Politics After the Fall: 30 Years On, Germany’s Art World Reflects on the Night the Berlin Wall Fell (and What Came After) Monica Bonvicini, Thomas Scheibitz, and other art-world figures remember the landmark moment in history on November 9, 1989. By Kate Brown, Nov 8, 2019
Art and Law The Marciano Brothers Are Closing Their Huge Private Museum in Los Angeles Indefinitely as Staff Fight to Unionize The decision comes amid layoffs of front-of-house staff, who were seeking to unionize. By Kate Brown, Nov 7, 2019
Exhibitions The Yayoi Kusama Craze Is Coming to Europe With a Splashy—But Nuanced—Three-Venue Retrospective A trio of prominent European curators, including Beatrix Ruf, are organizing this major extravaganza. By Kate Brown, Nov 7, 2019
Galleries Harry Blain and Graham Southern, the Dealers Behind Blain|Southern, Are Splitting Up Amid Turbulence at the Gallery The news comes only a week after Jake and Dinos Chapman announced they would cease working with the gallery. By Kate Brown, Nov 5, 2019
Art World Centre Pompidou Rolls the Dice on Cultural Diplomacy, Opening a Partner Location in Shanghai The French president helps launch the Paris museum's Asian outpost. By Kate Brown, Nov 5, 2019
Art World A Museum Planned to Show Dozens of Newly Discovered Nazi-Era Artifacts in an Exhibition. The Problem Is, Most of Them Are Fake Objects from the collection were about to go on view at the Buenos Aires Holocaust Museum before experts spotted some key discrepancies. By Kate Brown, Oct 30, 2019
On View A Former Venice Biennale Curator Hints Her Museum Might Show the Infamous ‘Salvator Mundi.’ But Is It Fake News? Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev promises to reveal a work that "adds to the excitement" surrounding the $450 million painting attributed to Leonardo. By Kate Brown, Oct 30, 2019
Politics In Solidarity With the Kurdish People, Artist Hito Steyerl Demands That Germany Stops Showing Her Work as Part of Cultural Diplomacy The German artist took to the stage in a feminist performance condemning the country's "tacit" complicity with Turkey's military offensive. By Kate Brown, Oct 29, 2019
On View Two of European Art History’s Most Dramatic Figures, Bernini and Caravaggio, Go Head to Head in a New Show—See Images Here A new exhibition at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna gathers together works by leading Italian Baroque artists. By Kate Brown, Oct 24, 2019
Art and Law The FBI Has Seized Suspected Nazi-Looted Art From a Little-Known Upstate New York Museum The painting had been in the collection of prominent German patron Rudolf Mosse. By Kate Brown, Oct 24, 2019
Art World How Can Museums Become More Green? One Art Institution in Vienna Is Leading the Charge by Taking These Simple Steps Greening an institution is a big overhaul, but it is not as daunting as one might think. By Kate Brown, Oct 24, 2019
Art Fairs Despite Simmering Political Unrest, Art Basel Hong Kong Releases a Hefty Exhibitor List With New Names—and a Few Absences The exhibitor list for Art Basel Hong Kong's 2020 edition is out, complete with 242 participating galleries. By Kate Brown, Oct 22, 2019
People ‘He Was an Immense Artist’: The Chinese Artist Huang Yong Ping, Who Fused the Spirit of Duchamp with Zen Buddhism, Has Died The France-based Chinese artist fell foul of the censors in China and animal rights activists in North America. By Kate Brown, Oct 21, 2019
On View After 450 Years in Storage, a Female Renaissance Master’s ‘Last Supper’ Is Finally Unveiled in Florence Plautilla Nelli's painting is going on view after a four-year restoration. By Kate Brown, Oct 17, 2019
Politics More Than 100 Academics Have Signed a Letter Demanding That Germany Immediately Open Its Colonial-Era Collections to Researchers The petition puts increased pressure on the German state to act swiftly. By Kate Brown, Oct 17, 2019
