Art World Berlin’s $700 Million Humboldt Forum Art Center Has Been Delayed—Again—as Foreign Construction Workers Are Unable to Return to Work The museum has faced repeated setbacks in recent years. By Kate Brown, May 12, 2020
Art World Art Collector Julia Stoschek May Be Closing Her Private Berlin Museum After Facing Off With the City’s Hardball Real Estate Industry Stoschek is considering moving out from her outpost in the German capital in 2022. By Kate Brown, May 11, 2020
Galleries What’s It Like to See Art in the Era of Social Distancing? We Crawled Berlin’s Newly Reopened Gallery Scene to Find Out There's a cautiously optimistic buzz in the air in the German capitlal. By Kate Brown, May 7, 2020
Auctions The Nazis Wanted to Put This Painting in a Museum Dedicated to Hitler. Now It’s the Star Lot of One of the First Live Auctions Since Lockdown Carl Spitzweg's 19th-century painting hung in several German presidents' offices before its restitution. By Kate Brown, May 5, 2020
Art World The US Cultural Landscape Is Reeling From COVID-19. Further North, Canada’s Art Scene Has Few Complaints. Here’s Why The effort has its critics—but many observers view it as a model response. By Kate Brown, May 4, 2020
People The Art World Works From Home: German Art Collector Julia Stoschek Is Digitizing Her Collection and Baking Chocolate Cake The art world may be working remotely, but it certainly does not stop. We're checking in with art-world professionals to see how they work from home. By Kate Brown, May 1, 2020
Art World The Prado Museum Is Expecting to Lose 70 Percent of Its Income as It Prepares to Reopen With Limited Capacity The museum has postponed its 2020 exhibitions indefinitely, and is still not sure when it can reopen. By Kate Brown, Apr 29, 2020
Market A Hilma af Klint Watercolor of a Burning Heart Could Fetch $500,000 in a Rare Sale of the Artist’s Work in Sweden The artist once decreed that her work should never be sold. By Kate Brown, Apr 27, 2020
People Why Artist Meriem Bennani’s Wildly Popular Videos About Two Chill Lizards Perfectly Capture the Weirdness of Our New Reality Social borders and virtuality were subjects of her work long before the present moment. By Kate Brown, Apr 27, 2020
Politics Germany’s Culture Ministers Request More Support for Arts Workers as Last Month’s Staggering €50 Billion Aid Package Proves Insufficient The cultural heads of Germany's 16 states are asking for the federal government to give more aid. By Kate Brown, Apr 24, 2020
People The Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama, Is Also a Professional Artist. Here’s How He Is Balancing Those Roles During the Coronavirus Pandemic The nation head talks art and politics from under lockdown. By Kate Brown, Apr 23, 2020
Politics Berlin Museums Just Got the Green Light to Reopen in Early May. Here’s How They Are Working to Make It Safe Museums will have to manage heightened security and hygiene-related costs, alongside a predicted dip in ticketing income. By Kate Brown, Apr 22, 2020
Reviews The Staff of a Tiny Locked-Down Dutch Museum Is Offering to Talk to Anyone Who Wants to Chat About Art. So I Gave Them a Call. The LAM Museum is keeping the public engaged by offering one-on-one phone calls with its employees. By Kate Brown, Apr 20, 2020
Galleries ‘Bring Your Own Mask’: German Art Galleries Will Reopen in a New Reality Next Week, Giving Other Dealers a Preview of Things to Come Attendance numbers will be strictly limited, and some dealers are requiring visitors to wear masks. By Kate Brown, Apr 17, 2020
Market Germany Is Giving Out Tens of Millions of Euros to Cultural Workers Hit by Its Faltering Economy. Some Say It’s Not Nearly Enough Although the country has been praised for its efforts, many in the art world say they need more relief. By Kate Brown, Apr 16, 2020
