Art World A First! Chinese Academy Buys Work by a Living Foreign Artist By Lydia Epp Schmidt, May 16, 2014
Galleries Lucian Freud’s Auerbach Collection Accepted In Lieu of Taxes by UK Government By Artnet News, May 16, 2014
Auctions Rothko and Warhol-Basquiat Works Are Prized Lots of Phillips Evening Sale High buyer confidence brings final tally for the night to $131 million. By Eileen Kinsella, May 15, 2014
Shows & Exhibitions Zoe Leonard Wins Whitney’s Bucksbaum Award With Her Giant Camera Obscura By Sarah Cascone, May 15, 2014
Shows & Exhibitions Spencer Finch Immortalizes Crystalline Blue Sky at the 9/11 Museum By Sarah Cascone, May 15, 2014
Shows & Exhibitions A Wake-up Call for the Whitney Biennial 2014 The Yams Collective's withdrawal is an opportunity to rethink the whole event. By Ben Davis, May 15, 2014
Shows & Exhibitions Yellowist Artist Regrets Tagging Tate’s Rothko, Espouses Principles of Yellowism By Sarah Cascone, May 15, 2014
Shows & Exhibitions Amtrak Lines Northeast Corridor With Katharina Grosse Artwork By Sarah Cascone, May 15, 2014
Art World This Microscopic Comic Strip Fits on a Single Strand of Hair By Sarah Cascone, May 15, 2014
Auctions Art World Report Card: Basquiat in the Bayou, the Adam Sender Collection, and Joe Bradley at Auction How an artist enters the star-making machinery. By Alexandra Peers, May 15, 2014
Art World Mel Bochner’s “Strong Language” at The Jewish Museum Pretty words, dirty words, all the words you want. By Eileen Kinsella, May 15, 2014
Auctions Catholic Church and Priest’s Family Battle Over Thomas Eakins Portrait Philly's Archdiocese aims to auction off an Eakins. By Sarah Cascone, May 15, 2014