Art World Ai Weiwei’s Latest Film Is a Chilling Look at Life Under Lockdown in Wuhan Through the Lens of Chinese State Control Ai Weiwei's new film 'Coronation' was shot by the residents of Wuhan themselves. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 21, 2020
Art Fairs With the Viability of Fairs in Question, Art Basel Is Launching a Pair of Virtual Editions This Fall—and Charging Galleries to Participate Art Basel organizers will charge exhibitors to participate in a new series of online-only viewing rooms this fall. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 21, 2020
Art and Law American Authorities Have Returned 10 Looted Antiquities Worth a Combined $1.2 Million Back to India Four years after the works were seized during New York's Asia Week, authorities formally returned them to their home country. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 20, 2020
Politics Artist Marilyn Minter Has Teamed Up With the ACLU to Create a $400 Original Print to Benefit Its Racial Justice Program "Everyone thinks they can’t do anything because they’re all alone," Minter said. "This is the lie—everyone can do something." By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 20, 2020
Art Fairs Is the Future of Art Fairs… the Mail-Order Catalogue? This Design Fair Is Launching a Glossy Magazine in Lieu of Its In-Person Event At least 35 of the 50 planned exhibitors for the scuttled in-person November edition will participate. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 20, 2020
Art World A New York Nonprofit Is Collecting Plywood From Boarded-Up Storefronts and Redistributing It to Artists to Turn Into Public Art The project will both lend a hand to aspiring artists and create public art. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 19, 2020
Auctions Expanding Its Reach in Asia, Phillips Is Partnering With China’s Poly Auction House on Two Hong Kong Sales Auction houses are looking at new partnerships to boost the bottom line in a highly unusual year. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 19, 2020
Art World The US Postal Service Is in Dire Straits. Help Them Out by Buying Some of These 12 Fantastic Art-Themed Stamps These stamps, featuring the likes of Ellsworth Kelly and Romare Bearden, are works of art in themselves. By Eileen Kinsella & Caroline Goldstein, Aug 18, 2020
Art and Law A Spanish Museum Can Keep a Nazi-Looted Camille Pissarro Painting Despite Family’s Objections, an Appeals Court Rules The court lets the museum off the hook since it did not appear aware of the earlier theft. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 18, 2020
Art and Law A Scholar and an Art Institute Are Currently Waging a Scorched-Earth Legal Battle Over Valuable Modigliani Research The Wildenstein Plattner Institute has filed a scathing response and new legal claims against Modigliani expert Marc Restellini. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 17, 2020
Art World Governor Cuomo Gives New York City Museums the Green Light to Reopen in Late August—But With Stringent Restrictions The Whitney also announced that it would be pay-what-you-wish through September. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 14, 2020
Art World As Debates Over Public Art Rage, Chicago Announces a New Plan to Review Controversial Monuments and Consider Future Ones Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot emphasized the plan isn't about any "single" statue, but about building a platform for dialogue. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 14, 2020
Auctions Phillips Is the Latest Art Seller to Court Ex-Manhattan Collectors by Opening a New Viewing Outpost in the Hamptons The space will show a $12 million Basquiat painting at its first preview exhibition. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 13, 2020
Market Speculation on Black Artists Has Gotten So Intense That for Christie’s Latest Sale, Its Curator Is Asking Buyers to Sign a Special Contract In an effort to thwart flippers, the show's curator Destinee Ross-Sutton has developed a list of terms to which buyers must agree. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 13, 2020
Art World Cultural Institutions Spent a Whopping $7.9 Billion on New Buildings Last Year. Things Will Look Very Different in 2020 The Shed and the National Museum of Qatar were among the highest-priced projects. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 12, 2020
