Law & Politics Will Disgraced Art Dealer Inigo Philbrick Avoid Trial After All? Court Papers Suggest He Could Be in Settlement Talks With U.S. Authorities After initially pleading not guilty, Philbrick may now be trying to strike a deal. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 12, 2021
Auctions Christie’s Will Sell Works by Dana Schutz, Nicolas Party, and Other Contemporary Art Stars to Benefit the NYC AIDS Memorial The fundraiser marks the memorial's 10th anniversary. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 12, 2021
Art & Exhibitions Performa 2021 Is a Chance to Reconnect With Performance After Quarantine, But Also a Tribute to the Small Joys That Got Us Through The ninth edition of the Performa Biennial opens this week with a slate of free, outdoor events. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 10, 2021
Pop Culture ‘It’s a Carnival Life’: Four Artists and One Art Dealer at New York Comic Con on Surviving Lockdown—and Returning to the Convention Circuit It's been a long 18 months for creatives who rely on conventions for income. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 8, 2021
Galleries A New International Alliance for Galleries Has Drawn 163 Dealers to Help Shape the Future of the Struggling Sector A non-profit, the International Galleries Alliance is equally owned and operated by its members. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 8, 2021
Galleries Lisson, Lehmann Maupin, and 12 Other Blue-Chip Galleries Are Opening Pop-Up Shows in a New Free-Trade Hub in Beijing The project will last three months. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 7, 2021
Art & Exhibitions An Exhibition in Atlanta Pays Tribute to the Late Artist Nellie Mae Rowe, a Self-Taught Visionary Whose Imagination ‘Exploded Onto Paper’ Rowe reclaimed a sense of self through her compositionally complex, socially aware drawings and exuberant assemblages. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 7, 2021
Market Masterworks, a Company Offering Fractional Shares of Major Artworks, Is Now Valued at Over $1 Billion The company, which now counts top collector Glenn Fuhrman among its investors, is officially the first art-startup unicorn. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 6, 2021
Auctions In Need of Cash, Burning Man Is Selling Art in a Sotheby’s Charity Auction That Includes a $50,000 Rocket Car 'Hamilton' creative director David Korins designed the exhibition. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 5, 2021
On View ‘Greater New York,’ MoMA PS1’s Closely Watched Survey, Returns to Excavate New York’s Past and Reckon With Its Surreal Present What began as a survey of New York's present feels more intergenerational and international than ever. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 5, 2021
Auctions The Results of Christie’s Eclectic ‘Postwar to Present’ Auction Shows Today’s Buyers Have a Speculative Eye and a Nose for Novelty Christie's latest live sale saw thriving demand for digital art and rising stars, as well as a selective appetite for blue-chip abstraction. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 4, 2021
Pop Culture For Two Decades, Filmmaker Jim Jarmusch Has Quietly Been Making Quirky, Creepy Collage Art. Here’s What They Look Like The filmmaker's creations are the subject of a new book and exhibition, both of which launched this week. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 3, 2021
Law & Politics The Complicated Story Behind Jasper Johns’s Dispute With a Cameroonian Teen Over a Drawing of a Knee (It Has a Happy Ending) The drawing is featured in the 91-year-old artist's career-capping retrospective at the Whitney. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 1, 2021
Auctions Third Time’s a Charm? A Prized Peter Doig Painting Is Returning to the Auction Block This Fall, and Could Break the Artist’s Record The painting previously sold at auction in 2015 and 2002. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 30, 2021
Art World The Underground Museum in Los Angeles Has Awarded Three Curators $25,000 Each With Its Inaugural Noah Davis Prize The museum announced plans to reopen with a show dedicated to its late founder. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 30, 2021
