Art Fairs Three More Galleries Have Pulled Out of Art Basel Hong Kong Despite the Fair’s Many Perks for Dealers Who Stick It Out The fair offered special discounts to participating galleries in an effort to assuage fears over the ongoing conflict in the city. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 16, 2020
Art and Law Billionaire Banker Jaime Botin Gets an 18-Month Prison Sentence and a $58 Million Fine for Smuggling a Picasso Out of Spain Banker stashed the Picasso on his yacht despite being denied an export permit. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 16, 2020
Art World The Park Avenue Armory Is Asking 100 Female Artists to Create New Works to Mark the 100th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage in the US The Armory is partnering with institutions across New York for the project. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 16, 2020
Politics Vladimir Putin Has Asked Two Russian Museum Directors to Help Him Rewrite the Country’s Constitution So He Can Stay in Power The directors of the Hermitage Museum and Tretyakov Gallery have been given a big task by the Russian president. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 16, 2020
Art World See UOVO Founder Steven Guttman’s Favorite Picks from Artnet Galleries Right Now The founder of the fine-art storage company also talks to us about how to keep busy on a long flight. By Artnet Galleries Inspired by TCS World Travel, Jan 16, 2020
Exhibitions Take a Sneak Peek at Yayoi Kusama’s Highly Anticipated New York Botanical Garden Exhibition, Which Features a Brand-New Outdoor Infinity Room The garden's planters and botanists are executing some some ambitious plans. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 16, 2020
Art World A Clumsy Tourist Who Snuck Into Machu Picchu After Hours Faces Jail Time for Accidentally Damaging the Inca Ruins Five other lawless tourists were also expelled from Peru. By Javier Pes, Jan 16, 2020
People ‘They See What We Would Never Be Able to See’: Bay Area Collector Wayee Chu on What Venture Capitalists and Art Collectors Have in Common We caught up with the SFMOMA board member ahead of the openings of Untitled and FOG Art + Design. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 16, 2020
Art World Art Industry News: Philadelphia's Mayor Says the City's Biggest Art Museum Needs an HR Overhaul + Other Stories Plus, George Condo's move to Hauser & Wirth is official and Ed Ruscha remains unmoved by his record auction sale. By Artnet News, Jan 16, 2020
People Collector Michael Xufu Huang Is Launching His New Museum With a Triennial That Aims to Capture China’s ‘Millennial Zeitgeist’ The new X Museum opens in Beijing this March with an ambitious triennial featuring 33 artists under the age of 40. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 16, 2020
Art World Could You Beat Ken Jennings in a ‘Jeopardy!’ Round About Art? Take This Quiz and Find Out Jennings was just named the greatest "Jeopardy!" champion of all time. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 15, 2020
Art World Kids, Want to Win a $30,000 Scholarship and Show Your Art to Billions? Google’s Annual Doodle Contest Is Now Open Google will also give a $50,000 tech package to the winner's school. By Tanner West, Jan 15, 2020
Exhibitions Hidden Away for 50 Years, an Astonishing Collection of Classical Art Owned by a Secretive Italian Family Will Finally Go on a World Tour It could be the most important exhibition of 2020. By Naomi Rea, Jan 15, 2020
Market Frieze Hires Media-Industry Veteran Simon Fox, Its First CEO, to Expand the Company’s Publishing and Fair Empire Fox will fill in duties previously overseen by Amanda Sharp and Matthew Slotover. By Kate Brown, Jan 15, 2020
Art World With One Major Acquisition, George Lucas’s New Museum Just Became a Key Destination for African American Film History The collection features film posters and other archival materials dating back to 1904. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 15, 2020
