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Week in Review: VOLTA Exhibitors Find New Fairs, Rothko Chapel to Close
Also, a French exhibition closed after it was accused of ripping off Basquiat, drag queen activists held a protest in front of the Texas border wall, and more.
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Van Gogh Museum Acquires 91 Pissarro Prints, and National Gallery Gifted Lucas Cranach the Elder Painting
Plus, the MoMA has acquired a Tarsila do Amaral painting, and Julie Mehretu sells at auction.
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Art Movements
Serwan Baran will represent Iraq at the Venice Biennale, Naima J. Keith will take on a new role at LACMA, and more.
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A Former Guggenheim Director Thinks Museums Need to be More Like Theme Parks
Thomas Krens has launched an ambitious and sprawling plan to reinvent a Massachusetts town, drawing massive amounts of tourism to the region with new, for-profit cultural spaces.
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Banksy Sues Italian Exhibition for Trademark Infringement
Ironically, the secretive street artist once wrote: "Copyright is for losers."
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Judge Orders ARCO Madrid to Make Exhibitor Selection Process More Transparent
The fair, which opened its 2019 edition today, defends its “impeccable” selection process.
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Cohen Testimony Reveals Trump Staged High Bidder for His Portrait at Art Hamptons Auction
He told Congress, "The objective was to ensure that his portrait, which was going to be auctioned last, would go for the highest price of any portrait that afternoon."
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Artists and Activists Prepare Political Responses to Whitney Biennial
Artist Michael Rakowitz has withdrawn, Forensic Architecture announced plans to respond to the museum's political controversy in its commissioned work, and Decolonize This Place revealed a 9-week calendar leading up to the biennial.
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Whitney Museum Announces 2019 Biennial Participants, But One Artist Withdraws
Artist Michael Rakowitz withdrew his participation, opposing the “toxic philanthropy" of Whitney vice chairman Warren Kanders.
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Artist and Journalist Zehra Doğan Released from Turkish Jail After Nearly Three Years
Doğan was imprisoned for propaganda after she depicted a predominately Kurdish city destroyed by Turkish military forces in a digital painting.
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VOLTA Art Fair Cancels Its 12th Edition Almost a Week Before Opening Day
The art fair, which runs concurrent with the Armory Show, decided that staging an exhibition under the current circumstances would irreparably damage its brand.
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Week in Review: Art Basel Backer Fined $4.2B for Tax Fraud, Art Schools Hit with ADA Lawsuit
Also, Ai Weiwei's contribution to the film Berlin, I Love You was pulled, an ivory trader has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, and more.