Art World Black Rock Senegal, Kehinde Wiley’s Closely Watched Artist Residency, Has Welcomed a New Class of 16 Artists—Meet Them Here The program received a record number of applicants for its fourth year. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 5, 2023
Politics UNESCO’s Member States Have Overwhelmingly Voted to Readmit the U.S. After Trump’s 2019 Withdrawal The Trump administration left the organization due to its “anti-Israeli bias.” By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 3, 2023
Politics Historians Are Calling Out Philadelphia’s Museum of the American Revolution for Hosting a ‘Dangerous’ Right-Wing Group The museum has rented its space to Moms for Liberty, an organization that supports book bans and anti-LGBTQ curriculums. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 29, 2023
Crime French Artist Claude Lévêque Has Been Indicted as More Accusers Come Forward Alleging the Artist Sexually Assaulted Them as Minors The charges mark the latest chapter in a multi-year investigation into Lévêque, who has been accused of abuse by as many as 10 victims. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 28, 2023
Politics Climate Activists Gathered at the Met to Protest the ‘Unjustifiably Harsh’ Charges Facing a Pair of Fellow Demonstrators The group painted their palms, wore tape on their mouths, and encircled a Degas sculpture. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 28, 2023
On View At 91, Painter Sally Cook Has Finally Shed Her Outsider Status. Why Did the Art World Take This Long to Embrace Her? A survey of Cook’s career is on view now at Eric Firestone Gallery in New York. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 23, 2023
On View Artist Jim Hodges on Why He Wants to Keep the Secret of His Powerful New Public Memorial The bronze and granite sculpture is on view now in New York’s AIDS Memorial Park. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 16, 2023
Auctions King Charles’s Childhood Drawings of ‘Mummy,’ ‘Papa,’ and the Easter Bunny Are Hitting the Auction Block in England Included are crayon portraits of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 15, 2023
Law A Kandinsky Painting Sold During World War II Should Be Returned to the Heirs of Its Jewish Owners, an Advisory Panel Ruled Once owned by a Dutch couple, the painting was auctioned just months after the Nazis occupied the Netherlands. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 14, 2023
Politics London’s Natural History Museum Has Apologized for Renting Its Space to a Conservative Group for a ‘Hateful’ Private Event The museum said its employees are planning how to use the proceeds from the event. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 7, 2023
On View Nicolas Party Honors Rosalba Carriera, the Rococo Queen of Pastels, in a New Installation at the Frick The show came about after the artist discovered an image hidden behind a Rosalba painting he had purchased. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 7, 2023
Shows & Exhibitions Photoville Returns to New York With More Than 80 Exhibitions—Many Displayed in the Event’s Signature Shipping Containers New York’s annual open-air photography show is gearing up for its 12th edition. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 2, 2023
Law Japan Has Repatriated a Nazi-Looted Baroque Painting to Poland After Authorities Yanked It From a Tokyo Auction Block The artwork, attributed to Alessandro Turchi, was on a list of the most valuable pieces taken from Poland during World War II. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 2, 2023
Law A Florence Museum Won Its Lawsuit Against a Publisher That Used a ‘Mortifying and Humiliating’ Image of Michelangelo’s ‘David’ Italian law allows public institutions to request fees for reproductions of important artworks, regardless of their copyright status. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 1, 2023
Art Fairs TEFAF’s Global Managing Director Bart Drenth Has Resigned Following an Artnet News Report on His Provocative Anti-Woke Tweets Drenth has stepped down less than six months after being appointed to the position. By Taylor Dafoe, May 31, 2023