On View Despite Outcry, Germany’s Städel Museum Stands by Its Choice to Hang a Graphic Painting Depicting Racist Violence A petition calling for the work's removal is gaining steam. By Kate Brown, Jul 6, 2020
Art World After More Than Three Months of Lockdown, French Museums Triumphantly Reopen to a Whole New World of Crowd Control, and Controversy The first visitors to the Centre Pompidou last week were met with rounds of applause from the museum staff. By Kate Brown, Jul 6, 2020
Art World Could the Hagia Sophia Lose Its 80-Year-Old Status as a Museum? A Top Court in Turkey Will Decide Politicians and scholars from around the world have expressed alarm at the possible ruling. By Kate Brown, Jul 2, 2020
Art World The German Government Is Trying to Buy Berlin’s Hamburger Bahnhof Back From Real-Estate Developers. But Is It Too Late? Germany is angling to buy back the site of Berlin's most famous public museum. By Kate Brown, Jul 1, 2020
Art Fairs Why Emerging Dealers Are Betting on the Swiss Fair Liste, Which Will Go Forward This Fall Even Without Art Basel The fair, which usually runs alongside the now-cancelled Art Basel, is forging ahead in September on its own. By Kate Brown, Jul 1, 2020
Art World The National Gallery in London Will Be the First Major UK Museum to Reopen After Months of Lockdown The museum will reopen on July 8. By Kate Brown, Jun 30, 2020
Art & Exhibitions Is the Age of the Blockbuster Exhibition Over? A Perfect Storm of Challenges Suggests It May Be a Thing of the Past Widespread uncertainty has put tremendous pressure on an exhibitions model that has been adopted by museums around the world. By Kate Brown, Jun 30, 2020
Law & Politics Authorities Arrest Six Suspects in France Over the Theft of Banksy’s Mural Commemorating the Bataclan Attack The mural was recovered earlier this month, one year after it was swiped from its home outside the Paris theater. By Kate Brown, Jun 29, 2020
Art World The National Gallery of Australia Will Cut at Least 10 Percent of Its Staff as It Seeks to Recoup $1.5 Million The Canberra museum is trying to dig itself out of a financial hole. By Kate Brown, Jun 24, 2020
Art & Exhibitions Documenta 2022 Will Now Have Even More Curators, With the Nine-Person Collective Organizing It Bringing in 9 Other Organizations to Help The Indonesian collective in charge of documenta 15 has revealed their plans for the preeminent exhibition. By Kate Brown, Jun 22, 2020
Market ‘A Bricks-and-Click Approach Is the Way Forward’: Berlin Dealers Report Lively In-Person Sales at the Art Basel Booths They Built in Their Galleries A cohort of Berlin art dealers who participate in Art Basel decided that showing work online only was not enough. By Kate Brown, Jun 18, 2020
Opinion Protesters Are Taking Down Monuments Across Europe. So Why Is Germany Redoubling Its Commitment to Conservative Symbolism? The installation of a cross atop Berlin's Humboldt Forum stands in stark contrast to other actions around the world. By Kate Brown, Jun 16, 2020
Politics Five Activists Were Arrested After Trying to Seize a 19th-Century Artifact From Paris’s Quai Branly Museum and Return It to Africa The activists, who filmed a video of their foiled heist, are out of jail but face charges for attempted theft. By Kate Brown, Jun 15, 2020
Market Facing a Cash Crunch, British Airways Looks to Sell Off Its Star-Studded Art Collection The airline will sell at least ten works in its collection, which includes pieces by Bridget Riley and Peter Doig. By Kate Brown, Jun 11, 2020
Law & Politics Sotheby’s Just Lost Its Lawsuit Against Greece Over an 8th-Century BC Horse Statue—and the Decision May Have Lasting Implications for the Trade A lawyer for Greece says the ruling bodes well for the antiquities market. By Kate Brown, Jun 10, 2020