Auctions Even a Prize-Winning Ferrari Couldn’t Add Much Zip to Sotheby’s Lethargic $310 Million Contemporary Sale A painting by Laura Owens provided rare sizzle, torching her previous auction high. By Brian Boucher, Nov 16, 2017
Art World The Art World Reacts: Watch Important People Freak Out About the $450 Million da Vinci on Social Media The Internet went a little bonkers. What else did you expect? By Brian Boucher, Nov 16, 2017
Art World This Artist Hates the Aviation Industry—So She Started Her Own Airline for the Art World Qinmin Liu's private airline doubles as artwork, and its maiden voyage will be to Art Basel Miami Beach in December. By Brian Boucher, Nov 16, 2017
Art World Agnes Gund’s Art for Justice Fund Just Awarded $22 Million in Grants to Fight Mass Incarceration Mural Arts Philadelphia was among a small group of arts-based organizations to make the freshman class of grantees. By Brian Boucher, Nov 16, 2017
Auctions Sotheby’s Pulls Off a Sleepy But Solid $269.7 Million Impressionist Sale, Powered by Asian and Russian Bidders The atmosphere was far from electric, but the sale had some highs—including a record Chagall. By Brian Boucher, Nov 14, 2017
People Olga Viso to Step Down as Director of the Walker Art Center After a Major Renovation—and a Major Controversy Her tenure saw a major fundraising campaign and renovation as well as staff defections. By Brian Boucher, Nov 14, 2017
On View How One Artist Turned a Wrongful Conviction and a Prison Sentence Into Powerful Performance Art The "Jumpsuit Project" involves a prison-issue outfit and a simulated jail cell. By Brian Boucher, Nov 13, 2017
Politics New Yorkers, Here’s Your Chance to Tell City Officials Which Public Monuments Should Come Down—Face to Face Tell culture czar Tom Finkelpearl and Ford Foundation's Darren Walker what you think about monuments that "promote hate." By Brian Boucher, Nov 10, 2017
Art World ‘The Art World Is Hard to Satirize’: Ruben Östlund on Sending Up Curators in His Award-Winning Film ‘The Square’ The film follows a contemporary art curator who makes a series of cringe-inducing bad decisions. By Brian Boucher, Nov 9, 2017
Art World Can an Art-Fashion Collaboration Really Help the People of Flint, Michigan? Artist Mel Chin Is Betting on It The artist has enlisted fashion designer Tracy Reese for a multifaceted project designed to help city residents. By Brian Boucher, Nov 7, 2017
Art World No, Marina Abramović Is Not Giving Back the Money She Raised for Her Scuttled Performance Center Backers gave $661,452 on Kickstarter, but it still wasn't enough to build the planned facility in New York. By Brian Boucher, Nov 7, 2017
Art and Law How Pricey Is Warhol? A Dealer Now Wants $250,000 for One of the Pop Artist’s Cardboard Boxes Art dealer Heather Sacre says that a cardboard box that housed a set of Warhol Marilyns is worth a quarter-million dollars. By Brian Boucher, Nov 6, 2017
Art World I Went to a Public Park by the East River and Sounded Six Air Horns Like a Crazy Person. Here’s Why. Why would I do such a thing? Let me tell you my story. By Brian Boucher, Nov 2, 2017
Art World The Newest Home for Rembrandt and the Dutch Masters Is Gorgeous Outer-Space Museum (Thanks to Virtual Reality) Get up close and you'll see every detail of the paintings' surfaces—and there's a gift shop to come. By Brian Boucher, Nov 2, 2017
Market Phillips Recruits Ken Yeh, a Well-Connected Veteran of Asia’s Art Market, to Help Lead Push Into the Region Yeh has years of experience at Christie's Asia and Acquavella Galleries under his belt. By Brian Boucher, Oct 31, 2017
