Art and Law Art Investors Go to War Over Disgraced Dealer Inigo Philbrick’s Scheme to Sell Stakes in a $1 Million Wade Guyton Painting Investor Andre Sakhai paid $350,000 for a half share of a Wade Guyton painting. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 4, 2020
Auctions Blockbuster Collections Could Deliver More Than $1 Billion at Auction This Spring. For the Major Houses, the Race Is On Christie's, Sotheby's, and Phillips are all competing for the Macklowe and Donald Marron collections. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 3, 2020
Art Fairs ‘Art Basel Hong Kong 2020 Needs to Be Put Out of Its Misery’: Exhibitors Demand Answers as Coronavirus Fears Mount Pressure is mounting on organizers to decide the fate of the fair—fast. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 30, 2020
Auctions Picasso’s Granddaughter Is Selling a Trove of His Unique—and Highly Coveted—Ceramic Works at Sotheby’s London Next Month The eclectic collection of ceramics and drawings has relatively approachable prices for Picasso. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 29, 2020
Auctions In a Frenzy for Floral Furniture and Dog Art, Buyers Smash Expectations at Sotheby’s $7.6 Million ‘Prince of Chintz’ Sale The late designer Mario Buatta's estate raked in $7.6 million. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 28, 2020
Art World A Fire May Have Destroyed Tens of Thousands of Artifacts From New York’s Museum of Chinese in America Nine firefighters and one civilian were injured tackling the five-alarm blaze at a storage facility. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 27, 2020
People ‘It’s Like a Dance’: How Painter Vaughn Spann Became a Breakout Star at Yale While Raising Two Young Kids at the Same Time Spann, whose solo show is on view now at Almine Rech in New York, speaks about the importance of mentors and a clear head. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 23, 2020
Auctions A Slew of Paintings Seized From Celebrity Jeweler and Fugitive Billionaire Nirav Modi Is Going Up for Auction in India It is the second sale undertaken by the government of India of items from Modi's collection. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 22, 2020
Art and Law Billionaire Banker Jaime Botin Gets an 18-Month Prison Sentence and a $58 Million Fine for Smuggling a Picasso Out of Spain Banker stashed the Picasso on his yacht despite being denied an export permit. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 16, 2020
People ‘They See What We Would Never Be Able to See’: Bay Area Collector Wayee Chu on What Venture Capitalists and Art Collectors Have in Common We caught up with the SFMOMA board member ahead of the openings of Untitled and FOG Art + Design. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 16, 2020
Politics Three Dozen Artists Showing at MoMA PS1 Sign a Letter Urging the Museum to Sever Its Ties With Controversial Trustees About half of the artists in the show "Theater of Operations: The Gulf Wars 1991–2011" signed the letter. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 14, 2020
Politics It Was a Year of Turmoil. Here Are the 11 Biggest Controversies That Rocked the Art World in 2019 From the ouster of Whitney co-chair Warren Kanders to the decision to cover up murals of George Washington in San Francisco, there was a lot to debate. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 26, 2019
Auctions Christie’s Is Cutting Its Catalogue Pages and Print Materials in Half Next Year to Curb Its Environmental Impact Most of its buyers don't receive catalogues anyway, the auction house says. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 20, 2019
Auctions Here Are the 10 Most Expensive Artworks Sold at Auction in 2019—and Why They Brought in the Prices They Did Plus, who bought and sold them (when we could figure it out). By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 20, 2019
Art and Law A Prominent Art-Finance Company Says Embattled Dealer Inigo Philbrick Owes It $15 Million for a Loan He Never Paid Back The five works Philbrick used as collateral are already the subject of numerous claims. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 19, 2019
