Auctions A Slew of Paintings Seized From Celebrity Jeweler and Fugitive Billionaire Nirav Modi Is Going Up for Auction in India It is the second sale undertaken by the government of India of items from Modi's collection. By Eileen Kinsella, 19 hours ago
Art and Law Billionaire Banker Jaime Botin Gets an 18-Month Prison Sentence and a $58 Million Fine for Smuggling a Picasso Out of Spain Banker stashed the Picasso on his yacht despite being denied an export permit. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 16, 2020
People ‘They See What We Would Never Be Able to See’: Bay Area Collector Wayee Chu on What Venture Capitalists and Art Collectors Have in Common We caught up with the SFMOMA board member ahead of the openings of Untitled and FOG Art + Design. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 16, 2020
Politics Three Dozen Artists Showing at MoMA PS1 Sign a Letter Urging the Museum to Sever Its Ties With Controversial Trustees About half of the artists in the show "Theater of Operations: The Gulf Wars 1991–2011" signed the letter. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 14, 2020
Politics It Was a Year of Turmoil. Here Are the 11 Biggest Controversies That Rocked the Art World in 2019 From the ouster of Whitney co-chair Warren Kanders to the decision to cover up murals of George Washington in San Francisco, there was a lot to debate. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 26, 2019
Auctions Christie’s Is Cutting Its Catalogue Pages and Print Materials in Half Next Year to Curb Its Environmental Impact Most of its buyers don't receive catalogues anyway, the auction house says. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 20, 2019
Auctions Here Are the 10 Most Expensive Artworks Sold at Auction in 2019—and Why They Brought in the Prices They Did Plus, who bought and sold them (when we could figure it out). By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 20, 2019
Art and Law A Prominent Art-Finance Company Says Embattled Dealer Inigo Philbrick Owes It $15 Million for a Loan He Never Paid Back The five works Philbrick used as collateral are already the subject of numerous claims. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 19, 2019
Art and Law Court Orders Art Dealer Asher Edelman’s Company to Pay $1 Million in the Botched Sale of a Keith Haring Painting Edelman had claimed that he was acting as an agent on behalf of a client who backed out of the deal, not as the buyer himself. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 17, 2019
Art Fairs Independent Art Fair Hires Ashley Harris, Formerly of Sotheby’s, for Its Newly Created Role of Executive Director The move comes at a time of reckoning for art fairs around the globe. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 16, 2019
Auctions The First-Ever Auction of Contemporary Aboriginal Art in New York Soars Past Expectations to Bring in $2.8 Million Is there a "Gagosian effect" at play in the new fervor for Aboriginal art? By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 16, 2019
On View Danish Collector Jens Faurschou Is Opening a Private Museum in Brooklyn—and He Doesn’t Care If You Have Fun There The Faurschou Foundation debuts its new Brooklyn space with an ambitious exhibition showcasing political work by international art stars. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 16, 2019
Art and Law The Scandal Surrounding Dealer Inigo Philbrick Deepens as New Claims on Millions of Dollars’ Worth of Art Keep Piling Up A grand total of three entities are claiming a stake in a single painting sold by Philbrick. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 13, 2019
Art and Law A Monaco Judge Has Cleared Art Dealer Yves Bouvier of the $1 Billion Fraud Alleged by Russian Oligarch Dmitry Rybolovlev Rybolovlev is still pursuing legal action against Bouvier in several other jurisdictions. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 12, 2019
Auctions As Shakeups Continue at Sotheby’s, Auction Veteran Amy Cappellazzo Has Been Named Head of an Expanded Global Fine Arts Division The move comes as Sotheby's new CEO Charles Stewart reorganizes the company. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 12, 2019
