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NFT Startup Backed by MoMA Trustee Shuts Down
Recur, backed by billionaire art collector Steve Cohen, shuttered less than three years since its founding despite partnerships with popular brands like Hello Kitty.
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Artist Sentenced for Faking Native Identity
Lewis Anthony Rath sold thousands of dollars worth of art while claiming to be a member of the San Carlos Apache Tribe.
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Artist Shellyne Rodriguez Agrees to Plea Deal
Her misdemeanor charge will be withdrawn upon completion of a minimum of six months of behavioral therapy and compliance with good behavior.
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Fire in Maine Destroys Works by N.C. and Jamie Wyeth
An art gallery and several historic buildings in the small town of Port Clyde were also damaged in last week’s blaze.
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Symbolic Armenian Monument in Artsakh at Risk of Destruction
“Tatik-Papik,” which symbolizes the link between the people of Artsakh and the land, is one of many landmarks at risk of demolition by Azerbaijani forces.
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Heavy Rains Flood Dozens of Artist Studios in Brooklyn
Artists at a studio complex in Gowanus are scrambling to salvage damaged works and art materials.
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Artists Call on Congress to Stop Corporations From Copyrighting AI Art
Together with writers and performers, visual artists declared an AI Day Of Action to fight for their copyrights.
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Pokémon Fans Wreak Havoc on Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum
A collaboration fusing the Dutch artist’s artwork with characters from the Pokémon universe sold out in mere hours.
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Native Artist Shot in New Mexico at Rally Over Colonizer Statue
Activists in Española had peacefully gathered to protest a monument of Juan de Oñate when Jacob Johns was allegedly shot by a man wearing a Trump hat.
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Life-Threatening Floods Force NYC Museums to Close
The Whitney, the Rubin, and many others shuttered or delayed their openings and heavy rains flooded the Noguchi Museum basement.
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Turkey’s Top Court Upholds Life Sentence for Arts Philanthropist Osman Kavala
The international community has decried his sentencing as a violation of human rights.
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Arrowhead Made From 3,500-Year-Old Meteorite Found in Switzerland
The Bronze Age artifact is of an “extremely rare” kind, researchers say.