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 24, 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
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
Art World Germany Is Giving Out $1.3 Million to Support Nearly 100 Artists Struggling at Home With Young Children During Lockdown Awarded artists will each receive a €2,000 salary for six months. By Kate Brown, Sep 10, 2020
Galleries Esther Schipper Will Temporarily Take Over Blain Southern’s Former Space to Show Ugo Rondinone During Gallery Weekend Berlin The veteran Berlin dealer will show Rondinone's new bronze works. By Kate Brown, Sep 2, 2020
Art World A Madagascan Telecoms Magnate Is Opening an Innovative Paris Gallery to Support African Artists The nonprofit gallery will focus on contemporary art from Madagascar and other African countries. By Kate Brown, Sep 2, 2020
Politics Bansky Accuses European Officials of ‘Deliberately Ignoring Distress Calls’ After a Migrant Boat He Financed Was Stranded in the Mediterranean The ship ended up in distress after taking on more passengers than it could handle. By Kate Brown, Aug 31, 2020
Art & Exhibitions ‘The Crisis Was Already Here’: Manifesta 13 Co-Curator Stefan Kalmár on How the Pandemic Has—and Hasn’t—Changed the Show Kalmár, who is also the director of the ICA in London, outlines this year's edition, which takes place in Marseille. By Kate Brown, Aug 30, 2020
Art World The Venice Biennale Is Awarding Posthumous Golden Lions to Germano Celant, Okwui Enwezor, and Two Other Eminent Figures The recently deceased artistic directors will be honored in a symbolic ceremony this September. By Kate Brown, Aug 26, 2020