Auctions Kneecapped by the Shutdown (But Boosted by Millennials), Sotheby’s Earnings Have Dropped 25 Percent So Far This Year The house boasted extraordinary growth in online sales, which were up more than 500 percent—but that couldn't save it from a shortfall. By Artnet News, Aug 3, 2020
Art World Art Industry News: Loïc Gouzer’s Fair Warning Sold a Basquiat for $10.8 Million, a Record for an In-App Purchase of Anything + Other Stories Plus, Burning Man art gets a permanent home in Las Vegas and a new parody website calls out pay inequity at the Guggenheim. By Artnet News, Jul 31, 2020
The Art Angle The Art Angle Podcast: Art Critic Jerry Saltz on Why It’s Time to Build a New Art World By Artnet News, Jul 31, 2020
Art World Art Industry News: The Salvator Mundi Saga Is Being Turned Into a Big-Budget ‘Hamilton’-Style Musical + Other Stories Plus, Hauser & Wirth will represent the estate of Gustav Metzger and Lisson joins the wave of galleries opening in the Hamptons. By Artnet News, Jul 30, 2020
Art World Art Industry News: Kerry James Marshall’s New Paintings Explore the Theory That John James Audubon Was Black + Other Stories Plus, New York's Black Lives Matter mural has already been vandalized five times and Art Basel's parent company expects its sales to halve in 2020. By Artnet News, Jul 29, 2020
Art World A New Book Tells 6,000 Years of Art History Through the Close Study of Treasures at the Metropolitan Museum—Read Excerpts Here Art historians and Metropolitan Museum curators do close reads of objects in the collection in this leapfrogging history of art. By Artnet News, Jul 29, 2020
Events and Parties Editors’ Picks: 13 Events for Your Virtual Art Calendar This Week, From a Reading by Eileen Myles to the First Online Edition of Untitled Plus, Larry Ossei-Mensah and Azikiwe Mohammed in conversation, and a discussion with filmmaker Alexis Clements. By Artnet News, Jul 28, 2020
Art World Art Industry News: A New Study Says the Size of the Illegal Antiquities Trade Has Been Wildly Overstated + Other Stories Plus, the UK's Artes Mundi Prize is postponed to 2021 and Virgil Abloh and Mercedes-Benz team up for a mobile art project. By Artnet News, Jul 28, 2020
People The Art World at Home: Valerie Cassel Oliver Is Curating a Show on Southern Hip Hop’s Influence on Art and Hanging Out With Her 9-Year-Old The curator tells us about her latest project and explains why organizing her home office has been a life-saver. By Artnet News, Jul 28, 2020
Art Fairs Facing an Empty Calendar, Six Dutch Old Master Dealers Will Launch Their Own Humble Art Fair at an Amsterdam Hotel The Art Affair, as the event is called, will be held in a hotel in Amsterdam. By Artnet News, Jul 27, 2020
Art World Art Industry News: Pace Becomes the Latest Gallery to Lay Off Staff as It Enters an ‘Extended Period of Financial Uncertainty’ + Other Stories Plus, Ken Griffin loans his $100 million Basquiat to the Art Institute of Chicago and a conservative women's group sues over a Black Lives Matter mural. By Artnet News, Jul 27, 2020
Art World Art Industry News: Silverfish, Beetles, and Other Grungy Critters Threaten to Overrun the Art in Locked-Down Museums + Other Stories Plus, Jerry Saltz worried about Gavin Brown joining Barbara Gladstone and 100 Dutch museums could fold. By Artnet News, Jul 24, 2020
The Art Angle The Art Angle Podcast: How Black Women Are Leading a Grassroots Art Revolution This week, journalist Melissa Smith joins the Art Angle to discuss how Black women artists in Pittsburgh are disrupting the status quo. By Artnet News, Jul 24, 2020
Art World The Winners of the 2020 iPhone Photography Awards Prove You Don’t Need a Fancy Professional Camera to Take Great Pictures. See Their Work Here The 13th edition of the prize competition brought in thousands of submissions from around the world. By Artnet News, Jul 23, 2020
Art World Art Industry News: 12,000 American Museums Could Go Out of Business by the End of the Year, a New Survey Says + Other Stories Plus, the House of Representatives votes to remove Confederate statues from the US Capitol and astronomy helps solve an art-history mystery. By Artnet News, Jul 23, 2020
