Auctions Sotheby’s Is Reopening Salesrooms—and Aggressively Cutting Costs—in a Race to Repay Almost $120 Million in Debt This Year A newly released report set off alarm bells about the company's debt load. By Eileen Kinsella, May 5, 2020
Art and Law Tech Kingpin Sean Parker Bought an Old Master Painting at Christie’s for Almost $6 Million. After That, Things Got Messy—Fast A federal judge must sign off on the final arbitration order that awards the work to Parker. By Eileen Kinsella, May 4, 2020
Galleries For Its First Show Post-Lockdown, Perrotin Is Opening Up Its Paris Gallery to Two-Dozen Local Dealers in a Show of Solidarity The gallery's "Stay United" initiative will run through August. By Eileen Kinsella, May 4, 2020
Art World ‘Success Seems Based on Sheer Luck’: Galleries and Museums Scramble for Government Relief Funds—Before They Dry Up Again So far, museums have found more success than galleries in navigating the maze. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 30, 2020
Art and Law Federal Authorities Have Launched an Investigation Into the Fugitive Art Dealer Inigo Philbrick, Who Allegedly Fleeced Clients Out of Millions People who did business with the now-vanished dealer are beginning to receive subpoenas from the Justice Department. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 28, 2020
Galleries In a Radical Move, Sotheby’s Has Debuted a New Online Sales Platform for Blue-Chip Contemporary Art Galleries, Taking a Cut of All Sales Sotheby's will take a flat commission from galleries based on sales. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 28, 2020
Art Fairs Art Basel Says It’s ‘Too Early’ to Confirm Its Marquee Fair Will Take Place This Fall, But Promises More Online Offerings The fair's latest missive to exhibitors also offers a series of perks. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 27, 2020
Art and Law Artist Howardena Pindell Is Suing Her Former Gallery for Allegedly Hiding Sales and Failing to Pay Her for Years The artist says accounts of sales and inventory provided to her were "willfully misleading and inaccurate." By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 24, 2020
People The Art World Works From Home: Artist Cao Fei Is Stuck in Singapore Watching Zombie Thrillers and Teaching Art Students Over Zoom Here's how the artist is making her way through life in quarantine. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 24, 2020
Galleries Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and for How Much—at the Online Editions of the Dallas Art Fair, Art Basel Hong Kong, and David Zwirner’s ‘Platform’ We've adapted our art-fair sales column for our new virtual world. By Eileen Kinsella & Tim Schneider, Apr 23, 2020
Galleries Mega-Galleries Aren’t the Only Ones Supporting Pandemic Relief Efforts. Here’s How Dealers With a Lot More to Lose Are Giving Back Galleries are getting creative about ways to give back. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 21, 2020
Art World MoMA PS1 and the Broad Will Downsize More Than 170 Total Employees as Staff Cuts Continue at Major Museums Coast to Coast "It’s simply not possible to make the numbers work," MoMA PS1 director Kate Fowle told museum staff. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 21, 2020
Art World Microsoft Just Pulled an Ad Featuring Marina Abramovic After Right-Wing Conspiracy Theorists Accused Her of Satanism Here's how a straightforward technology ad got twisted into allegations of Satanism. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 15, 2020
Art Fairs Art Basel’s Parent Company MCH Group Has Laid Off 150 Staffers as the Pandemic Sends Shockwaves Through the Event Industry Major watchmakers have defected en masse from the company's flagship fair Baselworld. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 15, 2020
Art Fairs The Frieze Art Fair Reveals Plans for Online Viewing Rooms in Lieu of Its Cancelled New York Edition, Including a New AR Tool to Help Collectors Shop The platform was originally intended to debut alongside the physical event. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 14, 2020
