Crime An Artist Who Attacked an Asger Jorn Painting in a Denmark Museum Apologizes for Accidentally Using Such a Strong Glue The perpetrator has claimed the act raises questions about artistic ownership, but many believe it was a right-wing stunt. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 17, 2022
Museums The Albers Foundation Is Opening a Museum in Senegal to Show African Art and Facilitate the Repatriation of Objects From the West The museum will open near Kaolack in 2025. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 12, 2022
Museums Minimalist Artist Lee Ufan Opens His Own Art Center in Arles—His Third After Solo Spaces in Japan and Korea The new location is in a 17th-century mansion in the city’s historic quarter, converted by the artist's friend and architect of choice, Tadao Ando. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 12, 2022
Shows & Exhibitions David Hockney Has Created His Largest Painting Ever—a 314-Foot Frieze Inspired by His Year in Lockdown The frieze, recording a year in Normandy, was inspired by the region's historic Bayeux Tapestry. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 11, 2022
Art World Ascendant Art Star Michael Armitage Will Design the U.K.’s New £1 Coin, Set to Debut in 2023 The redesign by a Kenyan-born artist is intended to symbolize modern Britain. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 11, 2022
Pop Culture Airbnb Will Give a Handful of Very Lucky Tourists the Chance to Spend the Night in the Historic Moulin Rouge in Paris Guests will get to stay in a room that has never before been opened to the public. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 11, 2022
Museums An Elderly American Tourist Fell Into—and Ripped—a 17th-Century Religious Painting by Guido Reni at Rome’s Galleria Borghese Other visitors have also tripped over the painting's raised platform. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 6, 2022
Law Canadian Police Seized 1,000 Works From a Dealer Suspected of Selling Art on Behalf of Clients and Then Ghosting Them Works by Emily Carr and David Blackwood are at the heart of the charges against the art dealer. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 6, 2022
NFTs A Painting by a Teenaged Egon Schiele, Thought Lost for Decades, Has Been Found—and Will Be Turned Into an NFT to Fund Its Restoration The work is now on long-term loan to the Leopold Museum in Vienna, which hopes to raise funds to acquire it. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 5, 2022
Art World A Texas Shopper Bought a $35 Bust at Goodwill. Experts Say It’s Actually an Ancient Roman Portrait of One of Julius Caesar’s Greatest Enemies The bust will return to Germany in 2023. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 5, 2022
On View In Pictures: See Long-Lost Paintings by Francis Hines, Who Wrapped Art and Buildings in Fabric, Discovered in a Dumpster by a Car Mechanic Thirty of the paintings and one sculpture are going on show at Hollis Taggart’s Southport gallery in Connecticut. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 4, 2022
Archaeology Archaeologists Have Revealed North America’s Largest Cave Paintings in Rural Alabama Through the Magic of 3D Imaging Thanks to state-of-the-art technology, researchers have detected new images that were previously too faint to be seen by the human eye. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 4, 2022
People Meet Vera Molnár, the 98-Year-Old Generative Art Pioneer Who Is Still Making Visionary Work in a Paris Nursing Home The artist, whose work is included in the Venice Biennale's main exhibition, is about to drop a series of NFTs from her nursing home in Paris. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Apr 19, 2022
Artnet News Pro A Wave of New Buyers Is Flocking to Outsider Art as Collectors Seek to Broaden Their Horizons at Accessible Price Points A dedicated sale at Christie’s New York on Thursday brought in $2.2 million. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Feb 7, 2022
Artnet News Pro Christie’s and Sotheby’s Tepid London Sales Illustrate the Old Master Market’s Novel Problem: Too Much Supply, Too Little Demand Sotheby’s outperformed its rival house as London kicked off Masters Week. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 9, 2021