Art and Law A Street Artist Is Suing a Grocery Chain for Allegedly Using His Work in an Oprah-Narrated Super Bowl Ad Without His Consent Chris Williams says the commercial has damaged his reputation. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 27, 2019
Galleries Hip and High-Profile International Dealers Will Descend on Prague to Participate in a New Gallery Share Program After two successful runs in Warsaw, the Condo-like initiative Friend of a Friend is expanding to Prague. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 26, 2019
Politics Two Artists Withdraw Their Work From a Show at the Shed in Protest of Billionaire Board Member and Trump Funder Stephen Ross A.L. Steiner and Zackary Drucker quietly removed their work to protest Ross's recent Trump fundraiser. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 23, 2019
Galleries Trailblazing Art Dealer Andrea Rosen Has Donated Her Gallery Archives to the Smithsonian The treasure trove of documents shines a light on the 1990s art world. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 22, 2019
Art World The Institute of Contemporary Art Los Angeles Will Soon Be Powered Entirely by Solar Energy The museum has launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund the effort. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 22, 2019
Galleries Monica King, Who Earned Her Stripes at Pace and Paul Kasmin Galleries, Is Opening Her Own Tribeca Space Monica King Contemporary is the latest gallery to open in the neighborhood, which has quickly become a hotbed for dealers. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 22, 2019
Politics ‘What Is Considered Evil?’: How US Museum Leaders Are Grappling With the Fallout of Warren Kanders’s Controversial Resignation From the Whitney Museum trustees and administrators are debating the new rules of ethical philanthropy. By Eileen Kinsella & Rachel Corbett, Aug 13, 2019
Galleries From Chelsea to the Upper East Side, New York’s Gallery Landscape Is Getting a Makeover Ahead of the Fall Season We tracked a flurry of gallery moves. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 12, 2019
On View With Its New Show of Sam Gilliam’s Painting, Dia Wants to Explode Our Assumptions About Minimalism A new installation of early work by Sam Gilliam will be on long-term view at Dia Beacon starting August 10. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 8, 2019
People Pace Gallery Hires Hirshhorn Museum Curator Mark Beasley to Head Up Its New ‘Live’ Art Program in New York Beasley comes from the Hirshhorn Museum to head up the gallery's new "Pace Live" program. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 8, 2019
Auctions Sotheby’s Is Hit With Its Fourth Shareholder Lawsuit in a Month Over Its Acquisition Deal With Patrick Drahi The shareholder claims the proposed $3.7 billion acquisition violates SEC rules. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 6, 2019
Politics An Art Dealer Says Teens Attacked Him for His MAGA Hat. Now, He’s Accusing Police of Anti-Trump Bias Because They Haven’t Found Proof Jahangir “John” Turan, owner of David Parker Gallery, was attacked on Tuesday on Canal Street. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 2, 2019
Auctions Sotheby’s Sales Dropped 10 Percent in the First Half of 2019 Thanks to Brexit Fears and Cautious Collectors What may be the final earnings report before Sotheby's goes private marks the end of an era for auction transparency. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 31, 2019
Art and Law ‘He Had Lying, Scamming, and Stealing Down to a Fine Art’: Disgraced Dealer Timothy Sammons Is Sentenced to 4 to 12 Years in Prison Sammons pleaded guilty to grand larceny and fraud that bilked his victims out of $10 million to $30 million. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 30, 2019
On View Dutch Art Collector Bert Kreuk Donated a Historic D-Day Flag to the Smithsonian—and Got a Personal Thanks From Donald Trump The collector says the flag has personal significance for his family. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 30, 2019
