Art World A Banksy Bonanza: The Street Artist’s ‘Greatest Hits’ Take Center Stage in a London Show Organized By His Former Dealer Steve Lazarides says the rare show has already broken records—and it hasn’t even opened yet. By Naomi Rea, Jul 11, 2018
Politics The UK Gets a New Culture Secretary in Theresa May’s Emergency Cabinet Reshuffle Jeremy Wright is the third culture secretary to be appointed under the current prime minister. By Naomi Rea, Jul 10, 2018
Art and Law Another Russian Billionaire Is Suing His Swiss Art Dealer for Allegedly Inflating Prices and Pocketing the Extra The collector says he was inspired to sue after discovering the ongoing legal dispute between Dmitry Rybolovlev and Yves Bouvier. By Naomi Rea, Jul 9, 2018
Art World 5 Must-See Artists at the Rencontres d’Arles, the ‘Venice Biennale of the Photography World’ From Patrick Willocq to Gilbert & George, here's what you won't want to miss at the prestigious summer photo festival. By Naomi Rea, Jul 6, 2018
Art World Where Did an Early Lucian Freud Landscape Go? It Turns Out His Wartime Drinking Buddy Painted Over It The uncovered work, which is signed "Lucian" on the back, could conceal an even earlier abandoned painting by the young artist. By Naomi Rea, Jul 4, 2018
Art World Cézanne’s Heirs and the Kunstmuseum Bern Reach a Historic Agreement Over a Mysterious Cézanne in the Gurlitt Trove Cézanne's great-grandson has acknowledged the museum's ownership of the work in exchange for the ability to exhibit it in the artist's hometown. By Naomi Rea, Jul 3, 2018
Art and Law The Billionaire Wildenstein Art-Dealing Dynasty Is Cleared in France’s Biggest Tax-Fraud Case (Again) The Paris court of appeals has upheld the 2017 ruling acquitting the art dealing family of tax evasion and money laundering. By Naomi Rea, Jul 2, 2018
Art World Artist Sophie Calle Wants You to Take Your Secrets to the Grave. Here, She Tells Us Why We spoke to the French artist ahead of her show at Château La Coste this summer in France. By Naomi Rea, Jun 28, 2018
Art World Are You Witty Enough to Win a Damien Hirst Artwork? The Artist Is Holding a Caption Contest on Instagram All you have to do is caption a photo of Hirst in his underwear. By Naomi Rea, Jun 27, 2018
Art World Masterpiece in the Middle East: Da Vinci’s ‘Salvator Mundi’ Will Debut at the Louvre Abu Dhabi This Fall The $450-million painting's debut promises to show off the "inclusive nature of Louvre Abu Dhabi’s narrative." By Naomi Rea, Jun 27, 2018
Art World Banksy Takes Aim at France’s Callous Response to the Refugee Crisis With Poignant Murals in Paris Has the British street artist made his Paris debut? He's being credited with works that reference refugees, Napoleon, and the spirit of May 1968. By Naomi Rea, Jun 25, 2018
Art World ‘Art Can Be as Effective as Surveillance Cameras’: Why an Italian Fashion Capital Is Commissioning Artists to Relieve Racial Tensions The city of Prato has invited artists including Rainer Ganahl and Yoko Ono to help bridge the sociocultural divide between its Chinese and Italian populations. By Naomi Rea, Jun 21, 2018
On View Turner Prize Winner Mark Wallinger Unveils a Permanent Public Art Tribute to the Magna Carta “Writ in Water” memorializes the sealing of the important document in Runnymede in 1215. By Naomi Rea, Jun 19, 2018
Art World Barrels of Fun: Christo Erects a Brilliantly Colored Pyramid as Tall as Egypt’s Sphinx in London’s Hyde Park The “Mastaba” will float on the Serpentine Lake in Hyde Park until the end of September. By Naomi Rea, Jun 19, 2018
Art World The Getty Will Fight to Keep the Victorious Youth in Los Angeles The US museum will appeal an Italian court's ruling that the Greek bronze belongs in Italy. By Naomi Rea, Jun 14, 2018
