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Art and Politics: Police-Baiting Penis Graffiti by Radical Voina Collective...
The radical group beat out 25 finalists, with the jury swayed by the wide visibility that their stunt, "Cock in FSB Captivity," had achieved.
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Art and Politics: Leaders of the Tate, MoMA, the Guggenheim, and Other Top...
An online petition, spearheaded by the Guggenheim, brings together some of the world's top art institutions.
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The Daily Checklist: Sculptor John McCracken Passes Away, Vanity Fair Scion...
Plus, Dallas Musuem of Art director Bonnie Pitman steps down.
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Performing Arts: With a New CEO, Will the Oscars Get Even More James Franco-y?
The blockbuster-touting academy has picked Dawn Hudson, head of the non-profit Film Independent, to lead the organization, with Ric Robertson as COO.
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Art and Politics: Ai Weiwei Faces Strange New Accusations in China as...
Reports in the official Chinese media allege that the artist has committed plagiarism, and an obscenity smear has emerged as well.
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The Daily Checklist: Christie's Plans Whole Series of Elizabeth Taylor Sales,...
Plus, Ab-Ex painter Hedda Sterne dies at 100.
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Museums: Carlos Slim's Museo Soumaya: Money Can't Buy Taste
As the richest man in the world, the telecom tycoon could have created something more than a grab-bag of art and objects in a shiny, derivative building.
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People: West Coast and Beyond Cool: An Appreciation of John McCracken
In the wake of the Los Angeles sculptor's passing, a look at his iconic life's work and the arc of his place in the art market.
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Art & Crime: The Art of Squatting: New York Art Professor Teaches Students...
SUNY scholar Christopher Robbins has touched off a minor furor with his "Squat the Condos!" class.
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Art Market: With Deadbeat Buyers Not Paying for Record Chinese Art Purchases,...
New collectors in China are proving reluctant to pay auction bills, so sellers are contemplating safeguards for their top lots.
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Performing Arts: Edgy New Beijing Play Uses Fake Nudity and Flying Mud to...
Meng Jinghui's experimental "Metamorphosis of Butterfly" is framed as a satire of morals in modern China.
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Museums: Politics, Doubt, and Daskalopoulos at the Guggenheim Bilbao
At the opening of the museum's show of the Greek trustee's collection, the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi labor controversy was in the air.
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The Daily Checklist: Mikhail Baryshnikov Painting Leaps High at Sotheby's...
Plus, Russia's Culture Ministry refuses to censor "disgusting" Voina art.
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People: The Four Most Outstanding Moments of Glenn Beck's Crusading Art...
As the fiery pundit parts with Fox, we look back at his unlikely achievements as a commentator on matters aesthetic.
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Museums: Will the Queens Museum of Art's $65 Million Expansion Be a Blessing...
Having failed to attract crowds with skate pros and ethnic food, the beloved institution looks to a showstopping redesign for salvation.
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Performing Arts: Bruce High Quality Foundation Takes Art-School Conceptualism...
The art collective is traveling the country in an attempt to turn the nation's MFA programs inside-out.
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Performance Art: Bruce High Quality Foundation Takes Art-School Conceptualism...
The art collective is traveling the country in an attempt to turn the nation's MFA programs inside-out.
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The Daily Checklist: Da Vinci-esque Bondage Nude Up for Top U.K. Portrait...
Plus, the Sharjah Biennial takes its censorship offensive to the next level.
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Museums: Scandalous Baroness Seeks New Museum Director: Resignations Shake...
The director of the Andalusian outpost of Madrid's Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum has quit, as has a prominent board member.
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Performing Arts: Life and Death in Installation Artist Clio Barnard's Film...
For the first post on his new ARTINFO blog "The Cutting Room," Graham Fuller discusses a movie by the English filmmaker.
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