Law & Politics ‘Morally, Harvard Has No Grounds’: Inside the Explosive Lawsuit That Accuses the University of Profiting From Images of Slavery We asked legal experts and art historians to weigh in on the groundbreaking lawsuit. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 28, 2019
Art World Historians Were Unsure for Decades if This Still Life Was by Van Gogh. Then They Found a Ghostly Self-Portrait of the Artist Painted Underneath Technological advances have helped scholars confirm that the work is indeed by the beloved Dutch painter. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 25, 2019
Analysis Inside the Craze for KAWS: How a New Jersey Graffiti Artist Achieved Art-Market Domination Without Following Any of the Rules Ahead of Art Basel Hong Kong, where the artist is omnipresent, we uncover the forces behind his meteoric rise. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 25, 2019
Art World A Chinese Collector Transformed Five Empty Oil Tanks Into a Museum With a Fitting Name: Tank Shanghai After some delays, the museum is set to open to the public on Saturday. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 20, 2019
On View ‘Nervous and Excited’: Pearl Jam Guitarist Mike McCready Talks About His First Art Show The renowned guitarist is putting aside fear and embracing a new artistic medium. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 18, 2019
People Liu Ye, a Chinese Artist Whose Paintings of Children Reference Western Art History, Will Now Be Represented by David Zwirner The gallery will show the painter's work at Art Basel Hong Kong later this month and in a 2020 solo show in New York. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 13, 2019
On View Basquiat Loved Photocopies So Much He Bought His Own Xerox Machine. Now the Artworks He Made With It Are Worth Millions Didn't snag one of the 50,000 tickets for the Brant Foundation's sold-out Basquiat show? Don't despair. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 12, 2019
On View Renaissance Scholars Say This Depiction of a Laughing Jesus Is Leonardo da Vinci’s Only Surviving Sculpture The sculpture has long been attributed to artist Antonio Rossellino. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 11, 2019
Art World A New Study Says the Arts Contribute More to the US Economy Than Agriculture. Here Are Five Other Takeaways From the Report The arts also contribute more than transportation or warehousing. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 8, 2019
Politics Majority Frieze Stakeholder Endeavor Quietly Returns Saudi Arabia’s $400 Million Investment The relationship between the American company and the Saudi investors soured after the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 8, 2019
Art Fairs Three Museums Rush to Buy Works by Jonathan Lyndon Chase in the Opening Hours of the Armory Show Kohn Gallery has placed works with the Walker Art Center and the ICA in Miami. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 6, 2019
Galleries No Lease? No Problem! This Company Wants to Bring Your Gallery to Cities Around the World The project is the brainchild of two auction-house veterans. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 5, 2019
People Japanese Architect Arata Isozaki, Whose Elegant Geometric Designs Became Icons of Postmodernism, Wins the 2019 Pritzker Prize The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki had a profound influence on his work. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 5, 2019
Auctions Robert Rauschenberg’s Haunting Silkscreen of JFK Could Sell for $50 Million at Christie’s This Spring The work is part of a trove from the estate of Robert and Beatrice Mayer that is expected to generate $125 million. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 1, 2019
Art World Have $200,000 to Spare? You Can Stay in a Brand New Las Vegas Hotel Suite Designed by Damien Hirst See inside the over-the-top luxury suite at the Palms Casino. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 1, 2019