Art World French Billionaire Art Collectors the Pinaults and the Arnaults Pledge $340 Million to Rebuild Notre Dame Donations are pouring in after images of the cathedral in flames horrified the world. By Naomi Rea, Apr 16, 2019
Exhibitions The V&A Is Facing a Backlash for Planning to Exhibit a Portrait of Disgraced American Actor Kevin Spacey The museum says it wants to present an accurate record of the history of theater in the UK. By Naomi Rea, Apr 12, 2019
On View Gagosian Has Borrowed a Self-Portrait By Rembrandt for a Face-Off With His Roster of Artists The controversial loan of the Old Master from a public collection to a selling show has raised eyebrows. By Naomi Rea, Apr 12, 2019
Politics Artist Hito Steyerl Made an App That Removes the Sackler Name From the Serpentine Sackler’s Facade The artist had a lot to say about the family at the press preview for her exhibition—and now the institution has committed to no longer taking Sackler funding. By Naomi Rea, Apr 10, 2019
Art World Meet the miart Early Birds: 10 Fairgoers Share Their Highlights of Milan’s International Art Fair We asked collectors, curators, and an artist for their highlights of the VIP day of the international art fair where it's good to talk. By Naomi Rea, Apr 5, 2019
Art Fairs ‘A Fair Is a Meeting Place’: Miart’s Director on Why Blue-Chip Dealers Are Flocking to the Italian Art Fair Hauser & Wirth and Marian Goodman are among the galleries flying to Milan this week. By Naomi Rea, Apr 4, 2019
Auctions The Revolver That Killed Vincent van Gogh Is Going Up for Auction This Summer The macabre historical item is expected to fetch as much as $67,000. By Naomi Rea, Apr 3, 2019
Art and Law In an Effort to Fight Money Laundering, the EU Parliament Wants to Scrap the Freeport System Beloved by Billionaire Art Collectors The recommendations comes after a yearlong investigation into financial crime. By Naomi Rea, Apr 3, 2019
Auctions Faked ‘Fairy’ Photographs From a Famous 20th-Century Hoax Could Fetch $90,000 at Auction The two women behind the photographs maintained their incredible story for decades. By Naomi Rea, Apr 2, 2019
Exhibitions For the First Time, the Venice Biennale Is Launching a Performance Art Program to Bring Art Outside the Arsenale The Delfina Foundation is co-producing the innovative project. By Naomi Rea, Apr 1, 2019
Art and Law The French Government Is Launching a Task Force Dedicated to Researching and Returning Nazi-Era Loot From Its National Collections The new office will try to return thousands of items stolen by Germany during the war. By Naomi Rea, Mar 29, 2019
Exhibitions Poet-Provocateur Kenneth Goldsmith Is Showing All 60,000 of Hillary Clinton’s Leaked Emails as Art The documents will be shown in Venice during the opening of the Venice Biennale. By Naomi Rea, Mar 28, 2019
On View Glenn Ligon Lifts Formerly Unknown Black Parisians Into the Limelight in a New Show at the Musée d’Orsay The artist has blown up the names of black models who influenced art history in celebration of the scholarship that went into the Orsay’s current exhibition. By Naomi Rea, Mar 27, 2019
Politics Amid Strengthening Political Ties With China, Italy Gives the Go-Ahead to Repatriate 800 Chinese Cultural Artifacts The move comes after Italy’s populist government signed on to China’s controversial “belt and road” plan. By Naomi Rea, Mar 25, 2019
Art World As a Wave of UK Museums Cut Ties With the Sackler Family, One Small London Gallery May Have Led the Way The South London Gallery returned a £125,000 gift from the Sacklers last year. By Naomi Rea, Mar 22, 2019
