What is WikiLeaks
CNET - Recent US history is dotted with major government leaks. There's the Pentagon Papers, which revealed a secret bombing campaign led by the US during the Vietnam War. Then there's Deep Throat, a pseudonym ...
What Happens to Whitney Biennial Curators after the Show’s Over?
Artsy - Inclusion in the Whitney Biennial—the influential and sometimes controversial snapshot of contemporary American art that takes place every two years—has launched or resuscitated many an artist’s career....
TEFAF Maastricht Sees Brisk Sales Early for Works under €100,000
Artsy - Champagne flowed and oysters were shucked as TEFAF Maastricht celebrated its 30th year as one of the world’s most prestigious art and antiques fairs. The crowd, mostly older and mostly European, seemed ...
Bombastic, brand-name architecture is transforming the L.A. Arts District
The Architects Newspaper - Los Angeles’s Arts District neighborhood is seeing a rapid influx of large-scale, developer-driven mixed-use projects, which are poised to upend the enclave’s status as an affordable,...
Will Documenta have an impact on Athens’ art scene?
DW - It's a sensation. The Documenta will be held outside of Kassel for the first time since it first started in 1955. Held every five years, one of the world's most important contemporary art exhibitions will ...
Surprising Discovery at Angkor Wat
BBC - António da Madelena, a Portuguese Capuchin friar, was one of the first Western visitors to Angkor Wat, the monumental and moated 12th Century Hindu-Buddhist temple in what, today, is northern Cambodia. It...
Jeff Koons convicted of plagiarism
DW - A Paris court ruled on Thursday that the American artist and the Centre Pompidou museum in Paris, which intended to show Koon's sculpture "Naked," must pay 20,000 euros ($21,225) in compensation to the fam...
TEFAF, the art market for the super rich opens in Maastricht
DW - If dozens of private jets from the US or Asia are landing at Maastricht-Aachen airport and hotel prices in the region are skyrocketing, then it's TEFAF time. From March 10-19, the conference hall in this ...
Grandmother of French New Wave Agnès Varda on Becoming an Artist at 88
Artsy - Though known as the “grandmother of the French New Wave,” for decades 88-year-old Agnès Varda felt she wasn’t allowed to be an artist. Looking back, the filmmaker realizes it was something she had alway...
Is Art an Object of Passion or an Asset Like Any Other?
Artsy - As the global ultra-rich snap up trophy artworks and build collections scattered around many homes and storage facilities, art services are becoming an increasingly important part of wealth professional...