Analysis How Scholars and Curators Helped Create an International Art Market for Pioneering American Modernist Marsden Hartley The market for the artist's work, once confined to the US, has become much more widespread. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 30, 2019
Law & Politics Last Year the Met Spent $4 Million on a Golden Sarcophagus. It Turned Out to Be Looted. Now They Had to Send It Back The return coincides with a new interview with Max Hollein in which the Met director reveals his relatively centrist views on restitution. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 26, 2019
Auctions Banksy Can Insult Collectors All He Wants—It Won’t Stop Them From Buying, His Sold-Out $1.4 Million Christie’s Online Auction Proves A sarcastically titled sale of Banksy works drew eager buyers who didn't seem to mind the artist calling them "morons." By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 25, 2019
Market Is the Art Market Headed for Another Recession? 9 Tips From the Experts on How Galleries Can Survive the Fallout From general business fundamentals to specific art-market hacks, these strategies from veterans of the trade will help keep your doors open. By Eileen Kinsella & Tim Schneider, Sep 25, 2019
Analysis At Home and Abroad, the Market for Chinese Art and Antiquities Sharply Declined in 2018, Our Exclusive Auction Report Reveals Sales of Fine Chinese paintings and calligraphy—the largest collecting category in mainland China—experienced a major decline. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 24, 2019
Auctions KAWS for Concern? 25 Works by the White-Hot Street Artist Are About to Flood the Market in Sotheby’s Sale of Ryan Brant’s Estate Could the late video-game entrepreneur's KAWS collection be too much of a good thing for the market? By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 23, 2019
On View Sorry, Anish Kapoor: MIT Scientists Made the Blackest Black Ever Invented, and an Artist Just Used It to Do Something Magical Coated with the new super-black, a $2 million diamond has become the gem that absorbs all light. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 17, 2019
Galleries Luhring Augustine Joins the Influx of Galleries Opening in Tribeca With a New Space Launching Next Year Luhring Augustine is the latest to launch in the growing gallery hub. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 17, 2019
Politics George W. Bush Painted Former House Speaker John Boehner as a Parting Gift—and Now It’s His Official Portrait The painting will hang in the Speaker's Lobby of Congress at the Capitol. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 13, 2019
Art Fairs Tickets to the Art Basel Inside Conference in Abu Dhabi, a ‘New Kind of Experience,’ Cost $15,000 (Without Airfare) That's more than TED's marquee conference—but less than Davos. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 11, 2019
Galleries Take a Sneak Peek Inside Pace Gallery’s Giant New Chelsea Headquarters, AKA ‘Super Pace’ The blue-chip gallery has consolidated its global operations under one roof, and pulled out all the stops. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 10, 2019
Art Fairs Art Basel Is Organizing a Three-Day Sustainability Summit in Abu Dhabi in Its Latest Effort to Evolve Beyond Art Fairs Art Basel Inside is the art-fair company's latest project. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 9, 2019
Law & Politics A New Move by the Trump Administration Makes It Possible for Collectors to Sue to Reclaim Art Seized by Cuba Still, it will be an uphill battle. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 6, 2019
Auctions Sotheby’s Shareholders Overwhelmingly Approve the Company’s $3.7 Billion Acquisition by French Media Mogul Patrick Drahi CEO Tad Smith called it an historic moment for the 275-year-old auction house. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 5, 2019
Galleries Luxembourg & Dayan and Salon 94 Have Joined Forces to Represent Fast-Rising Star Derrick Adams The galleries will inaugurate their collaboration with Adams via two projects in the coming year. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 5, 2019