Auctions Phillips Is the Latest Art Seller to Court Ex-Manhattan Collectors by Opening a New Viewing Outpost in the Hamptons The space will show a $12 million Basquiat painting at its first preview exhibition. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 13, 2020
Market Speculation on Black Artists Has Gotten So Intense That for Christie’s Latest Sale, Its Curator Is Asking Buyers to Sign a Special Contract In an effort to thwart flippers, the show's curator Destinee Ross-Sutton has developed a list of terms to which buyers must agree. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 13, 2020
Art World Cultural Institutions Spent a Whopping $7.9 Billion on New Buildings Last Year. Things Will Look Very Different in 2020 The Shed and the National Museum of Qatar were among the highest-priced projects. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 12, 2020
Art World Over 100 Current and Former Staff Sign a Letter Supporting the Controversial Firing of the Montreal Museum’s Director 'Enough is enough,' said the new letter, pushing back against recent petitions in support of Nathalie Bondil. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 12, 2020
Art and Law A Brooklyn Art-Storage Company Is Suing Art Dealer Fergus McCaffrey for Allegedly Failing to Pay His $145,000 Bill McCaffrey claims the company refused to let him move the gallery's work in-house. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 11, 2020
Art and Law An Art Advisor Is Suing Rudy Giuliani for Failing to Pay Her for Appraising His Collection During His Contentious Divorce The art advisor Miller Gaffney says Giuliani owes her more than $15,000 for her services. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 10, 2020
Art World In the Latest Museum Mutual Aid Effort, MFA Boston Staffers Raised Over $100,000 for Their Laid-Off and Furloughed Colleagues The MFA Boston's fund is part of a growing trend in the museum field. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 10, 2020
Art and Law As Fallout From the Inigo Philbrick Scandal Rages on, Investors Go to Court to Claim Ownership of a $12 Million Twice-Sold Basquiat Painting Investors and collectors are trying to untangle the mess left by the indicted dealer. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 7, 2020
Market Phillips Has Debuted a New Market-Tracking Tool Called ‘Articker’ to Chart Artists’ Media Coverage A new tech tool lets collectors see which artists are trending and why. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 6, 2020
Art World Despite Bans on Public Gatherings, Marc Glimcher’s New ‘Superblue’ Initiative Is Launching a Series of Venues Dedicated to Big, Immersive Art In addition to commission fees, artists will share part of the profits from ticket sales. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 5, 2020
Art World The New Museum Will Put Its 23 Remaining Furloughed Staffers Back to Work Ahead of a Planned Fall Reopening The museum is also expanding healthcare coverage for employees. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 5, 2020
Art and Law Swiss Authorities Are Investigating Embattled Art Dealer Yves Bouvier for Evading as Much as $360 Million in Taxes Bouvier argues that he has lived in Singapore for the past decade and therefore is not subject to Swiss tax. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 4, 2020
Art World The Job Market for Young Academics Was Already Bleak—Then the Pandemic Hit. Here’s How Art-History Grad Students Are Coping With the Fallout "All of this is profoundly anxiety-producing," says one PhD candidate. By Rachel Corbett & Eileen Kinsella, Jul 23, 2020
Art and Law Art Dealer Inigo Philbrick Will Be Kept In US Custody After His Fiancée’s Family’s Bahamas Real Estate Was Rejected as Bail Collateral Philbrick's mother also offered to put up her house in Connecticut as bond. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 15, 2020
Art and Law Disgraced Art Dealer Inigo Philbrick Has Been Formally Charged by US Authorities With Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft Philbrick is reportedly in the same Oklahoma jail where "Tiger King" Joe Exotic was incarcerated until recently. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 14, 2020
