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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Artist Michael Rakowitz has withdrawn, Forensic Architecture announced plans to respond to the museum's political controversy in its commissioned work, and Decolonize This Place revealed a 9-week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.
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Metropolitan Museum Acquires Peter Doig Painting, and a Meteorite Sells at Auction
Plus, the Saint Louise Art Museums acquires a Kehinde Wiley painting, and the V&A acquires Ivan Kyncl's theatre photography archive.
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Art Movements
Zimbabwe and Pakistan announce their Venice Biennale representatives, Mariane Ibrahim Gallery will move to the midwest, and more.
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Investment Firm Behind "Fearless Girl" Sues Artist for Unauthorized Replicas
The company is pursuing legal action against the sculpture's creator, Kristen Visbal, saying she violated contracted terms amounting to trademark infringement.
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Protesters Accuse SF Contemporary Jewish Museum of Pinkwashing
They urge the museum to align itself with the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
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The Metropolitan Museum Will Return Prized Gilded Coffin After Learning It Was Stolen
How did the Met not realize its prized 2017 acquisition was a looted object? "It was the perfect storm," explains one cultural heritage law expert who consulted on the case.