Galleries The Top 17 Percent of Germany’s Art Galleries Made 80 Percent of All Revenue Last Year, a New Report Finds "Gallery sales are extremely unevenly distributed," the authors of the study say. By Kate Brown, Oct 7, 2020
Art World With Right-Wing Extremism on the Rise, the Albertinum Museum Has Become an Epicenter of Germany’s New Culture Wars The prestigious institution will soon open a major exhibition on the East German legacy of US civil rights activist Angela Davis. By Kate Brown, Oct 6, 2020
Art World After Ditching Its Colonialist Name, a Dutch Art Institution Has Renamed Itself After a Female Working-Class ‘Anti-Hero’ The institution formerly as the Witte de With will now be called the Kunstinstituut Melly. By Kate Brown, Oct 2, 2020
Law Activists Who Seized an African Statue From a Paris Museum Are Now on Trial. Their Argument: It Wasn’t Theft, It Was Political Protest Prosecutors downgraded the fine to just €1,000 for the group's leader and €500 each for his associates. By Kate Brown, Oct 1, 2020
Market Who Is Huang Yuxing? Barely Known Outside China, He’s One of the Year’s Breakout Art Stars, With Paintings Already Cracking $1 Million A vibrant work by the Beijing painter was among the priciest works sold by young artists this year. Who is he? By Kate Brown, Sep 30, 2020
Galleries In Germany’s Latest Bailout for the Arts, the Government Is Spending $18.7 Million to Keep Commercial Galleries Afloat The federal government is releasing funds specifically aimed at helping commercial galleries with their early 2021 programming. By Kate Brown, Sep 28, 2020
People ‘We Had Every Meal Together’: Artist Vivian Suter on the Close Artistic Collaboration She Forged With Her Late Mother Suter and her mother, the recently deceased artist Elisabeth Wild, both opened shows in Europe this month. By Kate Brown, Sep 25, 2020
Art Fairs Can Relational Aesthetics Survive the Social Distancing Era? Artist Rirkrit Tiravanija Is Giving It an Innovative Try in Berlin The artist's latest project is part of Art Basel's fall online viewing rooms. By Kate Brown, Sep 24, 2020
Law Police Are Searching for a Man Who Attacked a British Museum’s Benin Bronzes After He Failed to Appear in Court Isaiah Ogundele is one of two men facing charges in Europe this month for dramatic protests against museums' colonial-era artifacts. By Kate Brown, Sep 23, 2020
Art Fairs Austria’s Biggest Art Fair Is Forging Ahead With an In-Person Edition Despite Growing Restrictions on Travel Dealers showing at Vienna Contemporary are collaborating like never before as they leap over logistical hurdles. By Kate Brown, Sep 22, 2020
Galleries Undeterred By a Global Crisis, Brazilian Dealer Jaqueline Martins Is Forging Ahead With Plans to Open a Brussels Outpost Next Month The long-planned expansion to Europe has come to fruition, thanks to a bit of patience and some respite from a busy fair calendar. By Kate Brown, Sep 18, 2020
On View Calling It His Last Major Work, Gerhard Richter Unveils Kaleidoscopic Stained-Glass Windows at Germany’s Oldest Monastery The stained glass windows were paid for by a private donation. By Kate Brown, Sep 17, 2020
On View Takashi Murakami’s Latest Show Is an Homage to a Revered Luxembourgish Painter Whose Work He Found on Instagram For his newest show in Berlin, Murakami has tackled the legacy of Michel Majerus, who died in 2002 at the age of 35. By Kate Brown, Sep 16, 2020
Market How an Unlikely Alliance Among the Government, the Art Industry, and a Nightclub Pulled Off a Socially Distanced Berlin Art Week A year marked by flux and precarity has been met with innovation and collaboration. By Kate Brown, Sep 11, 2020
Market An Acclaimed French Artist Has Accused Dealer Johann König of ‘Betrayal’ for Reselling His Work at an Art Fair Against His Wishes Saâdane Afif says his longtime dealer Mehdi Chouakri bought back one of the works to remove it from this "unhealthy" context. By Kate Brown, Sep 11, 2020
