People Studio Visit: Dutch Textile Designer Hella Jongerius Is Cherishing Her Paper Archives and Enjoying Some Good Soup The designer's new art installation will soon be on view at the Gropius Bau in Berlin. By Kate Brown, Apr 20, 2021
Sustainability An Upstart Eco-Conscious Gallery Coalition Has Opened a Branch in Berlin With Ten New Members to Fight Climate Change Membership in the group has exploded from 14 original founders to 361 members in just six months. By Kate Brown, Apr 19, 2021
Art Collectors What I Buy and Why: Physician Christian Le Dorze on Opening an Art Center at a Vineyard, and the Outdoor Works He’s Collecting Now The French healthcare executive shares what's inside his personal collection. By Kate Brown, Apr 19, 2021
Art World Experts Launch a Massive New Wikipedia-Style Archive to Address the Lack of Research on Women Artists From Central Europe The project, called Secondary Archive, debuts with 250 entries on artists from Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary. By Kate Brown, Apr 15, 2021
Galleries Hauser and Wirth Is Opening a Gallery in Monaco, Its Latest Expansion Into a Luxury Haven for the Ultra-Wealthy The space opens on June 19 with an exhibition dedicated to Louise Bourgeois. By Kate Brown, Apr 15, 2021
Market The Blobification of the Art Industry: How Lockdown Has Accelerated the Blurred Lines Between Galleries and Auction Houses As they compete for art market dominance, auction houses and galleries are increasingly adopting one another's sales strategies. By Naomi Rea & Kate Brown, Apr 13, 2021
Politics Artists Stage Sit-Ins to Protest South Africa’s Mismanagement of Pandemic Aid and ‘Disappeared’ Funds for the Culture Sector The culture ministry is currently investigating its own funding body. By Kate Brown, Apr 1, 2021
Art Fairs Here’s What Sold at Art Basel’s Semi-Exclusive ‘Pioneers’ Online Viewing Room, Which Included Only 100 Dealers Sales were solid and ranged up to six figures, exhibitors report. By Kate Brown & Eileen Kinsella, Mar 26, 2021
Art World Amid Pressure to Accelerate the Return of the Benin Bronzes, Germany’s Key Players Scramble to Find a Cohesive Approach Culture minister Monika Grütters has called for a meeting with museum and state heads in April. By Kate Brown, Mar 25, 2021
Market The Louvre Abu Dhabi Announces 27 Major Acquisitions, Including a Record-Breaking Georges de la Tour The De la Tour sold for $5 million in December. By Kate Brown, Mar 23, 2021
Art World In a Historic Move, Germany Has Entered Into Talks to Return the Contested Benin Bronzes in Its National Museums to Nigeria Berlin's new Humboldt Forum will show the works "in consultation" with Nigeria. By Kate Brown, Mar 23, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions Museums Used to Pay Huge Fees for Personal Couriers to Travel With Major Loans. New Technology Could Mean They Don’t Have to The acceptance of virtual couriers is rapidly transforming the way artworks travel around the world. By Kate Brown, Mar 19, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions Artists and Scholars From Europe and Africa Are Collaborating to Help Kenya Reclaim Its Art From Foreign Museums There are 32,000 Kenyan objects held inside just 30 Western museums. By Kate Brown, Mar 18, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions Museums Have Been Cautiously Reopening Across Europe. Here Are 8 Must-See Shows You Can Actually Visit in Person Right Now Check out a Phyllida Barlow survey, a group show about nature, a Sophie Taeuber-Arp retrospective, and more. By Kate Brown & Naomi Rea, Mar 17, 2021
Art World Gerhard Richter Is Permanently Loaning His Holocaust Paintings to Berlin’s National Gallery in Order to Keep Them Off the Market The series is part of a group of 100 works that Richter's foundation is putting on permanent loan. By Kate Brown, Mar 16, 2021
