People How Rising Art Star Alvaro Barrington Charmed London’s Top Galleries Into Breaking Their Own Rules for the Chance to Work With Him The prolific artist is crafting his career with so much charisma, all six of his galleries have fallen into step. By Kate Brown, Jan 13, 2020
Art World A German Museum Director Tracked Down 6 Missing Works by Anselm Kiefer in a Chinese Warehouse. But China Is Blocking Their Return The world-famous artist tried to stop the unofficial retrospective that has become a nightmare for the director of the Ludwig Museum in Koblenz. By Kate Brown, Jan 9, 2020
Politics The Assets of Africa’s Most Important Art Collecting Couple Have Been Frozen Amid Angola’s Corruption Crackdown Isabel dos Santos and Sindika Dokolo say that the current government is on a political ‘witch-hunt.’ By Kate Brown, Jan 7, 2020
Politics Activists Used a Sledgehammer to Attack Berlin’s Newest Holocaust Memorial, Objecting to the Use of Victims’ Ashes The monument allegedly contained the ashes of Jewish victims of the Nazi regime. By Kate Brown, Jan 7, 2020
Art World Why the Swiss Fair Artgenève Is Expanding Once Again, This Time to Moscow The Moscow event comes four years after the inception of another edition of the fair. By Kate Brown, Dec 20, 2019
Analysis In the Wake of Devastating Floods, It’s High Time for the Art World to Rethink Its Cherished Relationship to Venice The curator of the next Venice Biennale should be named any week now. That person is going to have a lot to think about. By Kate Brown, Dec 18, 2019
On View A Divine Gathering of Raphael’s Madonnas Is Kicking Off a Year of Shows to Mark the 500th Anniversary of the Renaissance Master’s Death Raphael's quincentenary comes just a year after Leonardo's. By Kate Brown, Dec 12, 2019
Art Fairs The Organizers of Berlin’s Most Important Art Fair Have Canceled All Future Editions Due to Financial Shortfalls Koelnmesse, Art Berlin's parent company, has pulled the plug after repeated setbacks. By Kate Brown, Dec 11, 2019
Art World Did This K-Pop Girl Group Rip Off a Classic Barbara Kruger Installation for Its New Video? It Certainly Looks Like It The new video from Mamamoo has quickly gone viral. By Kate Brown, Dec 9, 2019
Art World If Everyone Wins the Turner Prize, What Is Lost? Stunned Art Critics Took to Social Media to Debate the Divisive Gesture Some say its the role of artists to subvert events like the Turner Prize; others say its a sign that this prestigious award has reached its "sell-by date." By Kate Brown, Dec 4, 2019
Politics The Art Industry Is Grappling With How to Shrink Its Carbon Footprint. But Will Collectors Do Their Part? The carbon cost of shipping works for short-term events is art's dirty secret. By Kate Brown, Dec 4, 2019
Art Fairs ‘All Culture Is Going to Trash as Soon as the Food Runs Out’: Why Extinction Rebellion’s Climate Activists Are Targeting Art Basel Miami Beach Activist William Skeaping on why the climate-justice movement has set its sights on the art world. By Kate Brown, Dec 3, 2019
Auctions Auction Houses in North America Don’t Have to Give Artists a Cut of Sales. This Small Canadian Business Decided to Do It Anyway Peter Estey Fine Art is a tiny auction house with a big dream to level the playing field for artists circulating on the secondary market. By Kate Brown, Dec 2, 2019
Art World A Burnt-Out Car, a Bigger Gang, and No Insurance: New Details Emerge in the Frantic Hunt for Dresden’s Treasure Thieves Days after the robbery, the thieves are still at large but the museum has reopened. By Kate Brown, Nov 28, 2019
Art World Thieves Used an Axe and an Audi to Stage One of Europe’s Largest Museum Heists. Here Are 10 of the Priceless Treasures They Stole The police have also released video footage of the thieves raiding the historic collection. By Kate Brown, Nov 26, 2019
