Law & Politics Can A.I.-Generated Art Receive Copyright Protection? U.S. Authorities Say No, Citing a Lack of ‘Human Authorship’ The copyright office has turned down an work of AI art for the second time. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 23, 2022
Art Fairs Los Angeles’s Ultra-Cool Poolside Fair Felix Is Yet Again a Favorite Among Tastemaking Dealers The fair held its third edition last week at the historic Hollywood Roosevelt hotel. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 21, 2022
Art Fairs Action! Los Angeles Glitterati Descend on a Frenetic First Day of Frieze, Snapping Up Works and Posing for the Cameras The art fair is back after two years at swanky new digs in Beverly Hills. By Eileen Kinsella & Annie Armstrong, Feb 18, 2022
Art & Tech As Part of Its Rebrand, Meta Is Launching an Expanded Art Program and Teaming Up With the New Museum and Other Top Institutions The company says it sees artists as "hackers." By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 16, 2022
Galleries East Coast Art Dealers Are Flocking to Los Angeles in the Latest California Gold Rush In recent weeks, more than a half-dozen dealers have announced plans to establish new branches in Hollywood. By Taylor Dafoe & Eileen Kinsella, Feb 15, 2022
Art Fairs Here’s How Frieze L.A. Will Look Different This Year, From a New Beverly Hills Home to a Series of Creative Collaborations New director Christine Messineo shares some of that changes in store. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 15, 2022
Pop Culture What Does the New Netflix Series About Convicted Scammer Anna Delvey Get Right About the Art World? We Took a Deep Dive Here's our guide to the wall candy and character cameos. By Eileen Kinsella & Katie White, Feb 11, 2022
Market A Failed Bank Was Supposed to Sell Off Its Pricey Art Collection to Repay Clients. But a Court Rules That a Caravaggio and Other Masterpieces Can’t Leave the Country A Caravaggio worth millions is among the works named in the ruling. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 10, 2022
NFTs The Largest Group of CryptoPunks to Ever Come to Auction Will Be Offered at Sotheby’s. It Could Bring in $30 Million The single-lot sale represents more than 1 percent of all CryptoPunks. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 8, 2022
Law & Politics The U.S. Treasury Department Has Issued a Closely Watched Report on Money Laundering. The Upshot: Nothing to See Here, Folks The U.S. government is taking a risk-based "wait and see" approach to the art market. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 7, 2022
On View Dive Into the Confusing and Manipulative World of Deepfakes Through This Chilling Show at the Museum of the Moving Image Can you spot a deepfake? The results may surprise you. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 4, 2022
Law & Politics A Former Employee Is Suing Art Dealer Barbara Gladstone for Allegedly Forcing Her Out of a Job and Trying to Ruin Her Career Laura Higgins says she was forced out of the "toxic" environment after raising labor concerns. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 3, 2022
Artnet News Pro Playful Figuration Is All the Rage. Why Is the Work of the Chicago Imagists a Fraction of the Price of the Artists They Inspired? Supply has been spotty over the years, but the influential artist group is beginning to see their influence reflected in the market. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 1, 2022
Auctions Korean Galleries and Auction Houses May Finally Be Coming to an Agreement After a Long-Simmering Turf War South Korean galleries have fought back against the auction houses' aggressive tactics by holding their own closed-door sale. By Eileen Kinsella & Vivienne Chow, Jan 28, 2022
Artnet News Pro ‘It Felt Like Olden Times’: The Old Masters Market Roars Back to Life at Sotheby’s New York With an Impressive $91 Million Sale Competition was surprisingly intense even on lots that were already pre-sold. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 27, 2022