People A Fugitive Russian Billionaire’s Cache of Art Has Been Discovered in a Village Outside of Moscow A journalist came upon the heap of 20th-century Russian art, which belonged to a private museum, in a storage space. By Brian Boucher, Nov 12, 2019
Politics In the Mysterious Fall of New York City’s Culture Czar, ‘The Usual Suspects’ Actor Chazz Palmenteri May Have Played a Part A dust-up over a monument to an Italian-American saint gave de Blasio rival Andrew Cuomo a chance to score points. By Brian Boucher, Nov 6, 2019
Market In the Post-Warren Kanders Era, Artists and Dealers Wonder: Should Collectors Be Vetted? Some artists refuse to sell their work to certain collectors—but plenty of others don’t care to discuss it. By Brian Boucher, Oct 24, 2019
Art Fairs Bogotá Fair ArtBo Is Staying Strong in Its 15th Year, Despite Simmering Tensions in the Region The fair drew collectors from around the world, but surprisingly few Americans. By Brian Boucher, Sep 20, 2019
Art World How Does an Artist Get a Gallery, Anyway? Here Are 11 Practical Steps That Could Lead to Bona Fide Representation Artists, dealers, and other experts talk about what it takes to win the eye of a gallery. By Brian Boucher, Aug 12, 2019
Politics New York City Told Its Museums to Diversify or Lose Funding. Here’s How They Plan to Address the Problem Recent studies show that museums are falling short on diversity in several key ways. By Taylor Dafoe & Brian Boucher, Aug 6, 2019
Politics ‘It’s So Evil’: One Year After Supreme Court Approves Trump Travel Ban, Artists and Institutions Struggle to Keep Connections Alive A year after what the ACLU calls “Muslim Ban 3.0” received the Supreme Court’s imprimatur, the art community is still learning to navigate uncharted legal territory. By Brian Boucher, Jul 25, 2019
Art World Collector and High-Society Photographer Jean Pigozzi Is Giving MoMA the Largest Gift of African Art in Its History For some 30 years, the French collector has amassed a ten-thousand-work strong collection. By Brian Boucher, Jul 22, 2019
Analysis Cracking the Millennial Market: How Art Businesses Are Tweaking Their Strategies to Target the Next Generation of Collectors Art dealers and auctioneers are getting creative to tap into the coveted new demographic. By Brian Boucher, Jul 8, 2019
Art World ‘We Shouldn’t Own These Things’: 5 Takeaways From a Landmark Conference on Collecting Land Art The event at the Frick Collection in New York was full of revelations. By Brian Boucher, May 27, 2019
Art World ‘Warren Kanders, You Can’t Hide!’ Protesters March From the Whitney Museum to the Controversial Trustee’s Home Outside of Kanders's townhouse, activists pledged: "We'll be back." By Brian Boucher, May 18, 2019
Auctions De Kooning and KAWS Lend Multi-Generational Firepower to Phillips’s Solid $100 Million Modern and Contemporary Sale The street artist KAWS fared especially well, as two paintings by the neo-Pop artist soared past their estimates. By Brian Boucher, May 16, 2019
Politics ‘It’s a Nightmare’: The Venezuelan Art Community Struggles to Stay Afloat Amid a National Political Upheaval Artists and dealers are trying to make sense of a rapidly escalating crisis. By Brian Boucher, Mar 13, 2019
Art World Left-Wing Congressional Superhero Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Now the Subject of a Brand New Comic Book Her superpowers include viral videos and "giving zero #%&$s." By Brian Boucher, Mar 4, 2019
Art Fairs Here Are 5 Outsider Artists With Fascinating Life Stories to Discover at the Outsider Art Fair There is a lot to see in the 27th edition of the New York fair. By Brian Boucher, Jan 18, 2019