Artnet News Pro As Health and Administrative Hurdles Mount, Some Participants Worry That This Year’s Art Basel Could Become a Very Costly Flop New travel and vaccine guidelines have thrown a curveball at the Swiss fair's plans. By Naomi Rea & Eileen Kinsella, Sep 3, 2021
Market A Very Kind Scammer Returned $336,000 to Pranksy, the Digital Art Collector Who Bought a Fake Bansky NFT The collector said he hopes other NFT investors can learn from his mistakes. By Naomi Rea, Sep 1, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Corporate Temptation This week: Art Basel's golden boy joins an enemy encampment, Banksy’s extraordinary auction rise, NFT scammers target the art world, and much more. By Naomi Rea, Aug 27, 2021
Law & Politics A German Court Sentenced an Art Dealer to Two Years in Prison for Allegedly Selling Fake Works by Famed Artist Günther Uecker Dealer Ernst Jockels denies the charges and says he plans to appeal. By Naomi Rea, Aug 25, 2021
Market PAD London Has Pulled the Plug on its 2021 Edition Amid Ongoing Travel Restrictions and Fears of the Delta Variant The news casts further doubt on the triumphant return of the art market this fall. By Naomi Rea, Aug 24, 2021
Crime Alleged Mafioso Raffaele Imperiale, Who Was Linked to a Van Gogh Museum Heist 20 Years Ago, Has Been Arrested in Dubai Two paintings stolen from the museum in 2002 were found stashed away in a property owned by Imperiale. By Naomi Rea, Aug 23, 2021
Galleries ‘I Haven’t Seen Anything Cool in So Long’: Painter Jamian Juliano-Villani Is Opening a Gallery to Show Whatever She Wants (and Throw Parties) The artist says the gallery, called O’Flaherty’s, will be a performance in disguise. By Naomi Rea, Aug 16, 2021
Law & Politics Francis Bacon’s Former Handyman Has Threatened to Sue Tate Because the Works He Donated Are Sitting in Storage Barry Joule said his donation might be better off in a French museum, where it could be shown more prominently. By Naomi Rea, Aug 9, 2021
People ‘There Is an Unseen World Behind Our World’: Artist Cai Guo-Qiang on Believing in Extraterrestrials, and How They Inspired His New Work We caught up with the artist on the occasion of his new exhibition in Shanghai, for which he is debuting his first VR artwork. By Naomi Rea, Aug 9, 2021
Museums & Institutions An Italian Museum Director Has Resigned, Saying the Country’s New Vaccine Mandate Exploits Cultural Institutions The director of the Sansevero Chapel Museum in Naples, Fabrizio Masucci, says museums should not be forced to bar any visitors. By Naomi Rea, Aug 6, 2021
Museums & Institutions The Spanish Government Has Officially Sealed a $115.4 Million Deal to Keep Carmen Cervera’s Collection in Madrid for the Next 15 Years The agreement ensures that Gauguin’s masterpiece, Mata Mua, will return to public view. By Naomi Rea, Aug 5, 2021
Law & Politics More Than 17,000 Looted Ancient Artifacts Have Returned to Iraq, Where Cultural Heritage Has Been Plundered During Decades of Instability The objects, many of which date back to ancient Mesopotamia, were recovered in the U.S., Italy, the Netherlands, and Japan. By Naomi Rea, Aug 4, 2021
Art Collectors What I Buy and Why: Art Advisor Georgia Powell on Starting Her Collection With Just $70, and How She’s Growing It Today Powell shares the artists she has her eye on today. By Naomi Rea, Aug 2, 2021
Art World David Adjaye’s Planned Holocaust Memorial in London Has Been Approved, Despite Controversy and Protests Some say the memorial, which was designed with Ron Arad Architects, exaggerates the U.K.'s role in aiding victims of the Holocaust. By Naomi Rea, Jul 29, 2021
Art World London Officials Spent $2.7 Million to Build an Art Experience With ‘Soaring’ City Views. Its First Visitors Were Very Disappointed The local council said it would refund paying customers for their disappointing experiences. By Naomi Rea, Jul 28, 2021