Opinion The Gray Market: What Wildfires Teach Us About Inequities in the Art World (and Other Insights) Our columnist on how climate change aggravates the financial disparities that make an arts career unattainable for a diverse talent pool. By Tim Schneider, 8 hours ago
Art World ‘The Local Audience Is the Central Audience’: As Tourism Tanks Across the US, Museums Pivot to the Visitors in Their Own Backyards As US museums slowly reopen in some major cities, their strategies are evolving to accommodate audiences newly dominated by local visitors. By Eileen Kinsella & Tim Schneider, Sep 18, 2020
Art World Art Industry News: Billionaire Ronald Perelman Has Already Sold Off More Than $100 Million in Art in His Pursuit of a ‘Simpler Life’ + Other Stories Plus, Bay Area galleries launch a collaborative online platform and the Courtauld acquires a rediscovered manuscript by Paul Gauguin. By Artnet News, 29 mins ago
Art World Cranky Yelp Users Gave These Magisterial National Parks One-Star Reviews. See How an Artist Turned Them Into Hilarious Travel Posters "Even mother nature is subject to the wrath of the internet," illustrator Amber Share said. By Sarah Cascone, 8 hours ago
Art Fairs For the First Time, TEFAF Will Allow Digital Vetting of Artworks as It Plans for an Online Edition to Replace Its Fall New York Fair To appeal to collectors who have tired of scrolling through screens, each dealer will present only a single "masterpiece" for the fair's online edition. By Eileen Kinsella, 8 hours ago
On View Hannah Beerman’s Joyful Assemblages Capture the Communal Spirit of the Lockdown Era (With a Side of Pita Bread). See Them Here The New York-based artist's new solo show, "Delicate Rubbernecking," is on view now at Kapp Kapp. By Taylor Dafoe, 9 hours ago
Art World 15 Minutes With a Price Database Power User: Sneaker Collector Ryan Chang on How to Care for Your Shoe Collection (Humidity Control Is Key) Chang is the founder of Applied Arts, a media company that celebrates shoes as fine-art objects. By Artnet Price Database Team, 3 days ago
Art World From Gerhard Richter’s Last Major Work to Banksy’s Legal Blues: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week Catch up on this week's news, fast. By Caroline Goldstein, 3 days ago
Auctions Sotheby’s Hopes Banksy’s Painting About the ‘Excesses of Consumerism’ Will Generate $6 Million in Excess Consumerism at Auction Next Month Banksy's 'Show Me the Monet' will appear at a virtual Modern and contemporary art auction in Paris and London next month. By Taylor Dafoe, 3 days ago
Art World Maurizio Cattelan’s Much Adored (and Maligned) Banana Artwork Is Now in the Guggenheim’s Collection Thanks to an Anonymous Donor The $120,000 artwork dominated the headlines during last year's Art Basel Miami Beach. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 18, 2020
Art World Galleries Square Off Over FIAC Cancellation, With Some Publicly Fuming and Others Decrying Their ‘Lack of Ethics’ Nearly 40 gallerists support the cancellation, despite some seeing it as a "missed opportunity" for the French scene. By Naomi Rea, Sep 18, 2020
Art Fairs Hauser & Wirth, Thaddaeus Ropac, and Other Galleries Just Signed on to an Upstart Digital-Only Art Fair Opening in October Daata Fair runs opposite digital Frieze week. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 18, 2020
Art World Wet Paint: Bidders Go Bananas for John Richardson’s Knickknacks, Frank Ocean’s After Harold Ancart Paintings, & More Juicy Art-World Gossip Which billionaire collectors got a quarter-million in PPP loans? Which designer snagged a store in cherished SoHo space? Read on for answers. By Nate Freeman, Sep 18, 2020
Art World Art Industry News: London's Royal Academy of Arts Is Cutting 40 Percent of Its Staff + Other Stories Plus, a New Museum employee starts a Twitter row with Jerry Saltz and artists call on the Whitney to make reforms. By Artnet News, Sep 18, 2020
Galleries In a Year Marked By Upheaval, Brazilian Dealer Jaqueline Martins Is Forging Ahead With Plans to Open a Brussels Outpost Next Month The long-planned expansion to Europe has come to fruition, thanks to a bit of patience and some respite from a busy fair calendar. By Kate Brown, Sep 18, 2020
The Art Angle The Art Angle Podcast: How the World Health Organization Is Using Art to Heal Humankind On this week's episode, Christopher Bailey, the WHO's arts and health lead, discusses culture's importance to global well-being. By Artnet News, Sep 18, 2020
Art Fairs Miami’s Art Fairs Can Account for 50 Percent of a Gallery’s Annual Sales. Here’s How Dealers Are Coping With Their Cancellation While some in the trade focus on their bottom lines, others see benefits to slowing down. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 18, 2020
