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Blake Kunin’s ‘Bark at The Moon’ Casts a Loving Eye on Graffiti and Mayhem
Almost anyone can claim an allegiance with or affinity for graffiti art, but much fewer people have immersed themselves within the fly-by-night cowboy lifestyle that produces some of the medium’s most...
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The National Gallery Becomes the Latest Art Institution to Cut Ties With BP
According to new reports, after years of sustained protests and similar moves by other arts organizations, London’s National Portrait Gallery is ending its collaboration with British Petroleum,...
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Etel Adnan’s Final Lines in “Discovery of Immediacy”
What does one paint in the face of death? Etel Adnan painted a single black line. She painted it again and again. In the last year of her life, the late artist created a series of minimalist, black...
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A Bored Ape NFT Thief Returned Tokens and Ethereum to Some of His Victims
The problem of frequent NFT theft is just as ubiquitous in the overall NFT discussion as debates over what non-fungible tokens actually are. Recently, participants in Web3 were shocked to discover...
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Afghanistan Antiquities Will Face U.S. Import Restrictions Through 2026
The State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and U.S. Customs and Border Protection has just implemented new rules regarding antiquities: art and antiquities from Afghanistan have...
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Three Exhibitions in New York City of Seven Western African Artists
What brings the shows of emerging contemporary Western African artists at La Mama Galleria, albertz benda and Allouche galleries is the formulation of a Black-voiced social critique on family,...
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Six New York Artists Are Creating Installations for La Guardia’s New Terminal
Ask any grizzled New Yorker who’s traveled via La Guardia lately: despite all expectations and in defiance of years (nay, decades) of unpleasant lighting, cramped carousels and your standard airport...
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A Sotheby’s CryptoPunk Auction Faltered at the Last Minute When the Items...
In a disappointing development for the auction house, a planned sale of 104, potentially highly lucrative CryptoPunks at Sotheby’s was derailed this week: the collection of items was unexpectedly...
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New York Art Spaces Are Trying New Tactics to Get Visitors in the Door
It’s been a relatively long time since museums in New York opened back up to the public in the midst of the pandemic, but even so, it’s undeniable that attendance numbers were decimated and that new...
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Tomás Saraceno and the Spider Experience at The Shed
Leave your cell phone behind, remove your purse or backpack, put away any loose items in your hands. You won’t need them. In fact, they’re not allowed. Soon you’ll climb several flights of stairs and...
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A Spectacular, 16-Foot-Wide Basquiat Is Back on the Market After Six Years
Whenever a Basquiat appears on the market, huge interest and astronomical sales are all but guaranteed, but Phillips just announced a particularly scintillating offer from the Japanese collector...
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Russia’s Attack on Ukraine Prompts Calls for Cultural Sanctions
Russia’s aggressive military efforts to invade and take over Ukraine have reached their fifth day, with Ukraine having just applied to join the European Union amidst ongoing news of citizens being...
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A $20 Million Nazi-Looted Kandinsky Has Been Returned to Rightful Owner’s Heirs
After a protracted saga involving the mayor of Amsterdam, new reports indicate that the Wassily Kandinsky painting Bild mit Häusern (Painting with Houses) will be returned to the heirs of its rightful...
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A Never-Before-Sold Magritte Masterpiece Is On the Block This Week
On Wednesday, Sotheby’s is offering a jewel in the global crown of art up for auction: René Magritte’s L’empire des lumières, one of the most accomplished visions the famed surrealist ever produced,...
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At NYC’s New NFT Vending Machine, You’ll Have No Idea What You’re Buying
Is it any wonder that New York City’s first NFT vending machine can be found in the Financial District? According to new reports, a digital art platform called Neon has installed just such an...
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Sadie Barnette’s ‘The New Eagle Creek Saloon’ Commemorates Black Queer Life
In a black box theater off of frigid 19th Street in Chelsea, a lone neon-drenched bar echoes with history. The glittering half-crescent saloon, on display at the performance arts venue the Kitchen...
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Sotheby’s Smashed Records With Their London Sales This Week
In a huge week for the auction world, Sotheby’s delivered on their promise of generating a sizable result for their Magritte painting and raked in a total of $297 million between two sales of...
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Russian Billionaire Guggenheim Trustee Vladimir Potanin Has Stepped Down
Museum board rosters are increasingly being scrutinized in tandem with political fluctuations, a trend currently being reinforced by reports that Vladimir O. Potanin, a prominent benefactor for the...
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UNESCO and Ukrainian Cultural Workers Are Moving to Defend the Country’s...
Ever since Russia’s military initiated their aggressive invasion of Ukraine, things have already escalated to the point of crisis: prominent Ukrainian figures have called for strict cultural sanctions...
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The Sackler Name Can Now Be Removed from Any Museum With 45 Days Notice
According to new reports, the Sackler family’s legal settlement process regarding the many lawsuits filed against them has reached a new agreement: as part of the resolution of the suits, any...
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