Galleries Mega-Galleries Aren’t the Only Ones Supporting Pandemic Relief Efforts. Here’s How Dealers With a Lot More to Lose Are Giving Back Galleries are getting creative about ways to give back. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 21, 2020
Art World MoMA PS1 and the Broad Will Downsize More Than 170 Total Employees as Staff Cuts Continue at Major Museums Coast to Coast "It’s simply not possible to make the numbers work," MoMA PS1 director Kate Fowle told museum staff. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 21, 2020
Art World Microsoft Just Pulled an Ad Featuring Marina Abramovic After Right-Wing Conspiracy Theorists Accused Her of Satanism Here's how a straightforward technology ad got twisted into allegations of Satanism. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 15, 2020
Art Fairs Art Basel’s Parent Company MCH Group Has Laid Off 150 Staffers as the Pandemic Sends Shockwaves Through the Event Industry Major watchmakers have defected en masse from the company's flagship fair Baselworld. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 15, 2020
Art Fairs The Frieze Art Fair Reveals Plans for Online Viewing Rooms in Lieu of Its Cancelled New York Edition, Including a New AR Tool to Help Collectors Shop The platform was originally intended to debut alongside the physical event. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 14, 2020
People John Driscoll, a Scholar of American Art Who Led New York’s Eminent Driscoll Babcock Gallery, Has Died at 70 From Coronavirus Driscoll took over as owner of the gallery in 1987. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 13, 2020
Market Lisson Gallery Has Launched a New Augmented Reality Platform That Allows You to Test-Drive Art in Your Home Before You Buy It Massimo De Carlo, too, is getting into the virtual reality game with a new platform launching tomorrow. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 13, 2020
Art World ‘There Is No Support System’: Art Handlers, the Invisible Muscle of the Multibillion-Dollar Art Industry, Face an Uncertain Future as Work Vanishes Art handlers have been hit particularly hard by COVID-19, revealing inequities and vulnerabilities that existed long before lockdown. By Sarah Cascone & Eileen Kinsella, Apr 13, 2020
Art Fairs NADA Chicago, Which Was Set to Open in Late September, Has Been Cancelled as Art-Fair Calendar Shakeups Extend to the Fall EXPO Chicago, however, is still scheduled to take place. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 10, 2020
Art and Law Manhattan’s DA Just Slammed Christie’s With a $16.7 Million Fine for Failing to Collect New York Sales Tax for Years The DA's office said the company failed to properly collect tax on international sales to New York clients between 2013 and 2017. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 9, 2020
Art World Why Hauser & Wirth Is Investing Big in a Virtual Reality Tool That Can Plan Shows, Calculate Fair Logistics, and Even Host Residencies The ongoing shutdown led the gallery to hit fast-forward on its technology division. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 9, 2020
Art World Museums Across the US Are Furloughing and Laying Off Workers—But Hopeful They’ll Get Help From the Federal Government The MFA Boston has furloughed more than 300 staff members—about 40 percent of its workforce—as it anticipates losses of more than $12 million. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 7, 2020
Art World In an Odd Partnership, Sales of a Toilet-Paper Artwork by the Late Born-Again Artist Thomas Kinkade Will Benefit Shuttered NADA Galleries The Kinkade Family Foundation is teaming up with NADA to deliver the aid. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 6, 2020
Art World The New Museum and Whitney Museum Cut Dozens of Employees as Lockdowns Continue With No End in Sight The New Museum parted ways with 48 workers; the Whitney cut 76. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 3, 2020
Auctions Sotheby’s and Christie’s Place Hundreds of Workers on Furlough and Cut Executive Pay as Art Businesses Feel the Impact of Coronavirus Postponements Sotheby's is furloughing approximately 12 percent of its staff. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 2, 2020
