Auctions A Late Billionaire Collector’s Foundation Is Selling Off Artworks by Bill Traylor and Others to Benefit a Harlem Children’s Charity The William Louise-Dreyfus Foundation is offering the work through Sotheby's, Christie's, and David Zwirner. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 28, 2019
Galleries Chicago’s Shane Campbell Gallery Has Closed, Claiming the Art Industry Has Been ‘Muddled by Unbridled Capital’ The gallery made the surprise announcement on Instagram this weekend. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 28, 2019
Auctions New Sotheby’s Owner Patrick Drahi Replaces CEO Tad Smith With a Trusted Turnaround Wizard New CEO Charles Stewart was most recently CFO of Drahi's company Altice USA. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 28, 2019
Market A Lost Cimabue Masterpiece Found Hanging in an Elderly French Woman’s Kitchen Sold for a Stunning $26.8 Million The Medieval painting was spotted above the stove where it had been hanging for years. By Naomi Rea, Oct 28, 2019
Auctions An Alma Thomas Painting That Is Set to Break Records at Christie’s Was Previously Owned by Bill Cosby The painting is expected to sell for between $2.2 million and $2.8 million. By Nate Freeman, Oct 25, 2019
Art Fairs ‘I Feel So Lucky to Be in the Print World!’: Mega-Print Collector Jordan Schnitzer Takes Us on an Ebullient, Emotional Tour of the IFPDA Fair There were tears of joy on multiple occasions. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 25, 2019
Auctions Feverish Bidders Snapped Up All 274 Works in a Triumphant Sotheby’s Sale From the Collection of Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne The sale quadrupled its high presale estimate and drew more that 4,000 bidders. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 25, 2019
Auctions Sotheby’s Is Hoping to Shake Up a Quiet Auction Season by Raking In $35 Million for This Rare Mark Rothko Painting It's one of the auction house's marquee lots this fall. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 24, 2019
Market In the Post-Warren Kanders Era, Artists and Dealers Wonder: Should Collectors Be Vetted? Some artists refuse to sell their work to certain collectors—but plenty of others don’t care to discuss it. By Brian Boucher, Oct 24, 2019
Art Fairs Despite Simmering Political Unrest, Art Basel Hong Kong Releases a Hefty Exhibitor List With New Names—and a Few Absences The exhibitor list for Art Basel Hong Kong's 2020 edition is out, complete with 242 participating galleries. By Kate Brown, Oct 22, 2019
Art Fairs Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and For How Much—at the 2019 Edition of FIAC Here's what art dealers say they sold at the Paris fair (though watch out for number-fudging and other kinds of general sneakiness). By Artnet News, Oct 21, 2019
Galleries David Kordansky Gallery Is Launching an Online Viewing Room With an All-Star Sale That Benefits Climate Activism The Los Angeles gallery will debut its new sales platform with works by Sam Gilliam, Jonas Wood, and others. By Tim Schneider, Oct 21, 2019
Galleries Duchamp Scholar Francis Naumann Says He’s Closing His New York Gallery Because Young People Find Modernism ‘Passé’ The gallerist is shuttering his business after nearly 20 years. By Artnet News, Oct 18, 2019
Auctions A Whimsical Menagerie of Splendorous Beasts by the Lalannes Is Up for Sale at Sotheby’s—See Works From the Auction Here The auction house is selling off works that belonged to the famed couple. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 18, 2019
Art Fairs 7 Emerging Artists to Watch at FIAC and Its Edgier Sister Fair, the Paris Internationale We scoured the city to find the best still-unknown names to look out for. By Naomi Rea & Nate Freeman, Oct 17, 2019
