Auctions Christie’s Is Looking to Bank $200 Million From the Storied Impressionist Art Collection of the Late Oil Magnate Edwin L. Cox The top works Christie's hopes to sell—by Gustave Caillebotte, Paul Cézanne, and Vincent Van Gogh—each come with eight-figure estimates. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 30, 2021
Crime Notorious Los Angeles Art Dealer Douglas Chrismas Has Been Charged With Embezzling $260,000 From His Former Gallery The 77-year-old dealer has been sued dozens of times. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 29, 2021
Analysis Houston Built Big in 2020—But Shenzhen Is the Future: 7 Takeaways From a New Report on Global Cultural Trends AEA Consulting's Cultural Infrastructure Index aims to give a snapshot of the present and future of museum building. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 28, 2021
Law New York Court Dismisses Collector Michael Steinhardt’s Lawsuit Against Hirschl and Adler Gallery Over a $12 Million Portrait The dispute centered on a multimillion-dollar portrait of George Washington painted circa 1800. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 27, 2021
Art Fairs The Seattle Art Fair Will Return in 2022, After a Two-Year Hiatus and a Takeover by Art Market Productions Art Market Productions was initially a co-sponsor of the event, but will now take over as its sole organizer. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 27, 2021
People Curator and Museum Trustee Isolde Brielmaier Has Been Named Deputy Director at the New Museum The appointment comes at a critical time when museum leaders have been under fire for unfair management. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 22, 2021
Art Fairs Rebecca Ann Siegel, a Top Executive at Frieze, Will Leave Her Post as Staff Shakeups Continue Across the Art-Fair Sector Siegel is the second high-level fair executive to announce her departure in as many weeks. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 21, 2021
Art Fairs Who’s in and Who’s Out at the 2021 Art Basel Fair in Switzerland This September? Here’s the Full List Two-dozen galleries from around the world will make their Art Basel debut this fall. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 20, 2021
Law Twitter’s Ex-CEO Is Facing Off With Artist Neighbor Dorothea Rockburne After a Bathroom Leak Allegedly Damaged Her Life’s Work Costolo's lawyers are demanding reams of paperwork from Rockburne, including prices for previously sold artworks. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 19, 2021
Artnet News Pro Art Shipping in the Age of COVID Is More Expensive and Complicated Than Ever—and a Return to ‘Normal’ Remains Very Far Away Advisors and art dealers are facing new logistical challenges as shippers urge patience. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 19, 2021
Artnet News Pro Phillips London Just Set Nearly 20 Auction Records for Emerging Artists in Its $8.8 Million ‘New Now’ Sale But the top lot of the night—an Andy Warhol flower work—comes as no surprise. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 14, 2021
Artnet News Pro Lehmann Maupin Gallery Has Inked an Exclusive Partnership With the Winklevoss Twins’s Gemini to Accept Cryptocurrency for Art The gallery hopes the move will lure new and younger buyers. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 14, 2021
Artnet News Pro Christie’s Came Out of the Pandemic to Have Its Most Lucrative First Half in Years. Here, Execs at the Auction House Explain How They Did It The sales thus far have amounted to $3.5 billion. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 13, 2021
Law As Part of a $4.5 Billion Oxycontin Settlement, the Sackler Family Has Promised Not to Lend Its Name to Museums for Nine Years Critics say the agreement between prosecutors and the Sackler family doesn't go far enough. By Sarah Cascone & Eileen Kinsella, Jul 9, 2021
Artnet News Pro Art Basel’s Noah Horowitz Is Stepping Down After Six Years as Director of Americas for the Fair Horowitz will remain in his role until August. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 7, 2021
