Politics In a ‘Historic Milestone,’ Germany Will Begin to Return Benin Bronzes From Its Public Collections to Nigeria in 2022 The move is without precedent. By Kate Brown, Apr 29, 2021
Art World Berlin Is Unveiling a $168 Million Top-to-Bottom Renovation of Mies van der Rohe’s Neue Nationalgalerie—See Images Here The museum will reopen this summer with a rehanging of its permanent collection and an Alexander Calder show. By Kate Brown, Apr 28, 2021
Art & Exhibitions Uli Sigg’s Idiosyncratic Collection of North and South Korean Art Is Going on View in a Rare Show in Switzerland The two countries have been divided by a hard border since 1953, but their work hangs side by side in Switzerland. By Kate Brown, Apr 28, 2021
Law & Politics The Heirs of Late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-Hee Will Give 23,000 Works of Art to Korean Museums to Polish Their Tarnished Image The family's art collection is worth a reported $2.7 billion. By Kate Brown, Apr 28, 2021
Art Fairs One-Third of the Galleries on Frieze New York’s Initial Exhibitor List Dropped Out and Were Replaced by Dealers Closer to Home Galleries' ability to physically attend depended on the health situation in their home countries. By Kate Brown, Apr 27, 2021
Art World The Bavarian State Painting Collections Has Returned a Medieval Work Unlawfully Sold by Nazis to Its Rightful Heirs A Jewish art dealer in Munich was forced to sell the work in 1935. By Kate Brown, Apr 26, 2021
Art & Exhibitions Visiting Yayoi Kusama’s Sprawling New 70-Year Survey Is Like Stepping Inside a Frenzied Tik-Tok Feed… in a Good Way The Japanese artist is having her largest-ever retrospective in Europe at the Gropius Bau in Berlin. By Kate Brown, Apr 23, 2021
On View Olafur Eliasson Just Flooded Switzerland’s Fanciest Museum With Pond Water and Invited Wildlife Inside—See Images Here A breeze now blows through the museum, which is—literally—wide open. By Kate Brown, Apr 22, 2021
People Studio Visit: Dutch Textile Designer Hella Jongerius Is Cherishing Her Paper Archives and Enjoying Some Good Soup The designer's new art installation will soon be on view at the Gropius Bau in Berlin. By Kate Brown, Apr 20, 2021
Sustainability An Upstart Eco-Conscious Gallery Coalition Has Opened a Branch in Berlin With Ten New Members to Fight Climate Change Membership in the group has exploded from 14 original founders to 361 members in just six months. By Kate Brown, Apr 19, 2021
Art Collectors What I Buy and Why: Physician Christian Le Dorze on Opening an Art Center at a Vineyard, and the Outdoor Works He’s Collecting Now The French healthcare executive shares what's inside his personal collection. By Kate Brown, Apr 18, 2021
Art World Experts Launch a Massive New Wikipedia-Style Archive to Address the Lack of Research on Women Artists From Central Europe The project, called Secondary Archive, debuts with 250 entries on artists from Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary. By Kate Brown, Apr 15, 2021
Galleries Hauser and Wirth Is Opening a Gallery in Monaco, Its Latest Expansion Into a Luxury Haven for the Ultra-Wealthy The space opens on June 19 with an exhibition dedicated to Louise Bourgeois. By Kate Brown, Apr 15, 2021
Market The Blobification of the Art Industry: How Lockdown Has Accelerated the Blurred Lines Between Galleries and Auction Houses As they compete for art market dominance, auction houses and galleries are increasingly adopting one another's sales strategies. By Naomi Rea & Kate Brown, Apr 12, 2021
Politics Artists Stage Sit-Ins to Protest South Africa’s Mismanagement of Pandemic Aid and ‘Disappeared’ Funds for the Culture Sector The culture ministry is currently investigating its own funding body. By Kate Brown, Apr 1, 2021