Art World Oscar Murillo and Lawrence Abu Hamdan Are Among Those Shortlisted for the 2019 Turner Prize, but a Sponsor Draws Scrutiny Find out this year’s contenders for the prestigious and often controversial contemporary art award. By Naomi Rea, May 1, 2019
Art Fairs Inexhaustible Collector Frédéric de Goldschmidt Takes Us on a Tour of Brussels’s Ultra-Cool Emerging Art Scene We shadow the Belgian collector around Art Brussels. By Naomi Rea, Apr 29, 2019
People Meet Augustas Serapinas, the Youngest Artist in the Venice Biennale, Who Likes to Lure Curators Into an Empty Sewer The 28-year-old artist is taking Venice—and the art world—by storm with his interactive, deeply humane installations. By Naomi Rea, Apr 26, 2019
Analysis Can ‘Assassin’s Creed’ Help Rebuild Notre Dame? How Restoring the Cathedral Will Rely on Both New Tech and Ancient Knowhow Conservation experts warn against a speedy reconstruction. By Naomi Rea, Apr 18, 2019
Art World See 7 of the Most Precious Relics That Survived the Blaze at Notre Dame The crown of thorns thought to have been worn by Jesus was among the surviving treasures. By Naomi Rea, Apr 17, 2019
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
