People How a Little-Known Nonprofit Is Bringing Social Practice Art to New York’s Most Elite Museums—and Beyond The Kenan Trust has given $6 million to promote art that furthers social justice, from the Met and the Guggenheim to the Laundromat Project. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 1, 2018
Art & Exhibitions How Collector Stefan Simchowitz Transformed a Defunct Newsstand Into LA’s Newest Art Space Is this a new low-cost alternative to running a gallery? By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 31, 2018
Art World The Painter Mary Corse Is Having a Late-Career Market Moment. How She’s Handling It Offers 5 Lessons for Other Artists Here's the secret to the artist's "50-year journey to becoming an overnight success." By Tim Schneider & Eileen Kinsella, Jul 27, 2018
People UK Museums Pledge $20 Million to Save Thousands of ‘Titanic’ Artifacts—and James Cameron Is on Board, Too A group of British museums is hoping to keep the collection from being broken up and sold off. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 25, 2018
Auctions The $835 Million Rockefeller Auctions Fueled a Record Half Year for Christie’s The Rockefeller results combined with regular spring sales to give the auction house its best six months ever. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 24, 2018
Law & Politics 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
Art & 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
Law & Politics 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
Law & Politics 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 LibertĂ© Nuti will begin this fall as the gallery's new international senior director of Impressionist and Modern art. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 12, 2018
Law & Politics 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
Law & Politics 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