Art World As Museums Desperately Try to Diversify Their Collections, They Now Face Another Problem: How to Pay for It in a Financial Crisis Some initiatives implemented prior to the pandemic have proved surprisingly resilient, while others are under major stress. By Naomi Rea & Eileen Kinsella, Feb 11, 2021
Art World A Populist French Mayor Has Reopened Four Local Museums in Defiance of National Lockdown Rules Visitors started trickling into museums today in the southern French city of Perpignan. By Naomi Rea, Feb 9, 2021
Law Turkey Violated an Artist’s Freedoms by Fining Him for Insulting the President, Europe’s Human Rights Court Has Ruled The British artist was convicted and fined in 2010. By Naomi Rea, Feb 4, 2021
Market Despite Government Bailouts, Nearly 80 Percent of French Galleries Saw Their Income Decline in 2020, a New Report Shows The situation, while grim, is not as dire as previously feared. By Naomi Rea, Feb 3, 2021
Market A New Report Suggests that UK Art Businesses Are Begrudgingly Adapting to New Money-Laundering Regulations Still, the new rules pose certain challenges. By Naomi Rea, Feb 2, 2021
Art World Spain Will Pay Heiress Carmen Cervera $7.9 Million a Year to Keep Her Art Collection in the Country for the Next 15 Years Works by Rodin, Gauguin, and Van Gogh are part of the $1 billion collection. By Naomi Rea, Feb 1, 2021
People What I Buy and Why: Beijing Collector Amber Yifei Wang on Why She Loves ’90s Artists, and the Tang Dynasty Scroll She Covets Most Wang is the director of Gallery Weekend Beijing. By Naomi Rea, Feb 1, 2021
Law In a Victory for Art Dealer Yves Bouvier, Swiss Prosecutors Are Closing the Book on Claims Brought Against Him by a Russian Oligarch The decision is the latest development in a long-running legal dispute between the Swiss dealer and billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev. By Naomi Rea, Jan 28, 2021
People ‘Bob Ross Was Wrong’: Indie Legend John Lurie Shares Brutal Truths and Art-Making Wisdom on His New HBO Show, ‘Painting With John’ The show's title is a spinoff from Lurie's satirical '90s nature show "Fishing With John." By Naomi Rea, Jan 28, 2021
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
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
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
