People Boston’s Famed Faneuil Hall Is Named After a Slave Trader. Now an Artist Has a Plan to Make That Ugly Fact Abundantly Clear The artist needs to raised around $150,000 to make his dream a reality. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 20, 2019
Art and Law A Former New York Museum Worker Is Suing Her Old Employer for Allegedly Failing to Protect Her From Rowdy, Drunken Visitors She also says the museum failed to accommodate her medical condition. By Caroline Goldstein, Jun 20, 2019
Politics A US Senator Is Demanding the Smithsonian Remove the Sackler Name From One of Its Major Museums Oregon senator Jeff Merkley is targeting a museum founded by Arthur Sackler, who died years before the company that produced OxyContin was formed. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 20, 2019
Auctions A Swiss Family Used This Chinese Emperor’s Bronze Vessel to Store Their Tennis Balls. It Just Sold at Auction for $4.9 Million A specialist spotted the 17th-century incense burner on an unrelated visit to the family's home. By Caroline Goldstein, Jun 20, 2019
Exhibitions Experts Find Van Gogh’s Fingerprints on His Famous ‘Sunflowers,’ and 4 Other Surprising Discoveries From the Painting’s Recent Conservation Conservators have been conducting extensive research on Van Gogh's famous "Sunflowers," and they are finally ready to present their findings. By Naomi Rea, Jun 20, 2019
Art World Art Industry News: Leonardo Lovers Melt Down the Louvre’s Website in the Rush for da Vinci Tickets + Other Stories Plus, these museum donors are also big funders of the anti-vax movement and Drake inexplicably has a portrait of Beyoncé in his office. By artnet News, Jun 20, 2019
Art World How Much Do Art Professionals Really Make? POWarts Releases the Results of Its Art-World Salary Survey The nonprofit organization POWarts has released the results of its salary survey comparing compensation in the visual arts field. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 20, 2019
Art World Italy Pledges to Lend 2,000 Ancient Artifacts to Brazil’s Devastated National Museum Italian experts will travel to Rio de Janeiro to assist in the restoration of artifacts salvaged from the museum's ruins. By Kate Brown, Jun 20, 2019
People Who Is New Sotheby’s Owner Patrick Drahi? Here’s Everything You Need to Know About the Mysterious Magnate Known as the ‘Cost Killer’ Here's everything we know about Sotheby's new owner Patrick Drahi, from his business strategies to his impulsive proposal to his wife. By Eileen Kinsella & Tim Schneider, Jun 20, 2019
Auctions A Serene Monet and Several Restituted Treasures Reassure the Market at Sotheby’s $124 Million Impressionist and Modern Sale The action assuaged market jitters after a rocky performance at Christie's Impressionist and Modern sale on Tuesday. By Colin Gleadell, Jun 19, 2019
Auctions The Gun That Vincent van Gogh Is Believed to Have Used to Shoot Himself Just Sold for $182,000 at Auction The more than 100-year-old weapon doubled its estimate at a Paris auction today. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 19, 2019
On View Feeling the Blahs? Feast Your Eyes on These 3 Gallery Shows by Modern Maestros of Dazzling Color Take a load off and fill your screen with some color. By Noor Brara, Jun 19, 2019
People Donna De Salvo, the Curatorial Powerhouse Who Shaped the Whitney Museum as We Know It, Is Moving On After 15 Years What is she planning to do next? By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 19, 2019
Art World Can Arts Organizations Do a Public Good Simply by Investing Their Money Differently? One Foundation Is Trying to Find Out The Souls Grown Deep Foundation is putting its money into socially conscious investments. By Julia Halperin, Jun 19, 2019
Galleries ‘Shanghai Is an Adventurous Place’: Why Dealer Almine Rech Is Opening Her Fifth Gallery in the Chinese City Next Month The French dealer is the latest in a growing list of Western galleries to open spaces in Shanghai. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 19, 2019
