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 12, 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
Law & Politics 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 8, 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 6, 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
Market 7 Hard-Won Lessons From Art Dealers Who Survived Past Recessions on How to Navigate a Financial Downturn We canvassed insiders for advice about what to do in the months ahead. By Kate Brown & Eileen Kinsella, Apr 1, 2020
Art World SFMOMA Cuts or Furloughs Hundreds of Staff Members, Calling the Current Moment a ‘Very Painful Time for Our Museum’ The museum said it was expecting a sudden $8 million loss. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 31, 2020
Galleries After Finding Success With Online Sales, David Zwirner Will Share Its Digital Platform With 12 Promising Younger New York Galleries, Too Zwirner is hosting a dozen smaller New York galleries in one virtual space. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 29, 2020
Art Fairs Dealers Are Blasting TEFAF for Not Cancelling Its Maastricht Fair Now That Dozens of Attendees Have Contracted Coronavirus The fair closed early, but some say that wasn't enough. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 26, 2020
Politics American Cultural Organizations Get Less Than Five Percent of What They Requested From Congress’s New $2 Trillion Aid Package American cultural organizations had asked for $4 billion. They got, well, less. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 26, 2020
Art World The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles Has Laid Off More Than Half Its Staff Amid an Indefinite Closure MOCA says it hopes to reinstate its part-time employees once the museum reopens. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 24, 2020