Art and Law China Abruptly Evicts Galleries in a Beijing Arts District to Make Way for ‘Immediate Demolition’ Ai Weiwei helped develop the Caochangdi arts district that's now in peril. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 23, 2018
Exhibitions The Hong Kong Museum of Art Has Received an Astonishing $480 Million Donation of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy The gift includes rare objects from the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 20, 2018
Auctions The Eclectic Art Collection of Beloved Actor Robin Williams Is Headed to Sotheby’s This Fall Proceeds will benefit the late actor's favorite charities. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 20, 2018
Art and Law Did Marlborough Gallery Steal One of China’s Greatest Artists? An Appeals Court Must Decide A long-running dispute between Enrico Navarra and Marlborough centers on whether one gallery interfered with the other's exclusive contract. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 18, 2018
Art and Law The FBI Has Recovered a Crimson Robert Motherwell Painting Stolen 40 Years Ago by a Moving Man The theft was an inside job. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 12, 2018
Galleries Inching Onto Auction-House Turf, Hauser & Wirth Hires Christie’s Veteran to Ramp Up Secondary Market Sales Liberté Nuti will begin this fall as the gallery's new international senior director of Impressionist and Modern art. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 12, 2018
Art and Law Why One of Justice Kennedy’s Final Decisions Could Cost the Art World Millions of Dollars How a ruling on taxes in South Dakota might affect dealers nationwide. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 11, 2018
Art World Fire at Paula Cooper Gallery in Chelsea Prompts Evacuation and Temporary Closure of Adjacent Art Galleries The fire department confirmed there were no injuries. By Eileen Kinsella & Caroline Goldstein, Jul 10, 2018
Art and Law Ending a Seven-Year Dispute, a US Court Rules That Artists Aren’t Entitled to Royalties for Artworks Resold at Auction The Ninth Circuit ruled that US Copyright law trumps a California law requiring payment of royalties to artists. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 9, 2018
Market London’s National Gallery (Finally) Buys a Painting by Artemisia Gentileschi, Pioneering Female Artist of the Italian Renaissance The museum now owns 21 works by women—out of more than 2,000. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 6, 2018
Politics Protesters Get the Green Light to Fly a Giant ‘Trump Baby’ Blimp Over UK Parliament During the President’s Visit London Mayor Sadiq Khan approved the balloon after protesters gathered 10,000 signatures of support. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 6, 2018
Exhibitions Michelangelo Mania Rocketed the Metropolitan Museum of Art to Break Its Record for Annual Attendance The New York museum is on a tear, also scoring some extraordinary donations. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 5, 2018
Art and Law Italian Police Nab Suspects in an Antiquities Smuggling Ring After a Years-Long Investigation Code-Named ‘Operation Demetra’ Suspects in at least four countries are implicated in the looting of Sicily's most famous site. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 5, 2018
On View ICA Boston Wants to ‘Literally and Figuratively Transport Visitors’ With Its New Shipyard Satellite Space The inaugural show features installations by artist Diana Thater. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 3, 2018
Art World Amid a Wave of Repatriation, Sotheby’s Stands Its Ground Against Greece’s Claim to an 8th-Century Bronze Horse Sotheby's and the seller say that Greece hasn't provided any proof that the object was stolen. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 2, 2018
