Market Adam Chinn, Prominent Sotheby’s Dealmaker, Is Out as Chief Operating Officer at the Auction House The position is being redivided into two new posts in a structural re-shifting. By Kate Brown, Dec 4, 2018
Art & Exhibitions Fighting ‘Institutional Intolerance,’ Canada Is Introducing a Biennial for Indigenous Artists in 2020 The event will coincide with the opening of the Winnipeg Art Gallery's new $65 million Inuit Art Center. By Kate Brown, Nov 30, 2018
Law & Politics How Much Should Taxpayers Pay for a Private Museum? A French Watchdog Group Files a Claim to Find Out A Paris museum is locked in a battle with a French watchdog organization over allegations of tax fraud. By Kate Brown & Javier Pes, Nov 30, 2018
Art World Thieves Steal a Renoir Landscape Right Off the Walls of the Dorotheum Auction House In an audacious heist, the suspects removed the canvas from its frame and left the Vienna building within minutes. By Kate Brown, Nov 29, 2018
People ‘Hysteria Is Still Taboo’: Performance Art Dynamo Nora Turato on Why the Art World Still Isn’t Ready to Hear a Woman Scream The Croatia-born, Amsterdam-based artist is on a hot streak. By Kate Brown, Nov 28, 2018
Politics An Art-Covered Stretch of the Berlin Wall Has Now Been Saved From Encroaching Real Estate Developers In 1990, over 100 artists and street artists decorated the important piece of German history. By Kate Brown, Nov 23, 2018
Art World What Did Gauguin Say About Van Gogh Behind His Back? A New Book Reveals the Raw, Handwritten Notes of Great Artists An autograph hunter's trove includes sketches by Michelangelo, a loan request by Monet, and a New Year's card from Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock. By Kate Brown, Nov 23, 2018
Art World Hollywood’s #MeToo Whistleblower Rose McGowan Says She Is Now Focusing on Her Other Major Passion—Art The actor turned activist talks about the artists she admires and the making of an emotional art film that premieres next month in London. By Kate Brown, Nov 22, 2018
Politics A War on ‘Collective Memory’: A Sober Report Reveals the Extent of the Damage to War-Torn Cultural Sites in Yemen The document demands that all parties involved in the conflict work to protect Yemen's important cultural heritage. By Kate Brown, Nov 21, 2018
Art World In a Groundbreaking Report, Experts Advise French President Macron to Begin the ‘Restitution’ of Looted African Art The authors of the highly anticipated document make far-reaching proposals for artifacts in museums' colonial-era collections. By Kate Brown, Nov 20, 2018
Art World A Picasso Stolen in a Major Heist Six Years Ago Was Found Buried in a Romanian Forest. But It Was All Part of a Prank It turns out the recently discovered Picasso is a fake. By Kate Brown, Nov 19, 2018
On View A Show in Munich Reveals Intimate and Unusual Works by Jackson Pollock (And, No, They’re Not Paintings)—See Them Here Drawn from his family's collection, the exhibition includes drawings, doodles, sculpture and even screen-prints. By Kate Brown, Nov 16, 2018
Market Smuggled Away During the French Revolution, Marie Antoinette’s $36 Million Pearl Pendant Shatters Auction Records After her execution, the Queen of France's daughter inherited her jewels, which have been in private royal ownership for more than 200 years. By Kate Brown, Nov 15, 2018
Art & Exhibitions To Celebrate the 350th Anniversary of Rembrandt’s Death, the Rijksmuseum Vows to Show ‘All the Rembrandts’ Fittingly titled "All the Rembrandts in the Rijksmuseum," the landmark show offers a chance to see 'The Night Watch' before its restoration. By Kate Brown, Nov 14, 2018
Art World Berlin’s Cultural Institutions Unite to Fight Far-Right Nationalists in Germany In an unprecedented act of solidarity, leading organizations sign a declaration against intolerance and join forces in Berlin under a "flag" of the golden foil refugee blanket. By Kate Brown, Nov 9, 2018
