Galleries ‘What Does a Gallery Become?’: Small Galleries Seek Solutions as They Face a Perilous Spring Without Fairs or Exhibitions Small and mid-range galleries are the most vulnerable to economic shifts, but they are also more spry. By Kate Brown & Eileen Kinsella, Mar 19, 2020
Auctions The Hotly Anticipated Auction of the Macklowe Collection, Predicted to Raise the Art Market to New Heights, Has Been Postponed The sale could rake in upwards of $700 million. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 18, 2020
Art and Law Paddle8 Is Filing for Bankruptcy—and It Owes Tens of Thousands of Dollars to Justin Bieber, Jay Z’s Foundation, and Others The filing comes one week after a nonprofit sued the auction house for allegedly misappropriating funds. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 17, 2020
Art Fairs Three Major April Art Fairs Have Postponed Their Editions as Efforts to Contain Coronavirus Kick Into High Gear ArteBA, the Dallas Art Fair, and Art Cologne are all pushing their events back by several months. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 12, 2020
Art and Law What Did Inigo Philbrick Do? How One Precocious Dealer Allegedly Swindled the Art Market’s Savviest Players Out of Millions Here's how Inigo Philbrick carried out his alleged contemporary-art scam—and why it's a symptom of a larger problem. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 12, 2020
Art Fairs The Inaugural Edition of Paris Photo in New York Is the Latest Art Fair to Be Postponed Amid the Coronavirus Outbreak Organizers tell exhibitors and collectors to stay tuned for further dates. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 11, 2020
Art Fairs TEFAF, One of Europe’s Premier Art Fairs, Closes Four Days Early After a Dealer Tests Positive for Coronavirus The fair is a major force for the local economy and the international Old Master market. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 11, 2020
Art and Law A Nonprofit Founded by Jonas Mekas Is Suing Online Auctioneer Paddle8 for Allegedly Failing to Hand Over the Proceeds From a Charity Auction Four months after a charity auction, the funds are nowhere to be found By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 10, 2020
People Narrowing Its Deficit, the Metropolitan Museum Gives Big Raises to Top Executives—But Ends One of the Director’s Cushiest Perks The museum sold a Fifth Avenue apartment once occupied by director Thomas Campbell for $5.6 million. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 10, 2020
Art World Tech Is Democratizing Art Patronage and Other Key Findings from a New Report on Philanthropy in the Arts The results are in from the latest edition of the TEFAF Art Market Report, written by Anders Petterson. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 6, 2020
Art Fairs TEFAF Is Full of Handsomely Appointed Booths and Marvelous Objects. But the Specter of the Coronavirus Loomed Over Its Opening Hours Around 4,000 people attended the opening preview—a decrease of more than 27 percent from the 5,500 who came last year. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 6, 2020
Art World A New Thriller Starring Mick Jagger Paints a Dark and Dramatic Picture of Art Dealing, But Its Director Says It’s ‘Not a Satire About the Art World’ Director Giuseppe Capotondi says his film 'The Burnt Orange Heresy' shouldn't be taken too seriously. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 6, 2020
Art Fairs ‘It’s Obviously a Really Exciting Thing’: How Native American Art Has Become a Sleeper Sensation in Museums and the Art Market Alike The Independent art fair is taking its cue this year from "maverick" dealers who spotlight marginalized communities. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 3, 2020
Galleries That Was Fast: A Week and a Half After Its Private Sale Was Announced, the Marron Collection Has Already Netted $300 Million A $70 million Rothko sale followed two Picassos for $105 million By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 1, 2020
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, Feb 26, 2020
