Auctions A Portrait of Picasso’s Mistress Could Sell for $45 Million at Sotheby’s Impressionist Sale in London The portrait of Marie-Thérèse Walter, painted when the artist was still married to his wife Olga, comes to market amid a glut of Picasso offerings. By Julia Halperin, May 4, 2018
Art Fairs ‘It Isn’t Working Anymore’: Dealers at Frieze New York Reckon With the Thorny State of the Art Market Amid increased discussion about the limitations of art fairs, dealers at Frieze made a sprinkling of sales, largely below $200,000. By Julia Halperin, May 3, 2018
Art & Exhibitions Supermodel Lily Cole Has Been Scouring Museums to Research Her New ‘Wuthering Heights’-Inspired Film The model-turned-actress, whose participation in the Brontë bicentenary originally proved controversial, has dug into museum archives to develop the film. By Julia Halperin, May 2, 2018
Analysis ‘It Is an Unusual and Radical Act’: Why the Baltimore Museum Is Selling Blue-Chip Art to Buy Work by Underrepresented Artists The museum is selling seven works to build a "war chest" that will fund acquisitions designed to make its holdings less white and less male. By Julia Halperin, Apr 30, 2018
Art Fairs New, Rare, and Everywhere: David Hockney Is Set to Rule New York This May Hockney's 1990 landscape could sell for $30 million at auction in May—but there is plenty of opportunity to see new work by him before then. By Julia Halperin, Apr 27, 2018
Art World Nan Goldin Takes Her Anti-Opioid Protest to the Smithsonian—and the Senate—in Washington, DC The photographer lent her support to new legislation that would dedicate $100 billion to battle the opioid crisis. By Caroline Goldstein & Julia Halperin, Apr 27, 2018
People Louise Bourgeois’s Powerful, Confessional Poems Will Now Be Published for the First Time—and You Can Read One Here To date, only select scholars have had the chance to read Bourgeois's stunning writing. Now, her foundation is sharing it with the world. By Julia Halperin, Apr 18, 2018
People A Nimble Museum Veteran, Max Hollein Vows to Bring New ‘Energy’ as the Met’s Next Director After a yearlong search, the Met has chosen the Vienna-born leader of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco for the job. By Julia Halperin, Apr 10, 2018
Auctions Embattled Casino Mogul Steve Wynn Is Quietly Selling $100 Million Worth of Art at Christie’s Sources say Wynn is the consignor behind works by Warhol and Picasso at next month's sales. By Julia Halperin, Apr 9, 2018
Art World A Developer Censored a ‘Divisive’ Art Billboard Saying ‘There Are Black People in the Future’—Then the Backlash Began The billboard designed by artist Alisha Wormsley was removed and then reinstated after fierce backlash from locals. By Julia Halperin, Apr 6, 2018
Art World The Berkshire Museum Gets the Final Green Light to Sell Works From Its Collection, Ending a Long-Running Saga Massachusetts's highest court has approved a deal finalized in February between the museum and the state's attorney general. By Julia Halperin, Apr 5, 2018
Art World Art Dealers Strike Back at Artist Cady Noland in an Increasingly Philosophical Legal Dispute About a Restored Sculpture The lawsuit over Noland's restored Log Cabin sculpture is picking up steam. By Julia Halperin, Apr 5, 2018
Art World ‘I Just Fired Banksy’: The Mysterious Street Artist Makes a Hilarious Cameo on HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley’ (Sort of) A megalomaniac tech CEO hires the elusive street artist to redesign his signature. By Julia Halperin, Apr 2, 2018
Galleries Amy Sherald, Michelle Obama’s Portraitist, Will Now Be Represented by Hauser & Wirth Worldwide The artist, whose art career began in earnest only in 2012, will have her first show at the gallery in New York in 2019. By Julia Halperin, Mar 20, 2018
Art World Clashing Visions, Simmering Tensions: How a Confluence of Forces Led to MOCA’s Firing of Helen Molesworth Many were shocked that MOCA LA fired its prominent chief curator Helen Molesworth. But sources say a major break was a long time coming. By Julia Halperin, Mar 16, 2018