People Who Went Shopping at Frieze Los Angeles? We Buttonholed J.Lo and A-Rod, Usher, Leonardo DiCaprio and Other Famous Names at the Fair A star-studded crowd could be found on the fair's preview day. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 14, 2020
Politics Jeff Koons’s Ex-Wife and Muse Ilona Staller, aka Cicciolina, Is Returning to Politics to Take on Italy’s Populist Insurgents Iona Staller is angry that Italy's populist politicians have slashed pensions for her and other former members of parliament. By Naomi Rea, Feb 14, 2020
On View See How Rising-Star Painter Derrick Adams Explores Black Feminine Identity in His First Exhibition at Luxembourg & Dayan "Derrick Adams: Transformers" is on view at Luxembourg & Dayan in London through April 4. By Naomi Rea, Feb 14, 2020
Auctions Phillips’s Contemporary Art Sale Fetched a Middling $27 Million, Led by a Shocking Six-Figure Price for Young Star Amoako Boafo The sale total was down a considerable 43 percent from last year. By Colin Gleadell, Feb 13, 2020
Art World Banksy Surprises His Hometown With a Delightful Valentine’s Day-Themed Mural The building's owners began securing it even before the artist claimed authorship. By Caroline Goldstein, Feb 13, 2020
Art World Wet Paint: Avery Singer Is Officially the World’s Priciest Millennial Artist, Frieze VIPs Crash the Oscars, & More Juicy Art-World Gossip What fashion bigwig is selling his entire collection? What mega-star got a personal tour of Jeffrey Deitch's new show? Read on for answers. By Nate Freeman, Feb 13, 2020
Art World The Getty Center Is So Serenely Beautiful That It Was Literally Heaven on the Hit TV Show ‘The Good Place’ The hilltop Los Angeles museum stood in for paradise on the show's penultimate episode. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 13, 2020
On View ‘With Access Comes Responsibility’: Watch Painter Jordan Casteel Transform Snapshots Into Indelible Portraits of Her Community As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, Feb 13, 2020
Politics This Artist-Activist Is Asking Women Artists to Raise Their Prices by 15 Percent to Fight the Art World’s Gender Pay Gap Michele Pred is taking to Frieze LA to promote her initiative. Look for her in the dress made of pink dollar bills. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 13, 2020
Art and Law Veteran Auction-House Attorneys Join Forces to Create a New Art Law Group Catering to an Increasingly Professionalized Art World Former Sotheby's legal counsel have banded together to form the new law firm Olsoff, Cahill, Cossu. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 13, 2020
Art World Art Industry News: Jane Fonda and Judy Chicago Hatch Artsy Plans to Fight Climate Change + Other Stories Plus, Karl Ove Knausgaard's searing profile of Anselm Kiefer and a Venice Biennale artist faces backlash. By Artnet News, Feb 13, 2020
On View K-Pop Supergroup BTS Commissioned Art Stars to Create an Astonishing Array of Artworks Around the World—See Them All Here After conquering the music industry, K-Pop is taking over the art world. By Naomi Rea, Feb 13, 2020
Art World Crystal Bridges Made Arkansas a Hub for American Art. Can a New Offshoot Make It a Destination for Contemporary Work, Too? Nimble and ambitious, the Momentary aims to bring fresh creative energy to a repurposed Kraft plant. By Melissa Smith, Feb 13, 2020
Auctions Christie’s Postwar and Contemporary London Sale Brings in a Lackluster $72.7 Million, Its Lowest Total Since 2010 The auction saw all but one lot sell—but the final result tumbled 16 percent from the equivalent sale last year. By Colin Gleadell, Feb 12, 2020
Opinion Why a New Yorker Cartoonist Is Up in Arms About Appropriation Art + Another Illuminating Idea From Around the Web Plus, America's most popular picture is of a dog on a toilet. By Ben Davis, Feb 12, 2020
