Artnet News Pro Why Are Art Investors Suddenly Ravenous for Dinosaurs? A Q&A With Nicolai Frahm, a Collector With Scientists on Speed Dial The advisor shares what he has learned from a decade of collecting in the field. By Eileen Kinsella, 8 hours ago
Auctions Andy Warhol Made Some Very Unusual Paintings When He Was in Art School. Now His Family May Be Trying to Bring Them to Auction Warhol made the works while studying at the Carnegie Institute in the 1940s. By Eileen Kinsella, 22 hours ago
Law For Years, Art Dealer Georges Lotfi Helped Investigators Root Out Antiquities Traffickers. Now Prosecutors Are Hunting for Him Investigators say the tipster became too assured of his own self-importance. By Eileen Kinsella, 3 days ago
NFTs OpenSea Just Gave $100,000 to the Buzzy DAO Friends With Benefits to Take Over Its Homepage With ‘Phygital’ Art Commissions The hip DAO is also set to make a splash in the phygital realm this week with the inaugural FWB Fest. By Eileen Kinsella, 3 days ago
Auctions Auction Veteran Simon de Pury Explains the Bold Business Model for His Latest Auction, Designed to Benefit Artists Above All The auction presents works exclusively by women artists made in the past three years. By Eileen Kinsella, 3 days ago
Studio Visit ‘I’m Constantly Looking at Toys’: See Inside Artist Trenton Doyle Hancock’s Studio, Jam-Packed With Action Figures From Star Wars and Beyond The artist's massive 1970s and '80s toy collection is close to his heart. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 9, 2022
Museums Could a Perfect 3-D Copy Solve the Quandary Over Who Gets the Parthenon Marbles? An Oxford University Scholar Thinks So Roger Michel says the British Museum should display replicas and return the originals to Greece. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 8, 2022
Museums Arts Council England Has Issued New ‘Proactive’ Restitution Advice for Museums, Replacing Outdated, Two-Decade-Old Guidance The previous report was issued all the way back in 2000. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 8, 2022
NFTs After More Than a Year of Keeping Their Faces Hidden, the Bored Ape Yacht Club Founders Appear on Camera for the First Time Feverish speculation has swirled around the identities of the men behind the hit NFT collection. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 5, 2022
Museums In a Major Promotion, the Metropolitan Museum of Art Has Added CEO to Director Max Hollein’s Title Hollein takes the mantle from current CEO Dan Weiss, who is stepping down next summer. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 4, 2022
Analysis In 2020, Blue-Chip Art Businesses Flocked to the Hamptons. Are They in It for the Long Haul? "It's a thing," said one veteran dealer of the newly energized Hamptons art scene. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 3, 2022
Law Henry Darger’s Heirs Open Up a New Front in Their Legal Battle to Control His Lucrative Market A group of 50 distant relatives are trying to wrest control from the late artist's former landlords. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 2, 2022
Art Fairs Design Miami Is Canceling Its First Paris Edition After French Police Nixed Its Planned Location for Fear of Potential ‘Social Movements’ Police said they are concerned about security in the public square. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 1, 2022
Law In a Surprise Move, a Swiss Court Is Reopening an Investigation Into Swiss Billionaire Yves Bouvier at the Behest of His Nemesis, Dmitry Rybolovlev The previous case was thrown out on bribery-related allegations in Monaco. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 29, 2022
People Artist Jennifer Bartlett, Known for Her Intensive Investigations Into the Possibilities of Painting, Has Died at Age 81 The artist has been making her striking installations on steel plates for more than 50 years. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 27, 2022
