People A New Study Suggests the Real Cause of Renaissance Master Raphael’s Death Was a Disease Similar to the Coronavirus It was long believed—wrongly—that the artist died of syphilis. By Artnet News, Jul 20, 2020
Art World Art Industry News: In a Reversal, Governor Cuomo Indefinitely Delays New York’s Museum Reopenings + Other Stories Plus, the fall edition of TEFAF New York is cancelled and a blaze rips through a Nantes cathedral in a suspected arson attack. By Artnet News, Jul 20, 2020
Art World Art Industry News: California Man Who Masterminded a $6 Million Art Fraud Scheme Will Go to Prison for Years + Other Stories Plus, meet the 10 curators who will change art history, and the Canadian art world advocates for universal basic income. By Artnet News, Jul 17, 2020
The Art Angle The Art Angle Podcast: How the Heck Did Auction Houses Just Sell Almost a Billion Dollars in Art During a Global Pandemic? Despite dire economic forecasts and an ongoing global health crisis, auction houses' recent hybrid sales just raked in piles of cash. By Artnet News, Jul 17, 2020
Art World Art Industry News: Bristol Removed Marc Quinn’s Unauthorized Black Lives Matter Sculpture One Day After He Installed It + Other Stories Plus, the Metropolitan Museum of Art plans to reopen five days a week beginning August 29 and Museum Kampa catches fire in Prague. By Artnet News, Jul 16, 2020
People The Art World at Home: Curator Dexter Wimberly Is Planning a Residency in Japan and Listening to Podcasts About Watches The Art World Conference founder details how he came up with the residency program after getting unexpectedly stranded in Japan. By Artnet News, Jul 16, 2020
Art World Art Industry News: A Hapless Janitor Accidentally Erased Banksy’s Latest Artwork on the London Tube + Other Stories Plus, the V&A plans to reopen on August 6 in London and there's a battle brewing over royal art storage. By Artnet News, Jul 15, 2020
Art World Art Industry News: Larry Gagosian, Sheena Wagstaff, and David Zwirner Reveal How They Weathered Lockdown + Other Stories Plus, the director of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is axed after a dispute with the board and Steven Parrino gets a new auction record—via an app. By Artnet News, Jul 14, 2020
Events and Parties Editors’ Picks: 21 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From Aspen’s Online Fair to a How-to for Remote Art-Job Hunters As New York emerges from lockdown, Storm King is opening to the public this week. By Artnet News, Jul 13, 2020
Auctions Who Were the Winners of the First-Ever Hybrid Auction Week? Here Are 8 Takeaways From Summer’s Unprecedented—and Rather Surprising—Marquee Sales From the priciest work to the most flipped artwork, here are our parting observations from the season's auction marathon. By Artnet News, Jul 13, 2020
Art World Art Industry News: Artist Duo Gilbert & George Quit London’s Royal Academy in a Huff After It Cancelled Their Planned Show + Other Stories Plus, Tate and the National Gallery may cut hundreds of retail employees and a David Hockney painting sells for $14.8 million in Hong Kong. By Artnet News, Jul 13, 2020
Art World Thelma Golden and Juliana Huxtable Are Among the Judges of a New Grant Celebrating the Contributions of Black Trans Women Artists Queer|Art's $10,000 Illuminations Grant will be given this November. By Artnet News, Jul 10, 2020
Art World Art Industry News: How Zombie Formalism Gave Way to a New Haunting Art Trend, Zombie Figuration + Other Stories Plus, experts say Notre Dame's spire should rebuilt just as it was and the Shed in New York lays off 28 employees. By Artnet News, Jul 10, 2020
The Art Angle The Art Angle Podcast: How Hank Willis Thomas Is Making Politics an Art Form On this week's episode, artist and political activist Hank Willis Thomas explains how he strives to address society's injustices in his art. By Artnet News, Jul 10, 2020
Art World Gucci Tapped a Top Italian Graffiti Artist to Make Over Its Logo as Part of Its New Environmental Sustainability Initiative The Rome-based artist MP5 has signed on to provide images for Gucci's Equilibrium program. By Artnet News, Jul 9, 2020
