Law The U.S. Government Is Chasing Down a $1.3 Million Picasso as Part of Ongoing Efforts to Recover Assets From Jho Low’s Infamous 1MDB Fund The fallout from the massive embezzlement scheme continues with art seizures. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 1, 2023
Auctions Christie’s London Is Teaming Up With Nigeria’s Museum of West African Art for a Benefit Sale of Work by Yinka Shonibare, Kehinde Wiley, and More The sale will take place during London auction week. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 1, 2023
Law Attorneys Trade Revealing Barbs in New Documents Just Filed in the Ongoing Lisa Schiff Legal Fight Fresh filings in the case indicate a federal investigation and grand jury subpoena could be on the way. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 31, 2023
Art Fairs Gagosian Appoints a Veteran Seoul Gallerist as Its First Full-Time Director in South Korea Just in Time for Frieze The international art fair has energized an already sophisticated collecting scene By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 30, 2023
Law The Senate Finance Committee Demands Answers From Leon Black About Jeffrey Epstein’s Role Advising on His $1 Billion Art Collection The committee wants details on a $158 million payment to Epstein and an "art partnership" he created for Black. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 24, 2023
Law A Court Shot Down a Computer Scientist’s Latest Attempt to Copyright an A.I.-Created Artwork in a Case That Has Big Implications for A.I. Artists Thaler is undaunted despite multiple rejections and plans to appeal the decision. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 21, 2023
Shows & Exhibitions Meet Real Estate Developer-Turned-Artist Abbott Stillman Whose Abstract Paintings Are Making Their Gallery Debut Stillman's works are on view at "Urban Summer" at Georges Berges from August 17. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 16, 2023
Auctions Phillips Reports a Sharp Drop in Global Sales, With Private Sales Slumping to One-Third of Last Year’s Total Coming off a peak year, the newly challening environment has hit auction houses hard. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 10, 2023
On View See Works by Eric Fischl, Carrie Mae Weems, and More in a Knockout Show on the Surprising Links Between Art and Boxing The show features 100 artworks spread out across The Church in Sag Harbor and Flag Art Foundation in Chelsea. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 10, 2023
People Known as a Deep-Pocketed, ‘Aggressive’ Chinese Collector, Ding Yixiao Has Now Been Blacklisted by the Art Market. What Happened? The collector's eponymous museum in China is shuttered and he is at odds with at least one auction house. By Eileen Kinsella & Vivienne Chow, Aug 10, 2023
Auctions Phillips Is Going Into the Direct Art Sales Business, Commissioning Monthly Drops From Artists and Collaborators The new platform launches this month, offering work from Brooklyn-based artist Cj Hendry. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 7, 2023
Books 5 Moving Life Lessons a Former Museum Guard Learned From His Time at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Patrick Bringley's book, "All the Beauty in the World," reflects on his decade-long stint at the museum By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 28, 2023
Art World Worldwide Investment in Cultural Projects Continues to Rebound, With $15 Billion of Infrastructure Completed or Announced in 2022 Here are 6 takeaways from the latest Cultural Infrastructure Index. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 27, 2023
Law Billionaire Art Collector Joe Lewis Indicted in New York for Insider Trading and Financial Fraud Authorities accuse Lewis of orchestrating a 'brazen' scheme where he provided inside information to friends and associates on multiple occasions. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 26, 2023
Art Fairs Art-Fair Welfare? Berlin Galleries Can Now Tap Government Subsidies to Attend Two Fairs Per Year A pilot program in Germany will give galleries as much as $13,000 annually to participate in fairs in Germany and abroad. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 25, 2023
