Museums ‘All We Want Is Some Respect’: Overworked Museum Guards at the Met Say They’re Being Asked to Do More Work With Less Help Than Ever Employees say that the department responsible for keeping the Met and its visitors safe is struggling to function. By Zachary Small, 20 mins ago
Artnet News Pro Art Dealers Are Repping Their Local Roots at Felix L.A. and the City’s First Gallery Weekend—and Sales Are Coming in ‘Like a Firehose’ Los Angeles, the U.S. art epicenter that's been slowest to reopen, is back in business. By Nate Freeman, 3 days ago
Books How Not to Take a Picture: In a New Book, Alec Soth, Taryn Simon, and 200 Others Share the Subjects They Would Never, Ever Photograph Brainchild of Jason Fulford, 'Photo No-Nos,' was published this month. By Taylor Dafoe, 20 mins ago
Art Collectors What I Buy and Why: Art Advisor Georgia Powell on Starting Her Collection With Just $70, and How She’s Growing It Today Powell shares the artists she has her eye on today. By Naomi Rea, 1 hour ago
Auctions Phillips Auction House Says It Pulled In More Than Half a Billion Dollars in the First Half of 2021, a 25 Percent Increase Over 2019 Private sales and demand from Asia were key drivers of growth. By Eileen Kinsella, 1 hour ago
Gallery Network In Hans Op de Beeck’s New Show in Italy, Rich Narratives Unfold in Lifelike Sculptures—See Images Here "The Boatman and Other Stories" is on view at Galleria Continua in San Gimignano, Italy. By Artnet Gallery Network, 2 days ago
Politics A New York Gallery Owner Says He Destroyed Six Paintings Over a Controversy Regarding Their Depiction of Native American Symbols The paintings depicted the murders of Native Americans that took place in Oklahoma from the 1910s through the 1930s. By Taylor Dafoe, 2 days ago
Art World From Christie’s Big Bet on Hong Kong to Hobby Lobby’s Looted Dream Tablet: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week Catch up on this week's news, fast. By Artnet News, 2 days ago
Shows & Exhibitions An Artist Just Transformed Berlin’s Berghain Nightclub Into an Eerie, Immersive 3D Swamp—See Images Here Danish artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen drew on gaming software for the high-tech installation. By Kate Brown, 3 days ago
The Back Room The Back Room: Once Upon a Time in the West A former LA textile mill churns out art stars, the law catches up to a scandalous SoCal dealer, Gagosian goes big online (again), and more. By Tim Schneider, 3 days ago
Auctions Christie’s Is Looking to Bank $200 Million From the Storied Impressionist Art Collection of the Late Oil Magnate Edwin L. Cox The top works Christie's hopes to sell—by Gustave Caillebotte, Paul Cézanne, and Vincent Van Gogh—each come with eight-figure estimates. By Eileen Kinsella, 3 days ago
Artnet Auctions Artnet Analytics Deep Dive: We Explore the Recent Boom in Banksy’s Prints Market In light of current and upcoming opportunities to collect Banksy’s work on Artnet Auctions, we’re looking at his booming prints market. By Artnet Analytics Team, 3 days ago
Art World Art Industry News: Britney Spears Is Painting to Cope With ‘Feeling Overwhelmed’ by Her Conservatorship Battle + Other Stories Plus, Hunter Biden has a few choice words for his critics. By Artnet News, 3 days ago
Art World Damien Hirst Laid Off 63 Studio Staffers While Benefiting From a $21 Million Government Bailout Last Fall Former employees have accused the artist of treating staff as "disposable." By Artnet News, 3 days ago
The Art Angle The Art Angle Podcast: How Two Painters Helped Spark the Modern Conservation Movement An exhibition traces the impact of Thomas Cole, Frederic Church, and Martin Johnson Heade on contemporary environmentalism. By Artnet News, Jul 30, 2021
Art History Watteau’s Beloved Depiction of Dreamy Aristocratic Love is a Rococo Gem. Here Are 3 Things You May Not Know About It This month marks the 300th anniversary of Jean-Antoine Watteau's death. By Katie White, Jul 30, 2021
Crime Disgraced Former Art Dealer Angela Gulbenkian Has Been Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Fraudulently Selling a Kusama Work The socialite sold a $1.4 million Kusama sculpture that she never delivered. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 29, 2021
