Law & Politics Russian Billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev Continues His Epic Legal Crusade Over the ‘Largest Art Fraud in History’ Meanwhile, Rybolovlev's Palm Beach real estate deal with Trump is drawing new scrutiny from US authorities. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 12, 2018
Law & Politics Decrying Real Estate Developer’s ‘Insolence,’ Judge Awards Street Artists $6.7 Million in Landmark 5Pointz Case The ruling is a decisive victory for street artists. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 12, 2018
Art World Art Industry News: Why Does the $7 Billion Getty Museum Need to Raise More Funds? + More Must-Read Stories Plus, the Serpentine taps the youngest architect ever to design its pavilion and Iran's art market is on the rise. By Artnet News, Feb 9, 2018
Art World Art Industry News: UK Museum Says ‘Just Kidding’ and Puts Notorious Nymphs Back + More Must-Read Stories Plus, a truck mows into an irreplaceable ancient land art masterpiece and two more galleries close in Berlin. By Artnet News, Feb 5, 2018
Art World Art Industry News: Collector Roman Abramovich Named in Provocative ‘Kremlin Report’ + More Must-Read Stories Plus, Hong Kong plans its first nude art festival and the DA seizes another antiquity from billionaire collector Michael Steinhardt. By Artnet News, Feb 1, 2018
Auctions Andy Warhol’s Watercolor of a Charmingly Vintage Apple Macintosh Ad Is Coming to Auction—But Is It Real? The painting is said to be part of Warhol's "Ads" series from 1985—just after Apple launched the Macintosh. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 19, 2018
Crime Got Intel on the World’s Most Famous Art Heist? The Gardner Museum Just Extended Its $10 Million Reward for Missing Paintings Museum leaders remain dedicated to recovering the stolen masterpieces. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 11, 2018
Art & Exhibitions Yusaku Maezawa’s Blockbuster $110.5 Million Basquiat Is Getting Its Own Brooklyn Museum Show The record-setting Basquiat will bask in the spotlight starting at the end of the month. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 11, 2018
Art World At Age 84, Living Legend Sam Gilliam Is Enjoying His Greatest Renaissance Yet The market for Sam Gilliam's work is stronger than ever. Just don't call it a comeback. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 1, 2018
Law & Politics After 12 Years, a Trove of Stolen Hans Hofmann Paintings Has Been Recovered Art Recovery International says the theft was an inside job. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 22, 2017
Galleries Galerie Lelong Will Represent the Estate of Mildred Thompson, a Long-Overlooked Figure in the History of American Modernism Thompson previously had no gallery representation. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 20, 2017
Analysis The 4 Glass Ceilings: How Women Artists Get Stiffed at Every Stage of Their Careers Several new studies examine precisely how much worse women fare in the art market than their male peers. It's not a pretty picture. By Julia Halperin, Dec 15, 2017
Art Fairs Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and for How Much—at Art Basel Miami Beach Here's what art dealers say they sold at the fair (though watch out for number-fudging and other kinds of general sneakiness). By Artnet News, Dec 11, 2017
People Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Is Revealed as the Real Buyer of the $450 Million ‘Salvator Mundi’ The purchase now appears to be one piece of a larger geopolitical game. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 7, 2017
Analysis Passion, Not Profit, Is the Biggest Motivator for Collectors, a New Study Says The surprising results from a new study by Swiss bank UBS suggest that profit is rarely a driving factor. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 7, 2017