Naomi Rea, Author at Artnet News

Crime

French Artist Claude Lévêque’s Work Has Been Pulled From a Museum as Police Investigate His Alleged Abuse of Children

Lévêque denies the allegations.

By Naomi Rea, Jan 14, 2021

Galleries

The French Government Is Giving Commercial Art Galleries €2 Million to Help Keep Them Alive Through Lockdown

The country is switching up its strategy to support its art scene.

By Naomi Rea, Jan 12, 2021

Shows & Exhibitions

Don’t Miss These 10 Museum Shows Opening in Europe in 2021, From a Hito Steyerl Retrospective to a Star Turn for Helen Frankenthaler

Here's a round-up of what you can look forward to.

By Kate Brown & Naomi Rea, Jan 5, 2021

People

What I Buy & Why: Arthur de Villepin on Starting a Gallery ‘by Collectors, for Collectors’ and Why Some Art Is Love at First Sight

Top collectors share their strategies (and obsessions).

By Naomi Rea, Jan 4, 2021

Market

Philip Guston’s Market Has Never Reached the Heights of His Ab-Ex Contemporaries. But This Year’s Controversy May Change That

Guston's refusal to conform once hurt his market—now, it could be the reason for its revival.

By Naomi Rea, Dec 22, 2020

Art World

Calling All London Artists! A New Reality TV Series About the City’s Art Scene Is Looking for Contestants

Contestants must be aged between 17 and 30.

By Naomi Rea, Dec 18, 2020

Politics

France Pushed Through a Bill to Return 27 Looted Artifacts to Benin and Senegal After Senators Threatened to Derail the Plan

The debate broke down amid a discussion of how claims would be processed.

By Naomi Rea, Dec 17, 2020

Art Fairs

With the Looming Possibility of a No-Deal Brexit, London’s 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair Is Launching an Edition in Paris

The fair is testing the market in the French capital as the UK’s Brexit deadline ticks closer.

By Naomi Rea, Dec 17, 2020

Law

German Police Have Nabbed One of Two Fugitive Twins Suspected of Taking Part in a Massive Museum Heist in Dresden

The suspect's twin brother is still on the lam.

By Naomi Rea, Dec 15, 2020

Art World

Struggling Museums Are Increasingly Relying on the Generosity of Artists to Convince Private Donors to Bail Them Out

As donors take their foot off the gas of arts giving, artists have been called in to reenergize them. It's a lot of pressure.

By Naomi Rea, Dec 14, 2020

Art World

Art Historians Have Discovered an Exceptional Work by a Famed Flemish Old Master Hiding in Plain Sight in a Brussels Town Hall

City officials had long assumed the 16th-century panel was a copy.

By Naomi Rea, Dec 9, 2020

Art World

European Museums Have Long Been Reluctant to Restitute African Heritage Objects. Changes in 2021 May Force Their Hands

Old laws and rigid sensibilities have prevented European museums from repatriating objects to their countries of origin.

By Naomi Rea, Dec 8, 2020

Art World

England’s Second National Lockdown Is Over. Here’s What the Country’s New Rules Mean for Museums and Galleries

Cultural institutions in the harder-hit areas of the country have expressed disappointment that they must remain closed.

By Naomi Rea, Dec 3, 2020

On View

To Explore the Impact of Climate Change on Culture, the Curators of the Taipei Biennial Transformed Their Venue Into a Planetarium

Curators Bruno Latour, Martin Guinard, and Eva Lin explain the thinking behind one of the only biennials held in the second half of 2020.

By Naomi Rea, Dec 2, 2020

Politics

‘Nobody Could Remain Silent’: The Killing of an Artist and Activist in Belarus Has Added Fuel to Widespread Protests Against the Government

The country's president was recently re-elected in a widely disputed election.

By Kate Brown & Naomi Rea, Dec 2, 2020

Naomi Rea

London Editor

French Artist Claude Lévêque’s Work Has Been Pulled From a Museum as Police Investigate His Alleged Abuse of Children

The French Government Is Giving Commercial Art Galleries €2 Million to Help Keep Them Alive Through Lockdown

Don’t Miss These 10 Museum Shows Opening in Europe in 2021, From a Hito Steyerl Retrospective to a Star Turn for Helen Frankenthaler

What I Buy & Why: Arthur de Villepin on Starting a Gallery ‘by Collectors, for Collectors’ and Why Some Art Is Love at First Sight

Philip Guston’s Market Has Never Reached the Heights of His Ab-Ex Contemporaries. But This Year’s Controversy May Change That

Calling All London Artists! A New Reality TV Series About the City’s Art Scene Is Looking for Contestants

France Pushed Through a Bill to Return 27 Looted Artifacts to Benin and Senegal After Senators Threatened to Derail the Plan

With the Looming Possibility of a No-Deal Brexit, London’s 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair Is Launching an Edition in Paris

German Police Have Nabbed One of Two Fugitive Twins Suspected of Taking Part in a Massive Museum Heist in Dresden

Struggling Museums Are Increasingly Relying on the Generosity of Artists to Convince Private Donors to Bail Them Out

Art Historians Have Discovered an Exceptional Work by a Famed Flemish Old Master Hiding in Plain Sight in a Brussels Town Hall

European Museums Have Long Been Reluctant to Restitute African Heritage Objects. Changes in 2021 May Force Their Hands

England’s Second National Lockdown Is Over. Here’s What the Country’s New Rules Mean for Museums and Galleries

To Explore the Impact of Climate Change on Culture, the Curators of the Taipei Biennial Transformed Their Venue Into a Planetarium

‘Nobody Could Remain Silent’: The Killing of an Artist and Activist in Belarus Has Added Fuel to Widespread Protests Against the Government

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