People Nato Thompson Departs Creative Time to Lead Upstart Philadelphia Art Institution He will begin his new role as artistic director of Philadelphia Contemporary next month. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 23, 2017
People Why Are Experts Perplexed by Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Salvator Mundi’? (Hint: It’s That Weird Orb) With a major new biography and movie to follow, is this the start of da Vinci delirium? By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 22, 2017
People Miranda July’s Next Film Will Be About London’s First Interfaith Thrift Store US artist says her Artangel project shows that “charity begats charity” in troubled times. By Javier Pes, Oct 20, 2017
People artnet Asks: Artist Sabina Klein on Compassion, Color, and Continuous Learning The artist’s first solo exhibit in nearly a decade, “Sabina Klein: On Reflection,” is on view through October 21 at Long-Sharp Gallery and John Szoke Gallery. By Artnet Galleries Team, Oct 18, 2017
People It Turns Out That Oxycontin, the Highly Addictive Painkiller, Has Helped Bankroll More Than a Dozen Museums A new report delves into the dark side of the philanthropic Sackler family. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 18, 2017
People The Obamas Choose Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald to Paint Their Official Portraits for the Smithsonian They will be the first black artists to officially paint a presidential couple. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 13, 2017
People Harvey Weinstein Never Paid for the $100,000 Cecily Brown He Bought at Planned Parenthood’s Charity Auction Planned Parenthood isn't returning Harvey Weinstein's money because he never made good on the donation. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 12, 2017
People How I Got My Art Job: Phillips’s Michael Sherman on Moving From the Mayor’s Office to the Auction House A cold email to a former Christie's CEO was the key to his big art-world break. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 12, 2017
People Gerhard Richter and Two Other Lucky Artists Make the List of Germany’s Richest People Find out which other German art giants are in the one percent. By Hili Perlson, Oct 12, 2017
People artnet Asks: Saad Qureshi Talks Miracles, Mindscapes, and Mrs. Robinson His current exhibition, “When the Moon Split,” is on view at Aicon Gallery through November 4. By Artnet Galleries Team, Oct 11, 2017
People ‘Anti-Fascist’ Artist Anne Imhof Reveals Plans for Her First Public Artwork—in Death Valley For her next work, the artist will exchange the white cube for the white desert. By Naomi Rea, Oct 9, 2017
People The Artist Is Present but the Money Isn’t: Marina Abramović Scraps $31 Million Performance Art Facility She will "probably sell" the building that was to become the $31 million Rem Koolhaas-designed center. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 6, 2017
People How ‘Condo King’ Bob Rennie Became the Most Controversial Man in Canada’s Art World The realtor boasts a collection of around 1,700 artworks by 300 artists—and a very mixed reputation. By Kate Brown, Oct 4, 2017
People Stefan Simchowitz Rages Against ‘Gallery Idiots’ Who Refuse to Sell to Him The notorious collector claims dealers are lying when they say works are on reserve for museums. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 4, 2017
People Cicero Would Have Loved Art Fairs, and Other Ancient Insights on the Art Market From World-Famous Classicist Mary Beard The Cambridge scholar has teamed up with mega-gallery Hauser & Wirth at Frieze. By Julia Halperin, Oct 4, 2017