Auctions As the Auction-House Race for Estates Continues, Sotheby’s Wins 26 Blue-Chip Treasures From the Anderson Collection Worth $55 Million The works, which will be auctioned in May, include pieces by Mark Rothko, Richard Diebenkorn, and Clyfford Still. By Eileen Kinsella, 3 hours ago
Market Critics and Curators Are Finally Coming Around to the Riotous Pop Paintings of Peter Saul. So Why Is the Market Still Lagging Behind? The "patron saint" of Day-Glo colors is having quite a moment. By Eileen Kinsella, 19 hours ago
Art and Law A Stunning Legal Decision Just Upheld a $6.75 Million Victory for the Street Artists Whose Works Were Destroyed at the 5Pointz Graffiti Mecca The ruling shuts down the defendant's claims on practically every count. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 20, 2020
Art Fairs Art Basel Launches Online Viewing Rooms to Help Dealers Reach Collectors Virtually After Canceling the Hong Kong Fair The company is hoping to lure VIPs with a specially built platform. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 20, 2020
Galleries The $450 Million Marron Collection Is the Art Market’s Ultimate Prize. Now, Three of the World’s Top Rival Galleries Are Joining Forces to Sell It The heirs' decision to avoid the auction block comes as a surprise to the art world. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 19, 2020
Art Fairs Paris Photo’s Inaugural New York Edition Features 126 International Galleries and a Curatorial Cameo From Antwaun Sargent The fair's artistic director promises plenty of "contemporary energy." By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 18, 2020
Art and Law In the Bitter Divorce of Collecting Royalty Libbie and David Mugrabi, Art Is at the Center of the Battle The case could expose secrets about one of the world's most prominent art-collecting dynasties. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 18, 2020
Events and Parties An Online-Gaming Billionaire Hopes His $3 Million Gift to James Turrell Will Make the Long-Delayed ‘Roden Crater’ a Reality The gift was announced at a party in Los Angeles hosted by Pace and Kayne Griffin Corcoran. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 14, 2020
Art and Law Veteran Auction-House Attorneys Join Forces to Create a New Art Law Group Catering to an Increasingly Professionalized Art World Former Sotheby's legal counsel have banded together to form the new law firm Olsoff, Cahill, Cossu. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 13, 2020
Art and Law The Marciano Art Foundation Denies All Charges in an Ex-Employee’s Labor Lawsuit, Saying It Doesn’t Owe Former Staffers Back Pay The plaintiff in the case is seeking class-action status. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 12, 2020
Art and Law Luxury Apartment Residents Must Put Up With Tate Modern Visitors Peering Into Their Windows, Appeals Court Rules Perhaps people who live in glass houses shouldn't expect privacy. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 12, 2020
Galleries Marian Goodman Will Represent the Estate of Land Art Pioneer Robert Smithson, Who Left Behind a Trove of Never-Before-Seen Work The venerable gallerist will organize the first-ever show of Smithson's art in London this May. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 12, 2020
Art Fairs Here’s Your Go-To Guide to All the Fairs Taking Place in Los Angeles During Frieze Week 2020 Here is a guide to how to navigate the art fairs opening in Tinseltown this week, anchored by the sophomore edition of Frieze LA. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 11, 2020
Politics President Trump Is Trying to Eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts—Again—in His Just-Released 2021 Budget Proposal Will Trump's latest attempt to slash arts agencies succeed this time? By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 10, 2020
Galleries Veteran Dealer Margaret Clinton on Why She Closed Her Brooklyn Gallery—and Why the Art-Market Ecosystem Is in Need of an Overhaul The dealer behind Koenig & Clinton shares a frank account of the challenges of running a gallery. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 10, 2020
