The Art Detective Sculptor Carol Bove Is in High Demand, Now With a Show at Zwirner’s New Gallery in Paris. So Why Aren’t Her Auction Prices Keeping Up? “She’s one of the most significant and interesting sculptors working today,” says Catherine Craft, who curated Bove's show at the Nasher. By Katya Kazakina, Oct 21, 2022
Pop Culture Tom Hovey, the Illustrator Behind the Delectable ‘Great British Bake Off’ Drawings, on How the Show Has Catapulted His Career Meet the U.K. artist who has created over 3,000 illustrations of often-fantastical baked goods for the award-winning TV program. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 19, 2022
Pop Culture How Accurate Is the New ‘Assassin’s Creed’ Video Game’s Picture of 9th-Century Baghdad? Not Very, Archaeologists Say A video game expert and archaeologist worries the lack of published research on the Islamic Golden Age available to developers will limit the historical faithfulness of "Mirage". By Sarah Cascone, Oct 19, 2022
Museums & Institutions The Orange County Museum Opens Its New Home, With a Focus on Celebrating Women Past and Present The Orange County Museum's new home is a bright, window-filled structure designed by architecture firm Morphosis. By Catherine Wagley, Oct 19, 2022
Museums & Institutions The American Alliance of Museums Will Require Members to Aim for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Their Workforce The standards for AAM members were last updated in 2005. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 17, 2022
Art Collectors What I Buy and Why: Miami-Based Craig Robins on His First Big Art Purchase, and Why He Now Shops in His Own Design District Backyard Meet the driving force behind putting Miami on the international art fair circuit. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 17, 2022
Museums & Institutions Less Than Two Years After It Was First Proposed, the ICA San Francisco Opens in Lightning Speed With a Solo Project by Jeffrey Gibson The museum full opens to the public in January, with a commitment to showing California artists. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 16, 2022
Auctions Sotheby’s Says $107 Million London Frieze Contemporary Sales Are Its Best in Seven Years Despite several withdrawn lots, energy in the London saleroom was high By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 14, 2022
Museums & Institutions Artist Ben Sakoguchi Has Accused the California Biennial of Censorship for Excluding His Painting A biennial curator praised Sakoguchi's work as an exhibition highlight just before the artist's invitation was rescinded. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 14, 2022
Art Fairs Has the Figuration Bubble Burst? Abstract Painting Dominates the Booths at Frieze London "People are a bit fed up—they want more freedom to interpret as they wish," one dealer said. By Julia Halperin, Oct 13, 2022
Archaeology & History Archaeologists at Pompeii Say the iPad Pro—Which Comes With a LiDAR Scanner—Is Changing the Way They Work Archaeologists from Tulane University developed a new digital workflow, enabled by the iPad Pro, to conduct excavations at Pompeii. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 12, 2022
Artnet News Pro ‘Like Getting a 20 Percent Discount’: For U.S. Collectors at European Art Fairs, the Strong Dollar Means Everything Is on Sale Stateside art-world players are celebrating, but others are feeling the pinch. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 10, 2022
Market Christie’s Shelves ‘Art Handler’ Clothing Collaboration With Highsnobiety After Backlash From Real-Life Art Handlers The pricey clothing line was viewed as offensive and tone-deaf by real-life art workers. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 6, 2022
Auctions Collectors Sherry and Joel Mallin Are Sending More Than 1,000 Artworks to Sotheby’s—the Largest Contemporary-Art Collection Ever Auctioned The collection will be auctioned in multiple sales, starting at Sotheby's London next week. By Dorian Batycka, Oct 6, 2022
Law & Politics The Judd Foundation Is Suing Two Galleries for ‘Disfiguring’ an $850,000 Donald Judd Sculpture With Fingerprints Fingerprints can "leave permanent, disfiguring, irreversible marks" on Judd's anodized aluminum surfaces, the foundation says. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 6, 2022
