Art Fairs Media Scion James Murdoch’s 49 Percent Investment in MCH Group, the Parent Company of Art Basel, Has Been Officially Approved Murdoch will invest up to $80 million and his company will gain three seats on the board. By Taylor Dafoe, Dec 3, 2020
Art World Prominent Architects Are Calling on MoMA to Remove Philip Johnson’s Name From Its Walls Over His Ties to Fascism Seven of the 10 architects in an upcoming exhibition at the museum were among the signatories of an open letter. By Taylor Dafoe, Dec 2, 2020
On View MoMA’s ‘New Photography’ Show Spotlights Young Photographers Making the Medium Tactile. There’s Just One Problem: It’s Online Only “Companion Pieces: New Photography 2020” is on view through MoMA’s Online Magazine now through March 21, 2021. By Taylor Dafoe, Dec 1, 2020
Art and Law A London Court Has Upheld a Ruling Ordering an Art Collector to Pay Sotheby’s $5.3 Million for Selling an Allegedly Forged Frans Hals Art collector David Kowitz's company has yet to pay for its portion of an alleged forgery. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 25, 2020
Art and Law A Billionaire Collector Is Suing Hirschl and Adler Galleries for Allegedly Swindling Him Over the Sale of a $12 Million Presidential Painting Former hedge-fund manager Michael Steinhardt says the gallery misled him during a consignment. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 23, 2020
People How Master Portraitist Jess T. Dugan Empowers Subjects to Open Up for Remarkably Intimate Photographs Dugan belongs to a new generation of queer photographers focused on empowering their subjects. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 23, 2020
Auctions The Secret Buyer of the Royal Opera House’s £13 Million David Hockney Is Its Own Board Chair—and He’s Lending It Back David Ross purchased the artwork at Christie’s last month and will now lend it back to the British public. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 20, 2020
Art World From Coast to Coast, US Museums Are Closing Again as COVID’s Second Wave Takes Hold Institutions in Illinois, Texas, Minnesota, Colorado, and Washington, DC, are among those shutting down. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 19, 2020
Exhibitions Before She Died, Artist Anne Truitt Completed a Series of ‘Sound’ Paintings. Now, They’re Seeing the Light of Day for the First Time The works on paper, which represent something of a departure for the artist, comprise a new exhibition at Matthew Marks. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 19, 2020
Events and Parties Arts Organizations Are Reinventing the Traditional Black-Tie Fundraiser… by Bringing It to Your Couch From an eight-hour telethon to a "Benefit in a Box," nonprofits are getting creative to keep donors engaged. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 16, 2020
On View Artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer Is Building a Remarkable and Poetically Fleeting Memorial to Those Lost to the Coronavirus Each portrait in his latest project is slowly erased once it has been completed. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 13, 2020
Art and Law A Local Mayor Is Ordering the Removal of Nick Cave’s Pro-Truth Artwork Outside of Jack Shainman’s Upstate New York Outpost Not everyone in the village of Kinderhook is pleased with the artist's text piece about political propaganda. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 11, 2020
On View ‘It’s Memorializing How Unmemorable It Is’: Artist Michael Mandiberg on Painting Melancholy Portraits on Zoom Mandiberg’s “Zoom Paintings” are going on view this week in a virtual exhibition. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 10, 2020
Art World Following Reports of Toxic Leadership at the New Museum, a Collector Has Resigned From the Board of Its Nonprofit Affiliate Rhizome Seth Stolbun announced his resignation in a letter he published on Instagram. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 9, 2020
Auctions Two Major Joan Mitchell Paintings Could Fetch a Total of $19 Million at Phillips Next Month The auction house is hoping to cash in on the excitement of a big retrospective of Mitchell's work next year. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 9, 2020
