Museums & Institutions The Frick Collection Will Close Its Temporary Breuer Space and Reopen Its Newly Overhauled Mansion in 2024 The museum has lined up a number of landmark exhibitions before it bids farewell to its Breuer space. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 21, 2023
On View LGDR Inaugurates Its Stunning New Headquarters With ‘Rear View,’ a Cheeky Show Featuring—You Guessed It—Lots of Derrières The four power dealers have unveiled a single flagship home in an Upper East Side Beaux Arts-style townhouse. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 19, 2023
Analysis Swiss Customs Officials Reverse Course After Telling Museums They’re Required to Display All Artworks That Were Imported Tax-Free Notification letters set off alarm bells at a number of Swiss museums. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 17, 2023
Art Fairs Dealers Reported Strong Sales and ‘Genuinely Enthusiastic’ Collectors at the Opening Day of Expo Chicago Expo Chi is back in full force in the Windy City this year with 170 exhibitors from 36 countries. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 14, 2023
Art Fairs 5 Standout Artists at Expo Chicago 2023, From Patrick Eugène’s Stirring Portraits of Immigrants to Annie Lapin’s Otherworldly Landscapes Here are our top picks to watch out for in Chicago this weekend. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 13, 2023
On View Treasures From the Vatican, Including a 16th-Century Tapestry of Leonardo’s ‘Last Supper,’ Get a Rare Showing in Italy The tapestry, which rarely leaves the Holy See, is now exhibited at the Palace of Venaria. By Richard Whiddington, Apr 11, 2023
Auctions Sotheby’s Hong Kong Evening Sale Brings In a Respectable $85.5 Million, Fueled by a Strong Demand for Ultra-Contemporary Art Artist records were set for Matthew Wong, Pang Jiun, Loie Hollowell, among others. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 5, 2023
Market Want to Dip a Toe Into the Blazing Market for Picasso? We Polled the Experts About Where the Smart Buys Are Demand has seldom been higher, but there are plenty of hidden gems to be scooped up at lower price points. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 5, 2023
Crime An Artist Lost Hundreds of Digital Artworks When His Laptop Was Stolen. He’s Now Offering a Reward of $1.2 Million for Its Safe Return It's a cruel irony for an artist whose work frequently focuses on money and theft. By Richard Whiddington, Apr 4, 2023
Analysis The Latest UBS Art Basel Report Puts the Global Art Market at $67.8 Billion, Indicating Modest Growth Amid Economic Uncertainty The art market, while still top-heavy, defied much of the ongoing global and economic volatility in 2022. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 3, 2023
Auctions ‘It Was Amazing to Use These Works to Tell a Story About Myself’: Adam Lindemann’s Collection Rakes in $32 Million in an Unusual Christie’s Auction Lindemann sold works by Koons, Warhol, Hirst, and more. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 10, 2023
Auctions The Final Sale of Masterworks From the Collection of Late Microsoft Founder Paul Allen Could Fetch $43 Million at Christie’s The seven works are by Georgia O'Keeffe, David Hockney, and Edward Hopper. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 10, 2023
Politics Artists Decry an Idaho College’s ‘Alarming’ Removal of Artworks Centered on Reproductive Rights From a Group Show on Healthcare The college has cited Idaho Code Section 18-8705 as reason for removing the artworks. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 7, 2023
Art Fairs VIP Day at Frieze Los Angeles’s New Airport Venue Takes Off With Soaring Sales and Its Now-Signature Star-Studded Crowd Gwyneth Paltrow, Owen Wilson, and Billy Zane were among those perusing the busy aisles. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 17, 2023
Law & Politics The Brooklyn Gallerist Who Artist Deborah Roberts Is Suing for Copyright Infringement Has Fired Back, Calling It a Case of ‘Punching Down’ Richard Beavers has filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 2, 2023