Art & Exhibitions Is the Age of the Blockbuster Exhibition Over? A Perfect Storm of Challenges Suggests It May Be a Thing of the Past Widespread uncertainty has put tremendous pressure on an exhibitions model that has been adopted by museums around the world. By Kate Brown, Jun 30, 2020
Law & Politics Authorities Arrest Six Suspects in France Over the Theft of Banksy’s Mural Commemorating the Bataclan Attack The mural was recovered earlier this month, one year after it was swiped from its home outside the Paris theater. By Kate Brown, Jun 29, 2020
Art World The National Gallery of Australia Will Cut at Least 10 Percent of Its Staff as It Seeks to Recoup $1.5 Million The Canberra museum is trying to dig itself out of a financial hole. By Kate Brown, Jun 24, 2020
Art & Exhibitions Documenta 2022 Will Now Have Even More Curators, With the Nine-Person Collective Organizing It Bringing in 9 Other Organizations to Help The Indonesian collective in charge of documenta 15 has revealed their plans for the preeminent exhibition. By Kate Brown, Jun 22, 2020
Market ‘A Bricks-and-Click Approach Is the Way Forward’: Berlin Dealers Report Lively In-Person Sales at the Art Basel Booths They Built in Their Galleries A cohort of Berlin art dealers who participate in Art Basel decided that showing work online only was not enough. By Kate Brown, Jun 18, 2020
Opinion Protesters Are Taking Down Monuments Across Europe. So Why Is Germany Redoubling Its Commitment to Conservative Symbolism? The installation of a cross atop Berlin's Humboldt Forum stands in stark contrast to other actions around the world. By Kate Brown, Jun 15, 2020
Politics Five Activists Were Arrested After Trying to Seize a 19th-Century Artifact From Paris’s Quai Branly Museum and Return It to Africa The activists, who filmed a video of their foiled heist, are out of jail but face charges for attempted theft. By Kate Brown, Jun 15, 2020
Market Facing a Cash Crunch, British Airways Looks to Sell Off Its Star-Studded Art Collection The airline will sell at least ten works in its collection, which includes pieces by Bridget Riley and Peter Doig. By Kate Brown, Jun 11, 2020
Law & Politics Sotheby’s Just Lost Its Lawsuit Against Greece Over an 8th-Century BC Horse Statue—and the Decision May Have Lasting Implications for the Trade A lawyer for Greece says the ruling bodes well for the antiquities market. By Kate Brown, Jun 10, 2020
Art World ‘This Is Performative’: Critics Mercilessly Mock the British Museum for Its ‘Hollow’ Statement of Solidarity With the Black Lives Matter Movement Many social-media users thought the institution's statement jarred with its position on restitution. By Kate Brown, Jun 9, 2020
Auctions A Debonair Self-Portrait 26-Year-Old Rembrandt Made to Impress His Future In-Laws Could Fetch $20 Million at Sotheby’s One of the last Rembrandt self-portraits in private hands will headline a new cross-category auction this July at Sotheby's. By Kate Brown, Jun 8, 2020
Art Fairs Art Basel Has Canceled the 2020 Edition of Its Flagship Swiss Fair, Citing ‘Tumultuous and Challenging Times’ The announcement comes after mounting pressure from dealers to make the call. By Kate Brown, Jun 6, 2020
Galleries ‘I Can Guarantee Quality If I Am There’: Art Dealer Xavier Hufkens on Why He’s Opening a Third Space in Brussels Instead of Expanding Abroad Hufkens, who opened his first Brussels gallery 33 years ago, will inaugurate his new space with a show by Sterling Ruby. By Kate Brown, Jun 5, 2020
Analysis Hong Kong Is the Undisputed Capital of the Asian Art World. Does Beijing’s New Crackdown Mean It’s Destined to Lose the Title? “I think it’s kind of the end of Hong Kong,” one source said. By Kate Brown & Eileen Kinsella, Jun 4, 2020
Politics Germany Continues to Lead the Way in Culture Aid, Doling Out Another €1 Billion to the Sector and Lowering the Tax Rate on Art But some art organizations say it's not enough and that the aid disregards the situation of artists. By Kate Brown, Jun 4, 2020