Reviews ‘How Does Information and the Body Travel Now, When People Cannot?’: Frieze Live’s Experimental New Format Probes New Possibilities for Performance Art The fair's performance platform boldly experimented with physical performances for digital audiences. By Kate Brown, Oct 12, 2020
Art World The Netherlands Should Return Cultural Objects Looted From Former Colonies, a New Report Says—and Major Museums Agree The government is expected to respond to the recommendations in early 2021. By Kate Brown, Oct 9, 2020
Art Fairs Two Innovative Brazilian Galleries Have Set Up ‘Surrogate’ Frieze London Booths Back Home in Rio de Janeiro A Gentil Carioca and Fortes D'Aloia & Gabriel are trying out a clever approach to the online viewing room. By Kate Brown, Oct 8, 2020
Auctions Deutsche Bank Will Sell Off 200 Modern Works From Its Corporate Collection to Pivot Its Focus to Contemporary Art The bank, which says it wants to buy more "up-and-coming talents," bought several works at Frieze London. By Kate Brown, Oct 8, 2020
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 & Politics 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 & Politics 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