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Art Industry News: A Prankster Artist Claims He Was Behind the Embarrassing Fake Biden Ad That Fooled the Internet + Other Stories

Plus, Prospect: New Orleans is postponed to 2021 and a German court upholds a ruling against a man who stole Gerhard Richter's trash.

By Artnet News, Apr 28, 2020

People

We Asked 32 Children to Fill in the Most Highbrow Contemporary-Art Coloring Book Imaginable. Here Are the Delightful Results

Louise Lawler's work asks big questions about how we see and value contemporary art. So what do kids make of it?

By Artnet News, Apr 28, 2020

Art World

Editors’ Picks: 15 Events For Your Virtual Art Calendar This Week

No openings? No problem. Get your art fix online.

By Artnet News, Apr 27, 2020

Auctions

Sotheby’s and Google Are Teaming Up to Auction Off a Coffee Date With Hillary Clinton and Other Star-Studded Virtual Experiences for Charity

Sotheby's and Google will join forces to offer virtual encounters with very real celebrities to benefit the International Rescue Committee.

By Artnet News, Apr 27, 2020

Art World

Art Industry News: Galleries Worldwide Expect to Lose 70 Percent of Their Income as a Result of Coronavirus, Survey Says + Other Stories

Plus, the ICA Boston turns its outpost into a food bank and people are already reselling Murakami x Supreme's relief tees for a profit.

By Artnet News, Apr 27, 2020

Events and Parties

Artnet News Watercooler Chat: How Can Art Dealers Survive the COVID-19 Crisis?

Join us for a Zoom discussion with Heather Hubbs, director of NADA; Artnet News executive editor Julia Halperin; and market editor Eileen Kinsella.

By Artnet News, Apr 27, 2020

Art World

Art Industry News: A Fugitive at the Center of the $80 Million Knoedler Scandal Speaks Out for the First Time + Other Stories

Plus, a gallery attendant is up for the £35,000 BP Portrait Award and Dominique Lévy says online art fairs "don't work."

By Artnet News, Apr 24, 2020

The Art Angle

The Art Angle Podcast: Ai Weiwei on the Coronavirus, China, and Art’s New Role

On this week's episode, the international artist and outspoken activist weighs in on geopolitics and art's role in a crisis.

By Artnet News, Apr 23, 2020

Art World

Art Industry News: The Locked-Down Super Rich Are Impulse-Buying Jewelry Through Online Auctions Like There’s No Tomorrow + Other Stories

Plus, Gerhard Richter's donated art raises $700,000 for the homeless and experts wonder whether any art fairs will return in 2020.

By Artnet News, Apr 23, 2020

People

The Art World Works From Home: Glass-Art Impresario Dale Chihuly Is Stuck Working on Drawings and Rewatching ‘The Sopranos’

Here's how the Seattle-based artist is spending his time in isolation.

By Artnet News, Apr 22, 2020

Art World

Art Industry News: Marina Abramovic Speaks Out About the Emotional Toll of the Bizarre Far-Right Conspiracy Theory Targeting Her + Other Stories

Plus, JR creates a work of street art about isolation for TIME and Drew Barrymore recruits her daughter to photograph a cover shoot.

By Artnet News, Apr 22, 2020

Art World

Art Industry News: A Third of Los Angeles’s Art Galleries May Be Forced to Close This Year, a New Survey Says + Other Stories

Plus, the Berlin Biennale is postponed and Judy Chicago and Swoon team up with Jane Fonda for an Earth Day art project.

By Artnet News, Apr 21, 2020

Art World

Art Industry News: Damien Hirst Has Created a Rainbow of Butterfly Wings to Raise Money for the National Health Service + Other Stories

Plus, François Pinault’s Paris museum won't open until 2021 and Christie's teams up with the Andy Warhol Foundation for a charity sale.

By Artnet News, Apr 20, 2020

Art World

Austria Will Allow Museums to Reopen in Mid-May, Making It Among the First European Countries to Ease Restrictions on Art Institutions

Meanwhile, museums in China have been gradually reopening their doors as well.

By Artnet News, Apr 17, 2020

Art World

Art Industry News: Gagosian Gallery Furloughs Part-Time Staffers and Cuts Pay for Everyone Else Amid Market Struggles + Other Stories

Plus, Art Paris exhibitors agitate for better refunds and there's a wild new theory about Duchamp's famous urinal.

By Artnet News, Apr 17, 2020

Artnet News

Art Industry News: A Prankster Artist Claims He Was Behind the Embarrassing Fake Biden Ad That Fooled the Internet + Other Stories

We Asked 32 Children to Fill in the Most Highbrow Contemporary-Art Coloring Book Imaginable. Here Are the Delightful Results

Editors’ Picks: 15 Events For Your Virtual Art Calendar This Week

Sotheby’s and Google Are Teaming Up to Auction Off a Coffee Date With Hillary Clinton and Other Star-Studded Virtual Experiences for Charity

Art Industry News: Galleries Worldwide Expect to Lose 70 Percent of Their Income as a Result of Coronavirus, Survey Says + Other Stories

Artnet News Watercooler Chat: How Can Art Dealers Survive the COVID-19 Crisis?

Art Industry News: A Fugitive at the Center of the $80 Million Knoedler Scandal Speaks Out for the First Time + Other Stories

The Art Angle Podcast: Ai Weiwei on the Coronavirus, China, and Art’s New Role

Art Industry News: The Locked-Down Super Rich Are Impulse-Buying Jewelry Through Online Auctions Like There’s No Tomorrow + Other Stories

The Art World Works From Home: Glass-Art Impresario Dale Chihuly Is Stuck Working on Drawings and Rewatching ‘The Sopranos’

Art Industry News: Marina Abramovic Speaks Out About the Emotional Toll of the Bizarre Far-Right Conspiracy Theory Targeting Her + Other Stories

Art Industry News: A Third of Los Angeles’s Art Galleries May Be Forced to Close This Year, a New Survey Says + Other Stories

Art Industry News: Damien Hirst Has Created a Rainbow of Butterfly Wings to Raise Money for the National Health Service + Other Stories

Austria Will Allow Museums to Reopen in Mid-May, Making It Among the First European Countries to Ease Restrictions on Art Institutions

Art Industry News: Gagosian Gallery Furloughs Part-Time Staffers and Cuts Pay for Everyone Else Amid Market Struggles + Other Stories

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