Politics The State Hermitage Museum Teams Up With a Tehran Cultural Heritage Organization as Russia Bolsters Ties With Iran Western museums have largely cut ties with the St. Petersburg institution. By Sarah Cascone, 1 day ago
Shows & Exhibitions From a New Mythological Play Using A.I. to Edvard Munch’s Berlin Story, Here Are 14 Shows Not to Miss During Berlin Art Week The annual event runs through September 16. By Kate Brown, Sep 12, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Seoul Survivor This week: the state of Seoul’s art-fair landscape, a sleeper Guercino unveiled, and much more. By Artnet News, Sep 8, 2023
Politics Canada Has Sanctioned the Director of Russia’s Hermitage Museum Over His Support for the War in Ukraine Mikhail Piotrovsky has been head of the museum since 1990. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 5, 2023
Analysis 6 Questions with Art Advisor Saara Pritchard About the Fate of the Post-War and Contemporary Art Market The New York art advisor also weighs in on the new vogue for American Realism. By Katya Kazakina, Aug 21, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Buyer’s Market The upside of a down market, a brazen art theft on the Lower East Side, a work from Picasso’s "annus mirabilis,” and more. By Artnet News, Aug 18, 2023
Auctions Sotheby’s U.K. Profit Dropped by 24 Percent Last Year, With Brexit the Likely Culprit "The increased red tape resulting from Brexit is...further contributing to the U.K. art market's decline." By Vivienne Chow, Aug 17, 2023
Analysis The Art Market Has Taken a Hit. Are We About to Enter Bargain City? The exuberance that gripped the art trade for the past two years has dissolved. Here’s how to get an edge in the buyer’s market. By Katya Kazakina, Aug 11, 2023
Politics Ukraine Has Launched an Online Database That Lists Artworks Owned by Sanctioned Russians The goal of the project is to prevent Russian oligarchs from using art to evade sanctions and launder money. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 9, 2023
Museums The Hermitage Amsterdam Has Settled With a Belgian Magazine That Claimed the Museum Stole Its Brand Identity As part of the agreement, the magazine will adopt a new name this September. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 1, 2023
Studio Visit In His Downtown L.A. Studio, Artist Cosmo Whyte Works Nights Surrounded by Books, Beads, and Two Taxidermied Roosters The artist's solo show "Hush Now, Don't Explain" is currently on view at Anat Ebgi in Los Angeles. By Katie White, Aug 1, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: It’s Gogo Time This week: Larry’s life and legacy, Zwirner on Zwirner, cultural infrastructure accounting, and much more. By Artnet News, Jul 28, 2023
Shows & Exhibitions The Kyiv Biennial Will Open ‘Against All Odds’ in Several Cities in Ukraine and Europe This Fall Three exhibitions will take place in Ukraine, showing art made by displaced artists responding to life under occupation. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jul 28, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: Is There Anyone on Larry Gagosian’s Blacklist? The Mega-Dealer on His Moral Line + Other Stories Plus, the Young V&A is seeking new LGBTQ+ material and the U.K. wants to buy a Henry VIII tapestry from Spain. By Artnet News, Jul 26, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: Unesco Condemns Russian Missile Strikes Which Collapsed Odesa Cathedral + Other Stories Plus, South Korea approves plans for Samsung Collection museum and Picasso makes a cameo in 'Oppenheimer.' By Artnet News, Jul 25, 2023
