Art World Here Are the 150 Artists Making Billboards for Every US State as Part of Hank Willis Thomas’s Midterm Election Project Marilyn Minter, Rashid Johnson, Tania Bruguera, and Theaster Gates are among the participants. By Henri Neuendorf, Oct 9, 2018
Art World The Debate Over a Pro-Refugee Obelisk in Kassel Intensifies as Right-Wing Groups Ramp Up Opposition The city still can't decide what to do with the artwork. By Henri Neuendorf, Oct 2, 2018
Auctions The Chicago Public Library Is Selling a Kerry James Marshall Painting to Fund Public Art in Underserved Communities The work is heading to Christie's with an estimate of $10-15 million. By Henri Neuendorf, Oct 1, 2018
Art World Zao Wou-Ki’s Monumental Triptych Sells for $65 Million at Sotheby’s Record-Setting Sale in Hong Kong The work was the headlining lot of the house's $200 million Modern and contemporary art auction. By Henri Neuendorf, Oct 1, 2018
Auctions The Impressionist Pioneer vs. the Postmodern Master: Two $30 Million Paintings Will Duel at Christie’s and Sotheby’s This Fall Christie's backs the Impressionist master, while Sotheby's is banking on the contemporary star. By Henri Neuendorf, Sep 28, 2018
Politics ‘We’re Going to Go Where He Works’: An Artist Projected a Message of Protest Against Brett Kavanaugh Onto His DC Courthouse Robin Bell has teamed up with UltraViolet to shame the nominee, who has been accused of sexual assault. By Henri Neuendorf, Sep 26, 2018
Auctions Phillips’s Star Lot in November May Set a Record for Alberto Burri, an Artist Who Took Up Painting in Prison The work must surpass $13.1 million to set a new record. By Henri Neuendorf, Sep 26, 2018
Art World A New Book Has Identified the Woman Who Posed for Courbet’s Scandalous ‘Origins of the World’ The sitter's identity has been shrouded in mystery for centuries. By Henri Neuendorf, Sep 25, 2018
Art World Curator JoĂŁo Ribas Resigned Over the Censorship of His Robert Mapplethorpe Show, But the Museum Says It Didn’t Change Anything Artistic director JoĂŁo Ribas resigned from the Serralves Museum after it allegedly censored 20 works from the show and restricted access for minors. By Henri Neuendorf, Sep 24, 2018
Auctions Damien Hirst’s Former Financial Wizard Conjures More Than $13 Million for His Art Collection at Sotheby’s London Most of the work was by Hirst, but Lucio Fontana had the top selling lot. By Henri Neuendorf, Sep 21, 2018
Auctions Want a Painting by Frank Sinatra? Sotheby’s Will Now Sell His Art—Alongside His Microphones, Photographs, and Picasso The singer and his wife Barbara's belongings will be sold in a series of sales at Sotheby's. By Henri Neuendorf, Sep 20, 2018
Politics The Latest Round of Trump Administration Tariffs Spares Chinese Art and Antiquities In the escalating trade war with the Asian superpower, art has been spared—for now. By Henri Neuendorf, Sep 19, 2018
Art World Isa Genzken’s Monumental Steel Rose Rises in Zuccotti Park—Just in Time for the 10-Year Anniversary of the Financial Crisis The 26-foot-tall rose is now occupying what was once the hub of the Occupy Wall Street movement. By Henri Neuendorf, Sep 18, 2018
Art World Double Dutch: This Old Masters Dealer Has Discovered Yet Another Previously Unknown Rembrandt A figure in the background gave away the painting's true artist, says dealer Jan Six. By Henri Neuendorf, Sep 18, 2018
Galleries White Cube Enters the Great Race for Artist Estates, Announcing Its Representation of the Al Held Foundation To date, the British gallery has exclusively worked with living artists. By Henri Neuendorf, Sep 18, 2018