Art World A Burnt-Out Car, a Bigger Gang, and No Insurance: New Details Emerge in the Frantic Hunt for Dresden’s Treasure Thieves Days after the robbery, the thieves are still at large but the museum has reopened. By Kate Brown, Nov 28, 2019
Art World Thieves Used an Axe and an Audi to Stage One of Europe’s Largest Museum Heists. Here Are 10 of the Priceless Treasures They Stole The police have also released video footage of the thieves raiding the historic collection. By Kate Brown, Nov 26, 2019
Art World Thieves Stole Up to a Billion Dollars Worth of Jewels From Dresden’s Famed Treasure Museum The Green Vault robbery could rival the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft as the most costly of all time. By Kate Brown, Nov 25, 2019
Art and Law Metal Detectorists Discovered a $15.4 Million Viking Hoard. Instead of a Reward, They Are Now Going to Jail for Theft The trove, much of which is still missing, could rewrite early English history. By Kate Brown, Nov 22, 2019
Art and Law $300 Million Worth of Work by Anselm Kiefer and Other German Artists Has Mysteriously Gone Missing in China Hundreds of artworks on loan from a single private collector have disappeared. By Kate Brown, Nov 20, 2019
Galleries Art Dealer Eva Presenhuber Is Expanding Her Footprint With a Second Location in Zürich The Swiss powerhouse dealer is opening the new space in a 19th-century building. By Kate Brown, Nov 20, 2019
Auctions Sotheby’s Is Preparing to Sell an Early Banksy Sculpture—But Now the Secretive Street Artist’s Nemesis Says That He’s the Rightful Owner A Banksy work that was stolen almost 15 years ago has resurfaced at Sotheby's with a $1.3 million high estimate. By Kate Brown, Nov 18, 2019
Politics Nan Goldin’s Opioid Activist Group Storms the Victoria & Albert Museum in London to Protest the Sackler Family’s Ties to the Museum The protest group is calling out the museum's director, Tristram Hunt, for his outspoken support of the Sacklers. By Kate Brown, Nov 16, 2019
Art Fairs Rejecting the Idea That Regional Fairs Should Expand, Art Düsseldorf Proves Staying Local Works Best (at Least in the Rhineland) The German fair is proof that there is life after MCH Group, thanks to the Rhineland's committed collectors and a dynamic art scene. By Kate Brown, Nov 15, 2019
Art World The Most Important Artists Are Also Activists—Plus 3 Other Takeaways From Art Review’s Latest Power 100 List Glenn Lowry tops the annual survey, but anti-establishment movers and shakers are the real winners. By Kate Brown, Nov 13, 2019
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
