Art World The Metropolitan Museum of Art Is Calling on the US Government to Bail Out At-Risk Museums With $4 Billion in Aid The museum is asking its staff, volunteers, and members to participate in a social-media campaign to advocate for government funding. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 24, 2020
People Prominent New York Gallerist Paul Kasmin, Who Helped Elevate Chelsea Into an Art Hub, Has Died at Age 60 The stalwart New York City dealer had battled illness for a long time. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 23, 2020
Art Fairs How Is Art Basel’s Experiment With Online Sales Going? Early Indications Suggest Mega-Galleries Are Making Out Just Fine But smaller galleries are noticeably quiet. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 20, 2020
Law & Politics Rising Star Derek Fordjour Is Asking a Judge to Toss Out a Lawsuit From an Ex-Dealer, Claiming He Is Resentful of the Artist’s Success Fordjouor is also demanding that the dealer return more than a dozen artworks. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 19, 2020
Auctions Christie’s and Phillips Are Both Canceling Their Spring Art Sales in Favor of Having Giant Mega-Auctions in June The sales will now take place this June in New York. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 19, 2020
Galleries ‘What Does a Gallery Become?’: Small Galleries Seek Solutions as They Face a Perilous Spring Without Fairs or Exhibitions Small and mid-range galleries are the most vulnerable to economic shifts, but they are also more spry. By Kate Brown & Eileen Kinsella, Mar 18, 2020
Auctions The Hotly Anticipated Auction of the Macklowe Collection, Predicted to Raise the Art Market to New Heights, Has Been Postponed The sale could rake in upwards of $700 million. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 18, 2020
Law & Politics Paddle8 Is Filing for Bankruptcy—and It Owes Tens of Thousands of Dollars to Justin Bieber, Jay Z’s Foundation, and Others The filing comes one week after a nonprofit sued the auction house for allegedly misappropriating funds. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 17, 2020
Art Fairs Three Major April Art Fairs Have Postponed Their Editions as Efforts to Contain Coronavirus Kick Into High Gear ArteBA, the Dallas Art Fair, and Art Cologne are all pushing their events back by several months. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 12, 2020
Law & Politics What Did Inigo Philbrick Do? How One Precocious Dealer Allegedly Swindled the Art Market’s Savviest Players Out of Millions Here's how Inigo Philbrick carried out his alleged contemporary-art scam—and why it's a symptom of a larger problem. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 11, 2020
Art Fairs The Inaugural Edition of Paris Photo in New York Is the Latest Art Fair to Be Postponed Amid the Coronavirus Outbreak Organizers tell exhibitors and collectors to stay tuned for further dates. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 11, 2020
Art Fairs TEFAF, One of Europe’s Premier Art Fairs, Closes Four Days Early After a Dealer Tests Positive for Coronavirus The fair is a major force for the local economy and the international Old Master market. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 11, 2020
Law & Politics A Nonprofit Founded by Jonas Mekas Is Suing Online Auctioneer Paddle8 for Allegedly Failing to Hand Over the Proceeds From a Charity Auction Four months after a charity auction, the funds are nowhere to be found By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 10, 2020
People Narrowing Its Deficit, the Metropolitan Museum Gives Big Raises to Top Executives—But Ends One of the Director’s Cushiest Perks The museum sold a Fifth Avenue apartment once occupied by director Thomas Campbell for $5.6 million. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 10, 2020
Art World Tech Is Democratizing Art Patronage and Other Key Findings from a New Report on Philanthropy in the Arts The results are in from the latest edition of the TEFAF Art Market Report, written by Anders Petterson. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 6, 2020