Art World The New Museum and Whitney Museum Cut Dozens of Employees as Lockdowns Continue With No End in Sight The New Museum parted ways with 48 workers; the Whitney cut 76. By Eileen Kinsella, 1 day ago
Auctions Sotheby’s and Christie’s Place Hundreds of Workers on Furlough and Cut Executive Pay as Art Businesses Feel the Impact of Coronavirus Postponements Sotheby's is furloughing approximately 12 percent of its staff. By Eileen Kinsella, 2 days ago
Market 7 Hard-Won Lessons From Art Dealers Who Survived Past Recessions on How to Navigate a Financial Downturn We canvassed insiders for advice about what to do in the months ahead. By Kate Brown & Eileen Kinsella, Apr 2, 2020
Art World SFMOMA Cuts or Furloughs Hundreds of Staff Members, Calling the Current Moment a ‘Very Painful Time for Our Museum’ The museum said it was expecting a sudden $8 million loss. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 31, 2020
Galleries After Finding Success With Online Sales, David Zwirner Will Share Its Digital Platform With 12 Promising Younger New York Galleries, Too Zwirner is hosting a dozen smaller New York galleries in one virtual space. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 30, 2020
Art Fairs Dealers Are Blasting TEFAF for Not Cancelling Its Maastricht Fair Now That Dozens of Attendees Have Contracted Coronavirus The fair closed early, but some say that wasn't enough. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 26, 2020
Politics American Cultural Organizations Get Less Than 5 Percent of What They Requested From Congress’s New $2 Trillion Aid Package American cultural organizations had asked for $4 billion. They got, well, less. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 26, 2020
Art World The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles Has Laid Off More Than Half Its Staff Amid an Indefinite Closure MOCA says it hopes to reinstate its part-time employees once the museum reopens. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 24, 2020
Art World The Metropolitan Museum of Art Is Calling on the US Government to Bail Out At-Risk Museums With $4 Billion in Aid The museum is asking its staff, volunteers, and members to participate in a social-media campaign to advocate for government funding. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 24, 2020
People Prominent New York Gallerist Paul Kasmin, Who Helped Elevate Chelsea Into an Art Hub, Has Died at Age 60 The stalwart New York City dealer had battled illness for a long time. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 23, 2020
Art Fairs How Is Art Basel’s Experiment With Online Sales Going? Early Indications Suggest Mega-Galleries Are Making Out Just Fine But smaller galleries are noticeably quiet. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 20, 2020
Art and Law Rising Star Derek Fordjour Is Asking a Judge to Toss Out a Lawsuit From an Ex-Dealer, Claiming He Is Resentful of the Artist’s Success Fordjouor is also demanding that the dealer return more than a dozen artworks. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 19, 2020
Auctions Christie’s and Phillips Are Both Canceling Their Spring Art Sales in Favor of Having Giant Mega-Auctions in June The sales will now take place this June in New York. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 19, 2020
Galleries ‘What Does a Gallery Become?’: Small Galleries Seek Solutions as They Face a Perilous Spring Without Fairs or Exhibitions Small and mid-range galleries are the most vulnerable to economic shifts, but they are also more spry. By Kate Brown & Eileen Kinsella, Mar 19, 2020
Auctions The Hotly Anticipated Auction of the Macklowe Collection, Predicted to Raise the Art Market to New Heights, Has Been Postponed The sale could rake in upwards of $700 million. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 18, 2020
