Museums & Institutions ‘People Are Willing to Give Their Lives’: We Spoke to Ukrainians Who Are Risking Everything to Safeguard Their Country’s Art For some museum workers, who survived the 2014 annexation of Crimea, the scene is all too familiar. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 15, 2022
NFTs The Calder Foundation Is Looking to Gamify Art History With a New Web3 Experience That Awards Official NFTs to Winners Proceeds from the NFTs will be used to fund conservation of Calder's sculptures. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 13, 2022
Auctions Christie’s Reports Total Sales Hit $4.1 Billion in the First Half of 2022, Its Best Performance Since 2015 Still, clouds were gathering on the horizon with respect to Asian buyers and NFT sales. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 12, 2022
Art Fairs Art Basel’s Newest Exec, Vincenzo De Bellis, Is a Former Museum Curator. That May Be Just What the Show Needs As the Art Basel brand expands to four international events, a new senior leader is more important than ever. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 11, 2022
Museums & Institutions A Record Number of Museum Buildings Opened in 2021, and 6 Other Takeaways From a New Report on Global Cultural Investment After a decline in spending due to the pandemic, cultural projects worldwide are on the rebound. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 8, 2022
Art & Exhibitions A New Culture Hub in Mexico City Pairs Sustainable Dining With Art for a Rare Experience in the Chapultepec Forest Veteran curator JĂ©rĂ´me Sans has been named creative director. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 7, 2022
Art Fairs Go Ahead, Call It a Comeback: TEFAF Returns to Maastricht With Steady Old Master Sales and a Bevy of Museum Groups Looking to Buy TEFAF is celebrating a "triumphant" return to its home turf after an absence of more than two years. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 28, 2022
Art Fairs Here’s Our Pick of 5 Standout Works at TEFAF Maastricht, From a $1 Million Hippo Sculpture to a Rediscovered Dutch Masterpiece The fair has made a triumphant return to its home city for the first time since the pandemic. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 27, 2022
Artnet News Pro Behind the Rise of Millennial Art-Market Sensation Aboudia, Who Pulled Off the Most Successful Direct-to-Auction Sale Since Damien Hirst The artist's work generated more than $10 million at auction last year alone. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 24, 2022
Crime A British Dealer Accused of Conspiring With Inigo Philbrick in His Elaborate Art-Fraud Scheme Now Faces Extradition to the U.S. Newland is home on bail and under electronic monitoring in London. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 21, 2022
Crime ‘It’s the First Step in Trying to Tell My Narrative’: Anna Delvey Tells Us How Minting 2,000 NFTs Will Help Her Reinvent Herself 20 randomly selected buyers will receive an 'Anna Access Card' that grants them a conversation with the convicted grifter. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 17, 2022
Market Why Auction Veteran Saara Pritchard Is Joining Amy Cappellazzo’s New Advisory Firm as a Partner After 14 years in the auction industry, Pritchard is taking on a new role. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 14, 2022
Galleries ‘I’ll Never Forget That Moment’: Larry Gagosian on How an Encounter With Christo in His 20s Inspired a New Show of the Artist’s Little-Known Early Work Gagosian's new show in Paris includes many never-before-seen Christo works. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 13, 2022
Art World What I Buy and Why: Art-Fair Impresario Sanford Smith on His Prized John Wayne Sculpture and Preference for Online Auctions The collector has a soft spot for American Modernist watercolors and bronze sculptures. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 13, 2022
Art Fairs Betting on Japan as the Next Asian Market Hub, Veteran Fair Organizer Magnus Renfrew Is Organizing a New Art Event in Tokyo Tokyo Gendai, planned for next summer, is the latest contemporary art fair in Renfrew's portfolio. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 9, 2022