Auctions Allan Schwartzman, a Respected Market Guru, Is Leaving the Sotheby’s Auction House Amid a Continuing Staff Shakeup He will continue to work with the house as a consultant. By Eileen Kinsella, May 12, 2020
Art and Law It’s Not Just Businesses That Can Get Cash From the Government’s Coveted New ‘PPP’ Loans—It Turns Out Artists Can Too. Here’s How Artists who use payroll are eligible for the new emergency loans. By Eileen Kinsella, May 11, 2020
Art Fairs Taipei Dangdai’s New Online Platform Aims to Keep International Dealers Connected to the Asian Art Market as the Region Slowly Reopens Dozens of dealers who showed at the most recent Taipei Dangdai art fair in January are taking part in the initiative. By Eileen Kinsella, May 8, 2020
Galleries As Switzerland Slowly Reopens, Dealer Eva Presenhuber Is Forging Ahead With Plans to Open a New Zurich Gallery Next Month "There was no going back," Presenhuber says of the complicated timing. By Eileen Kinsella, May 8, 2020
Art Fairs Here Are the 6 Most Expensive Works at the Frieze Art Fair’s First Virtual Edition (and 5 Great Affordable Ones, Too) The online version of Frieze New York allows users to sort by price. So we did. By Eileen Kinsella, May 7, 2020
Art Fairs Frieze New York’s Online Edition Launches With Seven-Figure Sales to VIPs as Art Dealers Hustle to Get a Handle on Virtual Fairs Mega-dealers report robust sales at the first virtual edition of Frieze New York, while smaller galleries saw a slower pace. By Eileen Kinsella, May 6, 2020
Auctions Sotheby’s Is Reopening Salesrooms—and Aggressively Cutting Costs—in a Race to Repay Almost $120 Million in Debt This Year A newly released report set off alarm bells about the company's debt load. By Eileen Kinsella, May 5, 2020
Art and Law Tech Kingpin Sean Parker Bought an Old Master Painting at Christie’s for Almost $6 Million. After That, Things Got Messy—Fast A federal judge must sign off on the final arbitration order that awards the work to Parker. By Eileen Kinsella, May 4, 2020
Galleries For Its First Show Post-Lockdown, Perrotin Is Opening Up Its Paris Gallery to Two-Dozen Local Dealers in a Show of Solidarity The gallery's "Stay United" initiative will run through August. By Eileen Kinsella, May 4, 2020
Art World ‘Success Seems Based on Sheer Luck’: Galleries and Museums Scramble for Government Relief Funds—Before They Dry Up Again So far, museums have found more success than galleries in navigating the maze. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 30, 2020
Art and Law Federal Authorities Have Launched an Investigation Into the Fugitive Art Dealer Inigo Philbrick, Who Allegedly Fleeced Clients Out of Millions People who did business with the now-vanished dealer are beginning to receive subpoenas from the Justice Department. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 28, 2020
Galleries In a Radical Move, Sotheby’s Has Debuted a New Online Sales Platform for Blue-Chip Contemporary Art Galleries, Taking a Cut of All Sales Sotheby's will take a flat commission from galleries based on sales. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 28, 2020
Art Fairs Art Basel Says It’s ‘Too Early’ to Confirm Its Marquee Fair Will Take Place This Fall, But Promises More Online Offerings The fair's latest missive to exhibitors also offers a series of perks. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 27, 2020
Art and Law Artist Howardena Pindell Is Suing Her Former Gallery for Allegedly Hiding Sales and Failing to Pay Her for Years The artist says accounts of sales and inventory provided to her were "willfully misleading and inaccurate." By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 24, 2020
People The Art World Works From Home: Artist Cao Fei Is Stuck in Singapore Watching Zombie Thrillers and Teaching Art Students Over Zoom Here's how the artist is making her way through life in quarantine. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 24, 2020
