Art World The City of London Will Remove Statues of a Former Mayor and a 17th-Century Merchant, Both Slaveholders, From Its Headquarters The statues honor former Lord Mayor of London William Beckford and 17th-century merchant Sir John Cass. By Naomi Rea, Jan 22, 2021
Art Fairs Art Basel Has Again Postponed Its Flagship Swiss Fair, Rolling Out Three Online Viewing Rooms Instead to Keep Business Afloat The IRL edition of the fair is now scheduled to take place in September. By Naomi Rea, Jan 21, 2021
Art and Law UK Galleries Will Benefit From a Court Ruling Forcing Insurers to Pay Businesses for Losses Incurred During Lockdown Arts businesses will still likely have to fight to get their claims fully reimbursed. By Naomi Rea, Jan 18, 2021
Art and Law The UK Government Plans to Make It Harder to Remove Public Monuments to Controversial Figures One minister referred to demonstrators as "baying mobs." By Naomi Rea, Jan 18, 2021
Politics The Museum of London Has Acquired That Giant ‘Trump Baby’ Balloon for Its Collection of Protest Art The museum says the balloon was an important marker of the history of protest in the UK capital. By Naomi Rea, Jan 18, 2021
People What I Buy & Why: St. Louis Collector Susan Barrett on Her Most Gratifying Purchase and Why Amy Sherald Is ‘the Holy Grail’ The president of the art consultancy Barrett Barrera Projects opens up on her collecting habits. By Naomi Rea, Jan 18, 2021
Art and Law French Artist Claude Lévêque’s Work Has Been Pulled From a Museum as Police Investigate His Alleged Abuse of Children Lévêque denies the allegations. By Naomi Rea, Jan 14, 2021
Galleries The French Government Is Giving Commercial Art Galleries €2 Million to Help Keep Them Alive Through Lockdown The country is switching up its strategy to support its art scene. By Naomi Rea, Jan 12, 2021
Exhibitions Don’t Miss These 10 Museum Shows Opening in Europe in 2021, From a Hito Steyerl Retrospective to a Star Turn for Helen Frankenthaler Here's a round-up of what you can look forward to. By Kate Brown & Naomi Rea, Jan 5, 2021
People What I Buy & Why: Arthur de Villepin on Starting a Gallery ‘by Collectors, for Collectors’ and Why Some Art Is Love at First Sight Top collectors share their strategies (and obsessions). By Naomi Rea, Jan 4, 2021
Market Philip Guston’s Market Has Never Reached the Heights of His Ab-Ex Contemporaries. But This Year’s Controversy May Change That Guston's refusal to conform once hurt his market—now, it could be the reason for its revival. By Naomi Rea, Dec 22, 2020
Art World Calling All London Artists! A New Reality TV Series About the City’s Art Scene Is Looking for Contestants Contestants must be aged between 17 and 30. By Naomi Rea, Dec 18, 2020
Politics France Pushed Through a Bill to Return 27 Looted Artifacts to Benin and Senegal After Senators Threatened to Derail the Plan The debate broke down amid a discussion of how claims would be processed. By Naomi Rea, Dec 17, 2020
Art Fairs With the Looming Possibility of a No-Deal Brexit, London’s 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair Is Launching an Edition in Paris The fair is testing the market in the French capital as the UK’s Brexit deadline ticks closer. By Naomi Rea, Dec 17, 2020
Art and Law German Police Have Nabbed One of Two Fugitive Twins Suspected of Taking Part in a Massive Museum Heist in Dresden The suspect's twin brother is still on the lam. By Naomi Rea, Dec 15, 2020
