Art World With an Assist From Google, the Met Will Make More Than 406,000 Digital Images of Art Publicly Available The museum continues to expand its ambitious open access program. By Henri Neuendorf, Oct 26, 2018
Art World Artist Natascha Sadr Haghighian Will Represent Germany at the 2019 Venice Biennale—and She’s Adopting an Alias for the Project The artist will go by the name Natascha Süder Happelmann for the duration of the biennale. By Henri Neuendorf, Oct 25, 2018
Art World An Austrian Home Goods Magnate Just Donated a $103 Million Trove of Contemporary Art to Vienna’s Albertina Museum The gift will form the core of the museum's new contemporary art center. By Henri Neuendorf, Oct 24, 2018
Shows & Exhibitions A Banksy Exhibition Is Coming to Miami Beach During Art Basel—and It’s a Surprise Even to Banksy The show is organized by the artist's former dealer Steve Lazarides. By Henri Neuendorf, Oct 24, 2018
Art World Identity Thieves Scammed Sotheby’s Out of $5 Million, the FBI Says The fraudsters allegedly used the identity of a wealthy Florida retiree to buy works by Mark Rothko and Ad Reinhardt. By Henri Neuendorf, Oct 19, 2018
Art World Climate Change Is Threatening Dozens of Cultural Treasures Around the Mediterranean, UNESCO Warns Only two of 49 UNESCO-recognized cultural sites around the Mediterranean Sea are safe from climate change, according to a new report. By Henri Neuendorf, Oct 18, 2018
Art World The French Culture Minister Who Echoed Objections to Jeff Koons’s Paris Memorial Is Out in a Cabinet Reshuffle President Macron has replaced Françoise Nyssen with Franck Reister. By Henri Neuendorf, Oct 17, 2018
Art Fairs Giving a Platform to ‘Maverick Dealers,’ the Independent Art Fair Will Celebrate Its 10th Anniversary With 21 New Exhibitors Next Year A decade after bursting onto the scene, Independent New York will fill its 2019 edition with a total of 50 exhibitors. By Henri Neuendorf, Oct 17, 2018
On View Rembrandt’s Monumental Masterpiece the ‘Night Watch’ Will Be Restored—and You Can Watch It Happen If you ever wondered how masterpieces are restored, now you can find out for yourself. By Henri Neuendorf, Oct 16, 2018
Shows & Exhibitions Pharrell, Bono, and Dozens of Other Musicians Record an Album in Memory of Conceptual Artist Sophie Calle’s Late Cat The French conceptual artist collaborated with 38 all-star musicians. By Henri Neuendorf, Oct 15, 2018
Auctions Christie’s Will Become the First Major Auction House to Use Blockchain in a Sale The sale of Barney A. Ebsworth's collection of American modernism will be backed by the technology. By Henri Neuendorf, Oct 12, 2018
Market 3 Trends Art Dealers and Collectors Need to Understand to Break Into the Asian Art Market At the Talking Galleries conference in Seoul, experts identified a number of changes in the Asian market. By Henri Neuendorf, Oct 12, 2018
Art World Bowing to Pressure From Right-Wing Politicians, the City of Kassel Will Move Olu Oguibe’s Pro-Immigration Obelisk Outside of the Town Square The artist criticized officials for moving his work—and praised documenta organizers. By Henri Neuendorf, Oct 11, 2018
Art World How Much Does Artistic Taste Line Up With Politics? A Lot, at Least When It Comes to Brexit Voters The findings illustrate the divergent psychological outlooks of conservatives and liberals. By Henri Neuendorf, Oct 10, 2018
People Collector Peggy Cooper Cafritz Bequeaths More Than 600 Works to the Studio Museum and Duke Ellington School of the Arts The bequest has been called the largest-ever donation of contemporary artworks by artists of African descent. By Henri Neuendorf, Oct 9, 2018
