Archive for February 2020
A play of bills- Hamilton and Controlled Damage’s Canadian premieres
EDIT: I’d like to acknowledge the oversight of not mentioning playwright Andrea Scott by name in this article originally and apologize for any insult it may have dealt. Especially in […]
The emperor has no clothes: the scams and swindles driving up art prices
For many, the headline-making stunt Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan pulled at Art Basel Miami this year—Cattelan duct taped a banana to a blank white wall, called it “Comedian”, and sold […]
A Banksy for Valentine’s Day?
Banksy’s back at it for Valentine’s Day. A Banksy-esque mural popped up in the artist’s hometown of Bristol yesterday and before it was even confirmed to be authentic, it was […]
Art critic apologizes for broken artwork at Mexico City art fair
When you break something at work it can make for a bad day. Who hasn’t worked in retail and had to pay for something you accidentally knocked off the shelf? […]
Gulbenkian case highlights authorities’ failure to pursue art fraud
International art fraud is once again under the spotlight with the news that London Metropolitan Police have issued a warrant for the arrest of Angela Gulbenkian, a former high-society art […]
For the fourth year in a row, Trump Administrations seeks to oust the NEA and NEH
Just weeks after the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) were backed by Congress in the US 2020 budget, they’re once again […]
British Museum staff back weekend protesters who used a Trojan Horse to call for BP ties to be cut
Over the weekend, demonstrators gathered inside and out of the British Museum (BM) to protest its connection to BP, a major oil company. Following those events, members of the BM’s […]
