People Curator and Museum Trustee Isolde Brielmaier Has Been Named Deputy Director at the New Museum The appointment comes at a critical time when museum leaders have been under fire for unfair management. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 22, 2021
Art Fairs Rebecca Ann Siegel, a Top Executive at Frieze, Will Leave Her Post as Staff Shakeups Continue Across the Art-Fair Sector Siegel is the second high-level fair executive to announce her departure in as many weeks. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 21, 2021
Art Fairs Who’s in and Who’s Out at the 2021 Art Basel Fair in Switzerland This September? Here’s the Full List Two-dozen galleries from around the world will make their Art Basel debut this fall. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 20, 2021
Law & Politics Twitter’s Ex-CEO Is Facing Off With Artist Neighbor Dorothea Rockburne After a Bathroom Leak Allegedly Damaged Her Life’s Work Costolo's lawyers are demanding reams of paperwork from Rockburne, including prices for previously sold artworks. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 19, 2021
Artnet News Pro Art Shipping in the Age of COVID Is More Expensive and Complicated Than Ever—and a Return to ‘Normal’ Remains Very Far Away Advisors and art dealers are facing new logistical challenges as shippers urge patience. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 18, 2021
Artnet News Pro Phillips London Just Set Nearly 20 Auction Records for Emerging Artists in Its $8.8 Million ‘New Now’ Sale But the top lot of the night—an Andy Warhol flower work—comes as no surprise. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 14, 2021
Artnet News Pro Lehmann Maupin Gallery Has Inked an Exclusive Partnership With the Winklevoss Twins’s Gemini to Accept Cryptocurrency for Art The gallery hopes the move will lure new and younger buyers. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 14, 2021
Artnet News Pro Christie’s Came Out of the Pandemic to Have Its Most Lucrative First Half in Years. Here, Execs at the Auction House Explain How They Did It The sales thus far have amounted to $3.5 billion. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 13, 2021
Law & Politics As Part of a $4.5 Billion Oxycontin Settlement, the Sackler Family Has Promised Not to Lend Its Name to Museums for Nine Years Critics say the agreement between prosecutors and the Sackler family doesn't go far enough. By Sarah Cascone & Eileen Kinsella, Jul 9, 2021
Artnet News Pro Art Basel’s Noah Horowitz Is Stepping Down After Six Years as Director of Americas for the Fair Horowitz will remain in his role until August. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 7, 2021
Law & Politics The North Face Will Phase Out a Logo That the Street Artist Futura Said It Lifted Illegally From His Work The company has denied any wrongdoing in the case. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 7, 2021
Artnet News Pro Speculation Threatened to Derail Dana Schutz’s Market. Here’s How She and Her Dealers Rebuilt It on Solid Ground Dana Schutz's market offers an object lesson in how to survive speculation. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 5, 2021
Artnet News Pro How Will Art Basel Pull Off a Full-Scale Fair in September? Here’s How Organizers Are Getting Creative to Get It Done The physical edition of Art Basel boasts some novel new options for exhibitors. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 4, 2021
Artnet News Pro Christie’s Marathon London to Paris Sale Brought in $212 Million—And Its Biggest Stars Were Three Powerful Female Auctioneers Collectors paid big money for Picasso and Giacometti. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 30, 2021
Artnet News Pro ‘Fierce’ Demand From Collectors in Asia Propelled Sotheby’s $217 Million Sales of British and Contemporary Art in London The night was marked by respectable, but not frothy, bidding. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 29, 2021