Artnet News Pro Singapore’s S.E.A. Focus Art Fair Is Trying to Woo Young, Crypto-Rich Collectors. But the Buying Is Slow Going The government-backed fair returns to attract a younger generation with NFTs and artist-made films. By Vivienne Chow, Jan 18, 2022
Politics The Louvre May Take Far-Right Politician Marine Le Pen to Court for Using the Museum in a Campaign Video Le Pen filmed the video in front of the museum's iconic pyramid without permission. By Vivienne Chow, Jan 17, 2022
Art World Why Is This Dystopian Work of Chinese Art From the 2019 Venice Biennale Going Viral on TikTok? Artists Sun Yuan and Peng Yu's installation, "Can't Help Myself," is the subject of widespread debate on the social-media site. By Vivienne Chow, Jan 14, 2022
Crime Taiwan Has Pulled Artist Sakuliu Pavavaljung From the Venice Biennale After a String of Sexual Assault Allegations Prosecutors in Taiwan have stepped in to investigate the allegations made online, but no official charges have yet been filed. By Vivienne Chow, Jan 13, 2022
Art & Exhibitions A New Show at Selfridges Introduces an Internet-Addled Generation to the Op Art of Victor Vasarely (Don’t Worry, There Are NFTs Too) Proceeds from the sales will help fund the restoration of the artist's work. By Vivienne Chow, Jan 12, 2022
Art & Exhibitions Prince Charles Has Commissioned Seven Paintings of Holocaust Survivors to Serve as a ‘Guiding Light’ for Future Generations The portraits by Jenny Saville and six other U.K.-based artists will be unveiled at Buckingham Palace this month. By Vivienne Chow, Jan 12, 2022
Auctions Bonhams Has Acquired a Leading Nordic Auction House in a Bid to Boost Its Expansion Into Europe The acquisition is part of the U.K. auction house's ambitious plans to expand its reach in the European market. By Vivienne Chow, Jan 10, 2022
Artnet News Pro Orientalist Art, Long Shunned for Its Colonialist Eye on the East, Is Making a Comeback—and From the Unlikeliest Place The genre is now seen as a window into the Middle East in the 19th century, and it being sought-after by collectors from the Islamic world. By Vivienne Chow, Jan 2, 2022
Market After Bringing in a Record $1.2 Billion in Global Sales This Year, Phillips Plans a Major New Location in Hong Kong The company plans to move into a space overlooking Victoria Harbour. By Vivienne Chow, Dec 16, 2021
Art World ‘People Think About Me When They See a Banana’: Artist Maurizio Cattelan on His Now-Viral Fame in China Cattelan's latest exhibition (yes, the banana is included) has inspired locals to duct-tape objects to walls around town in his honor. By Vivienne Chow, Dec 14, 2021
Politics In 2016, Julian Assange Gave Ai Weiwei a Treadmill. Now the Artist Is Using it in a Campaign to Save the WikiLeaks Founder Ai Weiwei says that any threat to Julian Assange is an attack on press freedom globally. By Vivienne Chow, Dec 14, 2021
Art World French Heritage Experts Have Approved Controversial Notre-Dame Plans That Critics Say Will ‘Distort’ the Famed Cathedral Around 100 public intellectuals spoke out against the plan in a signed editorial. By Vivienne Chow, Dec 13, 2021
Politics The Kunstmuseum Bern Will Give Up Dozens of Works With Murky Provenance From the Collection of the Late Cornelius Gurlitt The works include two watercolors by Otto Dix that will go directly to the heirs of the rightful owners. By Vivienne Chow, Dec 12, 2021
Museums & Institutions The Netherlands Is Ready to Spend $198 Million to Bring a Rembrandt Self-Portrait Back Home for Good The painting has belonged to the French Rothschild family since 1844. By Vivienne Chow, Dec 9, 2021
Art World Banksy Pledges $13.3 Million to Help Turn the U.K. Prison Where Oscar Wilde Was Once Held Into an Art Center The maverick street artist plans to sell a stencil to raise funds to buy Reading Gaol. By Vivienne Chow, Dec 6, 2021