Museums Spain Approves $42 Million for the Prado Museum’s Long-Awaited Expansion, Set to Debut in 2024 The project is getting the green light after six years of delays. By Kate Brown, Sep 29, 2021
Art Fairs The 5 Most Arresting Works at Art Basel, From an Epic $750,000 Painting by Meleko Mokgosi to a Low-Fi Video That Went Viral on TikTok Here are some standout pieces from this year’s fair that capture the mood of the moment. By Kate Brown, Sep 24, 2021
Artnet News Pro Here’s What It Feels Like on the Streets of Basel, Where the Art World Elite Has Agreed to Pretend It’s Still 2019 The art industry found itself again—but at what cost? By Kate Brown, Sep 23, 2021
Art Fairs NFTs Make Their Debut at Art Basel, Where Collectors Are Curious—And a Bit Confused—About the New Art Medium Galerie Nagel Draxler reported strong sales of its NFT offerings, finding workarounds for collectors without crypto wallets. By Kate Brown, Sep 21, 2021
Art Fairs Art Basel Unlimited, the Fair’s Section for Oversize Works, Debuts With a $3 Million Bread House and a Whole Lot of Big Paintings The fan-favorite section, back after a one-year hiatus, presented 62 standalone projects. By Kate Brown, Sep 20, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions Hoping to Snag Art Basel-Bound Buyers, Berlin Dealers Showcased Their Emerging Talent for the Fall Edition of the City’s Gallery Weekend Dealers convinced the event to close one day early to give time for galleries to rush to Basel. By Kate Brown, Sep 20, 2021
Politics German Cultural Institutions Damaged by the Summer’s Historic Flooding Will Get a Cut of a $35 Million Aid Package The western region of Germany experienced devastating rain and flooding this summer. By Kate Brown, Sep 13, 2021
Museums Klaus Biesenbach Is Heading Back to Berlin to Lead the Newly Reopened Neue Nationalgalerie Museum Meanwhile, Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrat, a curatorial duo, will co-lead the Hamburger Bahnhof museum. By Kate Brown, Sep 10, 2021
Artnet News Pro As Summer Sales Wane, Italian Dealers Are Chasing Collectors All the Way to the Beach With a Pop-Up in Procida "Panorama" will map works from Old Masters to the present day onto the island's unique landscape. By Kate Brown, Aug 31, 2021
Market Simon Denny Is Selling an Intentionally Lackluster NFT to Benefit Institutions Crypto Collectors Typically Don’t Care About Denny says his "perverse" gesture is about reinserting wealth into systems outside of which it was made. By Kate Brown, Aug 31, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions See the Modernist Masterpieces That Have Returned to View at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin After a Six-Year Hiatus for Renovation A landmark exhibition dedicated to Alexander Calder is on view, as well as a major rehang of its permanent collection. By Kate Brown, Aug 20, 2021
Artnet News Pro Johann König Thinks You’re Selling Art Online All Wrong. That’s Why His Platform Prices Works Using an Algorithm König's new website, MISA, is an art gallery, NFT saleroom, and fractional shares startup. And that's just the beginning. By Kate Brown, Aug 18, 2021
Artnet News Pro Museums Are Dipping Their Toes Into the Wild World of NFTs. Here Is What They Need to Know Before Plunging All the Way In NFTs are a new form of museum merch—albeit with a potentially heftier price tag than anything one would find on a museum gift shop shelf. By Kate Brown, Aug 17, 2021
Artnet News Pro Traveling to Art Basel This Fall? Here Are the Latest Health Requirements for Visitors From Around the World Check this list again for updates. By Kate Brown, Aug 10, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions Tomás Saraceno Convinced His New Art Gallery to Shorten Its Hours for His Debut Exhibition to Save Electricity Spurred by the health and climate crisis, the show at his new gallery Neugerriemschneider will focus on air's most intimate aspect: breath. By Kate Brown, Aug 9, 2021
