Art World Marfa, Texas Just Elected an Artist as Mayor—and It Wasn’t Even Close Ann Marie Nafziger found out she had been elected when she saw the handwritten results taped to the window of City Hall. By Eileen Kinsella, May 11, 2017
Auctions Ahead of Next Week’s Sales, Sotheby’s Beats First-Quarter Expectations and Reassesses Guarantees Executives explain their newly cautious approach to auction guarantees. By Eileen Kinsella, May 10, 2017
Auctions What You Need to Know About New York’s Billion-Dollar Auction Week We walk you through the stars of the upcoming spring auction "giga-week." By Eileen Kinsella, May 10, 2017
Art Fairs Frieze New York and TEFAF Force Dealers to Double Up—But Is it Sustainable? Fourteen dealers participated in both fairs simultaneously; 10 of those already have a permanent gallery space in New York. By Eileen Kinsella & Julia Halperin, May 8, 2017
Art World Damien Hirst and Anish Kapoor Land on UK Rich List (Again) Did they benefit from the "Brexit-boom"? By Eileen Kinsella, May 8, 2017
Galleries Van Doren Waxter and 11R Consummate Uptown/Downtown Union in Merger The partnership will encompass both Upper East Side and Lower East Side spaces. By Eileen Kinsella, May 8, 2017
Art Fairs What’s the Early Verdict on TEFAF New York? The Maastricht transplant has New York talking. By Eileen Kinsella, May 5, 2017
Law & Politics MFA Boston Reaches Settlement in Nazi-Related Claim Over Rare Figurines Curator says the case was more nuanced than most. By Eileen Kinsella, May 4, 2017
Art Fairs See 7 Highlights From the Inaugural Edition of TEFAF’s Spring New York Art Fair Crowds flock to TEFAF's first spring edition, which saw an early $1 million sale. By Eileen Kinsella & Henri Neuendorf, May 3, 2017
People How Did Private Photos of Mark Bradford’s Venice Pavilion End Up in the New York Times? The kerfuffle illustrates just how high tensions can run in the lead-up to the Biennale. By Eileen Kinsella, May 2, 2017
On View See Childhood Works From Current Art Stars at ProjectArt’s Auction Benefit The show playfully explores the childhood skills of today's art stars. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 28, 2017
Art & Exhibitions Berlin Biennale Looks Beyond Europe With an All-Star Curatorial Team for Its 2018 Edition Upcoming biennale proposes a plan for tackling "collective madness" By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 28, 2017
Auctions Is Your Wall Decor Really a Chinese Contemporary Masterpiece? It Happened to a London Couple A "very canny" purchase made decades ago could yield millions next month. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 27, 2017
Auctions Sotheby’s to Hold Its First-Ever Contemporary African Art Sale The auction house enters a market that's heated up dramatically over the last 10 years. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 26, 2017
Art World How Big Is the Online Art Market? Depends Who You Ask The latest report from Hiscox estimates that the online art market hit $3.75 billion in 2016. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 26, 2017