Art Fairs Japan Is Trying to Lure a World-Class Art Fair to Tokyo With Tax Incentives and a Big Open Art Space. Will the Gamble Pay Off? Japanese authorities and some eager dealers believe the country's art market could rebound to its former high status. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 24, 2022
Museums & Institutions A Tehran Museum Director Has Been Dismissed Following a Performance Art Blunder Involving an Aerialist and a Large Pool of Oil The museum commissioned the 1,190-gallon vat of oil from Japanese artist Noriyuki Haraguchi in 1977. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 22, 2022
People Budi Tek, One of the World’s Most Influential Patrons of Chinese Art, Has Died at 65 Tek was unable to finalize arrangements to leave his collection to a foundation that would create a long-term partnership between the Yuz Museum and LACMA. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 21, 2022
Politics French Artist JR Enlisted 100 Local Volunteers to Unfurl a Massive Photograph of a Five-Year-Old Refugee in Ukraine A Ukrainian photographer, Artem Iurchenko, took the portrait of the little girl. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 20, 2022
Artnet News Pro The Co-Founders of SuperRare Tell Us How and Why Their Incredibly Successful NFT Platform Became a DAO We spoke to the brains behind the company about its genesis four years ago and its massive growth. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 16, 2022
Auctions Bonhams Buys Boston-Based Skinner Auction House, Accelerating Consolidation of Midlevel Auctions The acquisition 'brings the world to New England,' and creates an entity known as Bonhams Skinner. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 16, 2022
Studio Visit Venice Biennale Artist Louise Bonnet Is Relying on a Proven Tool to Get Ready for the World’s Biggest Art Show: Insomnia Bonnet, known for her grotesque, bloated figure painting, gives us a peek into her Los Angeles studio. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 15, 2022
Art & Exhibitions The Color Factory Is Opening a Permanent Space in Chicago. Here Are the Artists It’s Tapped for Its Latest Immersive Experience Hub It will open in Chicago's Willis Tower By Sarah Cascone, Mar 15, 2022
Art World Editors’ Picks: 11 Events for Your Art Calendar, From the Return of Asia Week IRL to an Anti-Patriarchy Billboard Blitz It's your last chance to see Shikō Munakata at the Japan Society, while "Healing Practices: Stories from Himalayan Americans" opens at the Rubin. By Artnet News, Mar 14, 2022
Art & Tech How Tech Experts in the West Are Rushing to Save the Digital Archives of Ukraine’s Museums Crucial servers and networks are at risk. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 13, 2022
Galleries Lehmann Maupin Goes All in on Tech, Offering NFTs and an Augmented Reality Experience From Ashley Bickerton Less than a year after it started accepting cryptocurrency as payment, Lehmann Maupin is wading further into the digital art world. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 11, 2022
Galleries The Rauschenberg Foundation Is Teaming Up With New Galleries to Bring a Bonanza of Shows to New York and Salzburg The foundation is putting a serious push behind the artist's post-1970s work. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 9, 2022
Art World Devastating Floods in Eastern Australia Have Cost Galleries and Artists ‘Incomprehensible’ Losses of Artwork and Property Flood waters reached the second floor of Lismore Regional Gallery. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 9, 2022
Museums & Institutions ‘The First Time I Saw the Archives I Gasped’: How the American Folk Art Museum Acquired the Vast Holdings of a Shuttered Arts Charity The Healing Arts Initiative declared bankruptcy after an employee stole $750,000. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 9, 2022
Art World An Art Historian Asked 2,000 Britons to Name Three Women Artists. Only 30 Percent of Them Could Art historian Katy Hessel conducted the poll ahead of announcing the release of her upcoming book, "The Story of Art Without Men." By Sarah Cascone, Mar 8, 2022
