The Gray Market How One Dog-Eat-Dog Market Proves That the Art Industry Really Doesn’t Have to Be That Way (and Other Insights) Our columnist dives into another fiercely contested specialty market and drags out an important lesson by the scruff of its neck. By Tim Schneider, Jul 28, 2021
Analysis Houston Built Big in 2020—But Shenzhen Is the Future: 7 Takeaways From a New Report on Global Cultural Trends AEA Consulting's Cultural Infrastructure Index aims to give a snapshot of the present and future of museum building. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 28, 2021
Crime Foiled! How Advanced Technology Is Stopping Art Thieves, Looters, and Fraudsters From Hatching Their Schemes Developments in the tech sector are giving law enforcement agencies new tools to combat art crime around the world. By Brian Boucher, Jul 28, 2021
Auctions The U.S. Government Just Sold the One-of-a-Kind Wu-Tang Album It Seized From Martin Shkreli The buyer and the purchase price are both being kept confidential. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 27, 2021
In the Studio How Brie Ruais Uses Her Own Body to Shape Her Clay Sculptures, and the Desert Sounds That Keep Her Motivated The artist is having her first solo museum show at Rice University's Moody Center for the Arts. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 27, 2021
Auctions Christie’s Will Quadruple Its Sales Room Footprint in Hong Kong With a New Location—and Triple Its Number of Auctions in the City The move is part of an ambitious growth plan for the Asian market. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 27, 2021
Art World 9 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From Canine Cocktails With the Museum of the Dog to Carrie Mae Weems’s Watermill Festival Plus, a convening on Julie Mehretu at the Whitney. By Artnet News, Jul 27, 2021
Law New York Court Dismisses Collector Michael Steinhardt’s Lawsuit Against Hirschl and Adler Gallery Over a $12 Million Portrait The dispute centered on a multimillion-dollar portrait of George Washington painted circa 1800. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 27, 2021
Museums Russia’s Hermitage Museum Will Auction Off NFTs of Prized Works by Leonardo, Van Gogh, and Other Artists in Its Collection The museum says it has developed a special model for selling NFTs that complies with Russia’s strict cryptocurrency laws. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 27, 2021
Career Stories Queens Museum Executive Director Sally Tallant on Her Vision for a More Just Art World Tallant shares how she went from artist to head of a major art institution. By Samantha Baldwin, Jul 27, 2021
Politics 25 Artists Have ‘Deauthored’ Their Works in the Zabludowicz Collection Because of Its Ties to the Israeli Military The artists are acting with the BDZ collective. By Kate Brown, Jul 27, 2021
Art Fairs The Seattle Art Fair Will Return in 2022, After a Two-Year Hiatus and a Takeover by Art Market Productions Art Market Productions was initially a co-sponsor of the event, but will now take over as its sole organizer. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 27, 2021
Art World Art Industry News: Donald Trump Ranted About Hunter Biden’s Art ‘Bribe’ at His Latest Rally + Other Stories Plus, plans for a power plant that could have obscured a Michael Heizer work have been cancelled, and Volta will head to Miami this year. By Artnet News, Jul 27, 2021
Museums British Museum Conservators Will Painstakingly Piece Together Eight Ancient Vessels Destroyed in the 2020 Beirut Explosion The project is supported by a $29,500 grant from TEFAF. By Naomi Rea, Jul 27, 2021
People Akeem Smith on How He Navigates Between Fashion and Art, and His Videos Celebrating Jamaican Dancehall “No Gyal Can Test” seeks to capture a simple message: "time is of the essence." By Annie Armstrong, Jul 27, 2021
