Art Fairs Hate Art Fairs? There’s an Art Fair for That! Meet June, an Experimental New Satellite in Basel The founders of the selling exhibition have created a booth-free alternative to Basel's overcrowded art fairs inside a Herzog & de Meuron building. By Kate Brown, Jun 12, 2019
Art Fairs A Saudi Artist Is Debuting a Daring New Work About Murdered Dissident Journalist Jamal Khashoggi at Art Basel Abdulnasser Gharem, a former lieutenant colonel in the Saudi Arabian army, is showing a provocative work at the fair. By Kate Brown, Jun 11, 2019
Art Fairs The 6 Best—and Riskiest—Artworks at Art Basel Unlimited, Where the Fair’s Supersized Artwork Shines Among the show-stopping works is a Buddhist take on casino capitalism. By Tim Schneider & Kate Brown, Jun 11, 2019
On View 13 Must-See Museum and Gallery Exhibitions in Basel to Catch When You’re Done With the Fairs Here's our go-to guide. By Caroline Goldstein & Kate Brown, Jun 7, 2019
Art World How a $41 Million Luxury Hotel Is Sustaining an Ambitious Arts and Ecology Initiative on a Remote Canadian Island The project's founders hope to wed a capitalist drive with a socially conscious sensibility. By Kate Brown, Jun 7, 2019
Art Fairs ‘It’s About Supporting the New’: LISTE Director Joanna Kamm on How She’s Updating the Fair and Reviewing Its Controversial Age Policy The former gallerist shares her goals for the Swiss fair. By Kate Brown, Jun 4, 2019
Art World The Met’s Leonardo Expert Says ‘Salvator Mundi’ Was Largely Painted by the Renaissance Master’s Assistant Curator Carmen Bambach says she was wrongly listed as believing Salvator Mundi was by Leonardo da Vinci alone. By Kate Brown, Jun 3, 2019
Politics ‘We Have to Continue to Campaign’: Artists and Dealers React to the Unsettling Results of the European Union’s Elections Olafur Eliasson is encouraged by the rise of the Green Party, Wolfgang Tillmans hopes the high turnout shows people care about the European project but many fear a no-deal Brexit is more likely. By Kate Brown, May 28, 2019
Politics ‘The Louvre Is Suffocating’: Staff at Paris’s Top Museum Go on Strike as Visitor Numbers Surge While attendance at the Louvre has exploded, the number of guards and visitor services staff has shrunk by almost 20 percent, the union says. By Kate Brown, May 28, 2019
Market Signaling Growing Market Ambitions, Sotheby’s Is Moving Its Australian Aboriginal Art Sale to New York This Fall The sale had for many years been in London. By Kate Brown, May 24, 2019
Politics ‘There Is So Much at Stake’: As EU Elections Loom, Artist Wolfgang Tillmans Has a Catchy New Campaign to Boost Voter Turnout The artist has created a campaign that spans 24 European languages. By Kate Brown, May 22, 2019
Politics An American Couple Returned a Looted Painting to Poland. In the Process, They Became Unlikely Figures in the Country’s Fight for Gay Rights The couple used the media attention to advocate for the LGBTQ+ community in Poland. By Kate Brown, May 13, 2019
Politics ‘Artists Can Be Guides in This Troubled Epoch’: Thaddaeus Ropac Backs a Pro-European Exhibition and Benefit Auction On the eve of crucial European elections, works by leading artists including Elmgreen & Dragset and Marina Abramovic will celebrate a united Europe. By Kate Brown, May 9, 2019
Art World A Long-Lost Cupid Is Revealed Under the Surface of One of Vermeer’s Greatest Paintings A remarkable restoration project confirms that the Dutch Old Master painted a young woman reading a love letter. By Kate Brown, May 8, 2019
On View Peer Inside the Prison of the Belgian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale and See a Disturbing World of Mannequins and Old White People Belgian duo Jos de Gruyter and Harald Thys are sending the Europe's idealized archetypes to jail. By Kate Brown, May 7, 2019
