical and conceptual practice."
Art
Where Artists and Amazon Workers Align
I saw The Fulfillment Center months ago, but as time passed it wore on me and I became increasingly concerned about the workers — I mean artists — and more ambivalent about the commodities — I mean art.
News
Over 1,600 Materials From the Black Mountain College Archives Will Be Digitized
Thanks to a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources, the Asheville Art Museum will digitize its largely hidden Black Mountain College Collection.
Film
A Decade of the Most Memorable Film Scores From Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
From HBO's Watchmen to The Social Network and Gone Girl, their soundtracks have constituted some of the best of the 2010s.
Art
Mixing the Modern and Ancient at Master Drawings New York
“I was genuinely and pleasantly surprised to find innovative contemporary works among the typical somberly scholastic approach at this year’s edition of Master Drawings New York.”