Art Fairs When Your Job Is Going to Art Fairs: How Globe-Trotting Sales Directors Survive Life on the Road Pro tips from galleries' elite fair squads. By Janelle Zara, Jun 12, 2019
People ‘Debunking This Picture Became Fashionable’: Leonardo da Vinci Scholar Martin Kemp on What the Public Doesn’t Get About ‘Salvator Mundi’ The art historian dishes on the art world's favorite saga ahead of the publication of his latest book, "Leonardo by Leonardo." By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 12, 2019
Galleries Yusaku Maezawa and Other Global Collectors Snap Up Millions of Dollars in Art From David Zwirner’s Virtual ‘Basel Online’ Gallery The digital sales came in fast and furious even as the gallery sold more art—including a $20 million Gerhard Richter—in the physical fair. By Andrew Goldstein, Jun 12, 2019
Art World An Artist Has Recreated Famous Lost Artworks for Art Basel—and They Will Disappear Again Before the Fair Is Over Alvaro Urbano's works are on view for a limited time only. By Tim Schneider, Jun 12, 2019
Art and Law Guggenheim Employees Complain of Low Pay and Long Hours in a Bid to Unionize The museum is consulting with the National Labor Relations Board to discuss a potential vote. By Ben Davis, Jun 11, 2019
Art Fairs A Saudi Artist Is Debuting a Daring New Work About Dissident Journalist Jamal Khashoggi at Art Basel Abdulnasser Gharem, a former lieutenant colonel in the Saudi Arabian army, is showing a provocative work at the fair. By Kate Brown, Jun 11, 2019
Galleries Gagosian Will Open a Permanent Outpost in Basel—the 17th Location in the Gallery’s Growing Global Empire The new branch will be located in the same space where the gallery is holding an Art Basel-adjacent pop-up show. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 11, 2019
Auctions Egypt Tries to Halt the Auction of a King Tut Sculpture Amid Accusations That It Could Have Been Looted Egypt's most high-profile archaeologist wants the $5 million sculpture of the boy king to be repatriated. By Naomi Rea, Jun 11, 2019
Art and Law Billie Eilish’s New Music Video Looks a Lot Like a Shoot From Maurizio Cattelan’s Toiletpaper Magazine—See the Striking Resemblance Here Director Dave Meyers has been sued twice for allegedly plagiarizing the work of artists in music videos for Kendrick Lamar and Ariana Grande. By Naomi Rea, Jun 11, 2019
Politics 100 Hong Kong Arts Organizations Will Protest a New Extradition Bill That Threatens the City’s Independence The Hong Kong Artists Union is calling for a June 12 strike. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 11, 2019
Art World Actor Seth Rogen Is Now Making His Own Ceramic Ashtrays (and Vases, Too). See His 'On-Trend' Art Here There is obviously no better art form for the stoner-actor. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 11, 2019
Art Fairs The 6 Best—and Riskiest—Artworks at Art Basel Unlimited, Where the Fair’s Supersized Artwork Shines Among the show-stopping works is a Buddhist take on casino capitalism. By Tim Schneider & Kate Brown, Jun 11, 2019
Art World Art Industry News: An Unknown Thomas Cole Work Is Uncovered Beneath Layers of Peeling Paint at His New York Home + Other Stories Plus, Annie Leibovitz joins Hauser & Wirth and Monica Lewinsky is making art now, too. By artnet News, Jun 11, 2019
Analysis The Cost of Price Transparency: Why Some Dealers Would Rather Alienate You Forever Than Reveal the Price of an Artwork And how the internet may finally change one of the art market's oldest customs. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 11, 2019
People After Decades of ‘Appalling’ Institutional Neglect, Museums Are Now Clamoring for Artist Frank Bowling’s Work The veteran artist's virtuoso paintings are currently on view at Tate Britain. By Javier Pes, Jun 11, 2019
