Law & Politics The Final Knoedler Forgery Lawsuit, Over a $5.5 Million Fake Rothko, Has Been Settled, Closing the Book on a Sordid Drama The settlement marks the end of a prolonged and miserable period in the history of the art market. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 28, 2019
Art World Art Industry News: The Feds Are Investigating Jeffrey Epstein’s Hair-Raising Art Collection + Other Stories Plus, the Baltimore Art Museum rehangs its collection to focus on black artists and the Biennale Paris's vetting committee chiefs resign. By Artnet News, Jul 16, 2019
Law & Politics A Judge Rules That Knoedler Gallery’s Former Owner Could Be Held Personally Responsible for the Many Fakes It Sold Two parties are seeking damages from Michael Hammer, whose business entity owned the gallery. By Sarah Cascone, May 13, 2019
People Art Historian John Richardson, Who Wrote the Definitive Four-Volume Biography on Picasso, Has Died at 95 The author's fourth and final volume on Picasso is due out this year. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 12, 2019
Law & Politics A Collector Says He Found a Jackson Pollock Painting Once Owned by Fidel Castro. Experts Say It’s a Scam The International Foundation for Art Research says the fake could point to a larger con. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 27, 2019
Market Jackson Pollock Is Perhaps the Most-Forged Postwar Artist. This Man Wants to Identify the Fakes Richard Polsky hopes his niche service can fill a void in the market for Pollock's work. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 17, 2019
Analysis Top Galleries Have Never Been Bigger or More Influential. But What Will Happen When Their Founders Are Gone? A generation of top dealers has reached or surpassed retirement age. Can their galleries survive without them? By Jane Morris, Jan 9, 2019
Auctions Christie’s Will Sell a Major Diebenkorn ‘Ocean Park’ Painting Owned by the Late Mary Tyler Moore Will a Diebenkorn masterpiece formerly owned by the iconic actress make for a historic price? By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 24, 2018
Law & Politics Was the Met’s Prized Picasso Sold Under Duress Because of the Nazis? A New Appeal Revives an Eight-Year-Old Legal Battle The case hinges on the legal definition of the term "duress." By Sarah Cascone, Jul 30, 2018
Analysis Field of Dreams: Why Major League Baseball Holds the Key to Solving the Midlevel Gallery Crunch Major League Baseball used collective bargaining to go from chaos and scandal to fortune and functionality. Why can't galleries? By Tim Schneider, May 31, 2018
Law & Politics The Met Can Keep a Picasso Masterpiece Sold by Jews Fleeing the Nazis, a Court Rules The judge expressed sympathy for the plaintiff but sided with the museum. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 8, 2018
Art World Koons, Cons, and Lots of Cash: 7 of Vanity Fair’s Glossiest Art-World Scoops From the Graydon Carter Era Revisit the art stories that riveted us. By Caroline Goldstein & Eileen Kinsella, Nov 23, 2017
Art World Art Industry News: Ann Freedman Settles Final Lawsuit Over Knoedler Forgery Scandal + More Must-Read Stories Plus, Darren Aronofsky is in hot water over a mural in Sydney and Howard Hodgkin’s little-known art collection comes to auction. By Artnet News, Sep 11, 2017
Analysis The Gray Market: Why There’s More to Sotheby’s Premiums Than Meets the Eye (and Other Insights) This week, our columnist examines three examples of storytelling in the art industry. By Tim Schneider, Aug 28, 2017
Art World An ‘Audacious’ New Jackson Pollock Scam Targeting Newbie Buyers Has Been Uncovered If the story sounds too good to be true, it probably is. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 24, 2017