Art World The Chief Executive of a Major Mining Company Will Step Down After It Destroyed Two Sacred Aboriginal Structures in Australia The Rio Tinto mining company initially characterized the demolition as a "misunderstanding." By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 11, 2020
Galleries Famed Collector Charles Saatchi’s Only Daughter Is Opening a Huge London Gallery in Mayfair to Show Emerging Artists Phoebe Saatchi Yates is opening the space with her husband, Arthur. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 10, 2020
Galleries Hauser & Wirth Has Rallied More Than 100 Art Stars to Donate Works for a Fundraiser to Rescue the Queens Museum and 15 Other At-Risk New York Nonprofits The Swiss Institute, White Columns, and a host of other institutions will benefit from the sale. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 10, 2020
Market As a Tax Exemption Expires, the Art Trade Is Slammed With a New Tariff on Chinese Artworks Imported to the US Many US dealers hope the tax won't be here to stay By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 9, 2020
Market Millennials Are More Interested in Buying Art Than Ever—and 5 Other Takeaways From a New Art Basel Report on the State of the Market Despite a dramatic drop in sales, the report has a few bright spots. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 9, 2020
Art World French Art Museums Get a Big Boost From the Government’s New $2.4 Billion Rescue Package for the Culture Sector The Louvre, Musée d'Orsay, and the Centre Pompidou are among the institutions that stand to benefit. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 8, 2020
Galleries ‘What Is an Exhibition Without an Opening?’: New York City Galleries Kick Off a Surreal Fall Art Season Unlike Any Other From safety upgrades to ethical reflections, New York dealers are finding their way through the strangest fall ever. By Tim Schneider & Eileen Kinsella, Sep 8, 2020
Art and Law The Tate Has Permanently Cut Ties With Patron Anthony d’Offay More Than Two Years After He Faced Harassment Accusations Dealer Anthony d'Offay served as one of its leading patrons over the years. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 4, 2020
Art World It Takes a Village: Meet the New York City-Wide Task Force That Helped Art Institutions Reopen After Lockdown Representatives from the Whitney and the Met, two founding members of the task force, tell us about its work and goals. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 4, 2020
Auctions A New York Museum Is Selling Its Only Jackson Pollock Painting at Christie’s to Fund Acquisitions of Work by Women and Artists of Color The painting is consigned by the Everson Museum in Syracuse. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 3, 2020
Art Fairs A Wildly Popular Graffiti Exhibition Is Going ‘Beyond the Streets’ by Launching a New Online Art Fair Products on sale will range from $30 t-shirts to $30,000 paintings. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 3, 2020
Art World New York’s Ultra-High-Tech Art Warehouse and Freeport ARCIS Is Abruptly Closing After Just Two Years It was billed as a cutting-edge art storage facility with attractive tax benefits. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 2, 2020
Analysis After a Dip, the Market for Gerhard Richter’s Work Is Back on Solid Footing. Here’s Which Bodies of Work Are Thriving Market insiders say Richter's market is actually composed of a number of submarkets. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 1, 2020
Art and Law California’s Legislature Just Passed a Bill to Make It Easier for Native American Tribes to Reclaim Remains and Artifacts From Museums A California state bill that would expand repatriation rights for Native American tribes is heading to the governor's desk. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 1, 2020
Art World Art Schools Have Historically Been Inhospitable to Black Students. Two California Philanthropists Are Trying to Change That Mei-Lee Ney and Eileen Norton have donated towards supporting diversity initiatives and hiring from underrepresented groups. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 31, 2020
