On View A Revealing New Exhibition in Germany Delves Into the Archive of a Top Art Dealer From the 1960s to Show How Female Artists Were Kept Out The show brights together early letters, notes, and artworks that document the careers of first-generation conceptual women artists. By Kate Brown, Jan 17, 2020
Market Frieze Hires Media-Industry Veteran Simon Fox, Its First CEO, to Expand the Company’s Publishing and Fair Empire Fox will fill in duties previously overseen by Amanda Sharp and Matthew Slotover. By Kate Brown, Jan 15, 2020
Art & Exhibitions An Eccentric Italian Collector Commissioned Famous Artists to Transform Pianos Into Weird and Wonderful Sculptures—See Them Here "Prepared pianos" by Dorothy Iannone, Carolee Schneemann, and Nam June Paik will be activated during an exhibition in Berlin. By Kate Brown, Jan 15, 2020
Art World Germany Returns Three Paintings Once Owned by the Notorious Art Dealer Hildebrand Gurlitt to a Jewish Collector’s Heirs The government also returned six pieces of silver from a Munich museum. By Kate Brown, Jan 14, 2020
Market ‘Exceptional’ Nazi-Looted Impressionist Masterworks Reclaimed From the Musée d’Orsay Could Fetch $25 Million at Auction The heirs of a French collector reclaimed paintings by Camille Pissarro and Paul Signac from France, plus a work in the Gurlitt hoard from Germany. By Kate Brown, Jan 13, 2020
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