Art Fairs The Seattle Art Fair’s Parent Company Vulcan Is Closing Its Art and Entertainment Division, Throwing the Future of the Fair Into Question The closure of the arts division at the late Paul Allen's company also threatens the future of several Seattle museums and a beloved cinema. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 1, 2020
Auctions Sotheby’s Will Reimagine the Auction Experience by Livestreaming Its Big-Money June Art Sales—Without an Audience The sale is scheduled for June 29. By Eileen Kinsella, May 29, 2020
Galleries Museums and Art Galleries in Seoul Shut Down Again as the City Sees a Second Wave of Coronavirus Cases South Korea had previously been praised for its exemplary response to the crisis. By Eileen Kinsella, May 28, 2020
Politics Claiming China’s Crackdown Will Do ‘Incalculable’ Damage to Hong Kong’s Culture, 1,500 Arts Workers United in Protest of the Move Artists and cultural leaders are alarmed at the prospect of the restrictive new law. By Eileen Kinsella, May 27, 2020
Art and Law Unionizing Philadelphia Museum of Art Staffers Are Trying to Leverage the Support of One of the US’s Biggest Labor Unions Similar efforts were successful at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and The Shed. By Eileen Kinsella, May 26, 2020
Galleries Hong Kong Galleries Are Banding Together to Launch a Mini Art Fair to Help Revive the City’s Struggling Art Market The June debut of "Unscheduled" will feature 13 galleries primarily from Hong Kong. By Eileen Kinsella, May 24, 2020
Auctions The Collection of Cable-Television Impresario Ginny Williams, Full of Top-Notch Works by Women, Could Fetch $50 Million at Sotheby’s The collection will be sold across a series of sales throughout 2020. By Eileen Kinsella, May 22, 2020
Art and Law Saudi Arabia Has Joined a Lawsuit Against Disgraced Dealer Inigo Philbrick, Claiming He Sold Them a Kusama Installation He Didn’t Own Who really owns the multimillion-dollar Yayoi Kusama 'Mirror Room'? By Eileen Kinsella, May 21, 2020
Art and Law The Founders of Hobby Lobby Are Suing Christie’s for Selling Them an Ancient Artifact That Pretty Much Everyone Now Agrees Was Stolen The dispute centers on the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet, which was taken from Iraq sometime in the 2000s. By Eileen Kinsella, May 20, 2020
Galleries Just How Bad Has the Financial Fallout Been for US Galleries? A New Survey Crunches the Numbers—and They’re Bleak Full-time unemployment hasn't dipped too dramatically, but galleries are bracing for dramatic losses this quarter. By Eileen Kinsella, May 19, 2020
Art World The Art World Works From Home: Morgan Library Director Colin Bailey Is Watching ‘Frasier’ Reruns and Researching JP Morgan’s Collecting Habits Dinner and drinks in Manhattan is at the top of Bailey's post-lockdown list. By Eileen Kinsella, May 19, 2020
Art Fairs Untitled Is Bringing the First-Ever Art Fair to Take Place in Virtual Reality to Your Screen This Summer The fair sped up the development of the technology amid the current shutdown By Eileen Kinsella, May 18, 2020
Auctions Sotheby’s Online Contemporary Sale Fetches $13.7 Million—More Than Doubling the Previous Record for a Virtual Art Sale, Set Three Weeks Ago But the statistics don't account for the high number of withdrawn works. By Eileen Kinsella, May 15, 2020
Auctions Christie’s Will Replace Its Marquee June Sales in New York With a Streaming ‘Relay’ Auction to Unfold Across Four Cities Worldwide The sale kicks off at 8 p.m. local time in Hong Kong on July 10. By Eileen Kinsella, May 15, 2020
Art and Law Creditors Are Chasing Bankrupt Auction House Paddle8’s Former CEO for Allegedly Mishandling Funds to the Tune of $1 Million Those who lost money say Valentine Uhovski is to blame. By Eileen Kinsella, May 12, 2020
