Art Fairs The Second Paris+ Started With a Bang. Could Art Basel’s New Venture Unseat Its Flagship Fair One Day? The fair's first day takings had stakeholders wondering whether comparisons to London and FIAC are already feeling stale. By Naomi Rea, Oct 18, 2023
Archaeology & History A Pair of 9,500-Year-Old Sandals Discovered in a Spanish Bat Cave Are Europe’s Oldest Shoes The footwear dates back to the Holocene period. By Richard Whiddington, Oct 17, 2023
Auctions Christie’s 20th/21st Century Evening Sale Notches Steady Results, a Feat in the Current Tepid Art Market Seven artists' records were set and the sales total was on par with last year's. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 13, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Rothschild Ruminations This week, what the success of the first U.S. Rothschild sale means, former JTT owner’s new job, and more. By Artnet News, Oct 13, 2023
Auctions A Rare Ceramic Cat Made By David Hockney While He Was Hitchhiking as an Art Student Could Net $48,000 at Auction Another one of the artist's ceramic cats sold for $114,426 in June. By Adam Schrader, Oct 13, 2023
Auctions 5 Fascinating Backstories Behind the Week’s Auction Highlights, From Banksy’s Graffitied Church Window to Paula Rego’s Human Ostriches It's going to be a very busy week in London. By Lee Carter, Oct 9, 2023
On View Is Anybody Out There? A New Show Interrogates Earthlings’ Obsession With Extraterrestrials 6 artists bring their visions of alien life to Sun Valley Museum of Art. By Richard Whiddington, Oct 8, 2023
Art World A Cheeky Bidding War Broke Out Between Kim Kardashian and Tom Brady Over a $2 Million George Condo Artwork. Ultimately, They Both Got Lucky A work by Rashid Johnson also raked in $1.1 million at the charity art auction. By Artnet News, Oct 2, 2023
Museums & Institutions After Its Team-Up With Pokémon, Flippers Swarm the Van Gogh Museum to Snap Up Merch and ‘Pick the Gift Shop Clean’ The Pokémon x Van Gogh Museum sold out online in the first day. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 29, 2023
Art World The Art Institutes, a Collection of For-Profit Colleges, Announced It Will Abruptly Close Its Eight Remaining Campuses Schools in Atlanta, Miami, and elsewhere will shutter for good this weekend. Students were informed of the planned closures just last week. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 28, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Consolidation Conundrum A look at the art-fair landscape post-Armory, the Long Museum’s marvelous Modigliani, and much more. By Artnet News, Sep 15, 2023
Art World A Street Artist Keeps Whitewashing the Graffiti at Basquiat’s Former Studio. His Fellow Artists Are Outraged by the ‘Desecration’ The artist says his actions recall Robert Rauschenberg's 'Erased de Kooning.' By Sarah Cascone, Sep 6, 2023
Law & Politics A Renowned Chinese Artist Has Been Found Guilty of Brazen Plagiarism After He Made Millions From Copying a Belgian Artist’s Work Ye Yongqing must pay $690,000 in damages to Christian Silvain, the highest sum that has ever been awarded for a case relating to fine arts in China. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Sep 5, 2023
Market International Dealers Continue to Expand in Seoul, Casting a Vote of Confidence in South Korea Despite a Market Correction More galleries are setting up shop in the South Korean capital as Frieze Seoul returns for its second edition. By Vivienne Chow, Sep 5, 2023
Crime The Manhattan D.A. Seized a $20 Million Statue of Marcus Aurelius From the Cleveland Museum of Art, Continuing a Spree of Raids Seeking Looted Turkish Art The D.A. is looking to return Turkey's stolen Bubon bronzes, and has also seized a sculpture from Fordham University's antiquities museum. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 1, 2023