Art Fairs Here’s What Sold at Art Basel’s Semi-Exclusive ‘Pioneers’ Online Viewing Room, Which Included Only 100 Dealers Sales were solid and ranged up to six figures, exhibitors report. By Kate Brown & Eileen Kinsella, Mar 26, 2021
Art World Amid Pressure to Accelerate the Return of the Benin Bronzes, Germany’s Key Players Scramble to Find a Cohesive Approach Culture minister Monika Grütters has called for a meeting with museum and state heads in April. By Kate Brown, Mar 25, 2021
Market The Louvre Abu Dhabi Announces 27 Major Acquisitions, Including a Record-Breaking Georges de la Tour The De la Tour sold for $5 million in December. By Kate Brown, Mar 23, 2021
Art World In a Historic Move, Germany Has Entered Into Talks to Return the Contested Benin Bronzes in Its National Museums to Nigeria Berlin's new Humboldt Forum will show the works "in consultation" with Nigeria. By Kate Brown, Mar 23, 2021
Art & Exhibitions Museums Used to Pay Huge Fees for Personal Couriers to Travel With Major Loans. New Technology Could Mean They Don’t Have to The acceptance of virtual couriers is rapidly transforming the way artworks travel around the world. By Kate Brown, Mar 19, 2021
Art & Exhibitions Artists and Scholars From Europe and Africa Are Collaborating to Help Kenya Reclaim Its Art From Foreign Museums There are 32,000 Kenyan objects held inside just 30 Western museums. By Kate Brown, Mar 18, 2021
Art & Exhibitions Museums Have Been Cautiously Reopening Across Europe. Here Are 8 Must-See Shows You Can Actually Visit in Person Right Now Check out a Phyllida Barlow survey, a group show about nature, a Sophie Taeuber-Arp retrospective, and more. By Kate Brown & Naomi Rea, Mar 16, 2021
Art World Gerhard Richter Is Permanently Loaning His Holocaust Paintings to Berlin’s National Gallery in Order to Keep Them Off the Market The series is part of a group of 100 works that Richter's foundation is putting on permanent loan. By Kate Brown, Mar 16, 2021
Law & Politics The Heirs to a Jewish Collector Are Appealing a Decision Allowing the Stedelijk to Keep a Kandinsky Painting It Acquired During World War II Some Dutch officials have decried the decision to favor the museum. By Kate Brown, Mar 12, 2021
Art Fairs ‘We Need Something Neutral’: The Biennale de Paris Is Dissolving Its Scandal-Ridden Art Fair to Start From Scratch With a New Event The old and prestigious fair had seen its reputation marred in recent years. By Kate Brown, Mar 11, 2021
People How Do You Bring a Historic Museum Into the Future? The Uffizi’s Director Is Trying Everything From Bicycle Paths to TikTok "We're changing our business model, and we have to do it quickly," Eike Schmidt says. By Kate Brown, Mar 10, 2021
People Rudolf Zwirner Helped Invent Today’s Art Market. Now He Thinks the Pandemic Could Bring the Business to a New Golden Age The father of David Zwirner is a pivotal figure in the history of the market. By Kate Brown, Mar 7, 2021
Sustainability Hauser and Wirth Is Hiring a Full-Time Head of Environmental Sustainability to Halve the Gallery’s Carbon Emissions by 2030 Every fair and show will now be allocated a carbon budget. By Kate Brown, Mar 4, 2021
Art World An Art Historian Says He Spotted the Faint Signature of Titian on an Obscure Painting Hanging in a Small UK Church Richard Moore says portraits of Titian and his family members are also part of the scene. By Kate Brown, Mar 4, 2021
Art World Artist Kader Attia, Known for His Poignant Investigations That Break Down Western Hegemony, Will Curate the Next Berlin Biennial The biennial is set to take place in 2022. By Kate Brown, Mar 4, 2021