Galleries Perrotin Is Launching a Secondary-Market Business in Paris to Offer Collectors a Bespoke ‘Alternative to Auction Houses’ The venture will be housed in a townhouse near the Grand Palais and Sotheby's and Christie's salesrooms. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 15, 2020
Events and Parties Editors’ Picks: 14 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From a Conference With Bay Area Museum Directors to a Very Contemporary Look at Henry VIII Plus shows at Gagosian, James Fuentes, Massey Klein Gallery, Postmasters, and more. By Artnet News, Dec 14, 2020
Auctions Here Are the 10 Most Expensive Works of Art Sold at Auction in 2020—and Why They Fetched the Prices They Did Plus, who bought and sold them (when we could figure it out). By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 14, 2020
Art & Exhibitions A Greek Billionaire Is Converting an Old Tobacco Factory in Athens Into a Culture Venue—and Gifting It Back to the Government The debut show will feature work by Michael Rakowitz, Glenn Ligon, and Danh Vo. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 14, 2020
Art World A Billboard Company Has Canceled the Display of an Artist’s Mural of George Floyd, Set to Go Up in Minneapolis, for Depicting ‘Violence’ Clear Channel Outdoor pulled the billboard ahead of its planned display next month. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 14, 2020
Art & Exhibitions The National Museum of Women in the Arts Wants You to Submit Your Family Recipes for a New Exhibition The museum will develop a searchable database of recipes. By Taylor Dafoe, Dec 11, 2020
Politics A Single US Republican Senator Has Blocked the Approval of New Museums Dedicated to Women’s History and the American Latino Mike Lee of Utah scuttled what other senators expected to be a simple vote. By Taylor Dafoe, Dec 11, 2020
Art World The Hirshhorn Museum Is Charging Ahead With Plans to Overhaul Its Sculpture Garden—But It Must Win Over Skeptics First One planning commissioner said that part of Hiroshi Sugimoto's proposed design "reeks of Olive Garden." By Sarah Cascone, Dec 11, 2020
This Company Sells Skateboards Bearing Designs by Basquiat, Warhol, and Magritte to Fund Charity Initiatives Around the World Skateroom’s artful boards also make for great holiday deck-orations. By Artnet Gallery Network, Dec 10, 2020
‘She Had an Improvisational Spirit and Rascally Ways’: See the Sculptural Quilts of Pioneering American Textile Artist Elizabeth Talford Scott “Elizabeth Talford Scott: Upside-Downwards” is on view now as part of the Goya Contemporary gallery’s 20th anniversary programming. By Artnet Gallery Network, Dec 10, 2020
Politics Georgia Runoff Candidate Kelly Loeffler Allegedly Owns a $56,000 Warhol Portrait of Mao, and a Fellow Republican Thinks It’s Weird Loeffler's campaign has denied that she owns the artwork. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 10, 2020
People Convicted Fraudster Anna Delvey Conned Collector Michael Xufu Huang. That Didn’t Stop Him From Hanging Her Portrait in His New Museum Huang is now a character in a TV series about the notorious art-world scammer. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 10, 2020
Law & Politics In a Blow to Experience-Art Emporium Meow Wolf, a Judge Allows an Artist’s Copyright Lawsuit to Proceed Meow Wolf had moved to dismiss most of the artist's claim, but the judge denied their motion. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 9, 2020
Art World After City Officials Criticized Her for Showing a Controversial Artwork, the Director of the Taipei Fine Arts Museum Will Resign The museum denies that criticism of Ping Lin's curatorial choices led to her abrupt resignation. By Artnet News, Dec 9, 2020
On View In 1963, a Group of Black Photographers in Harlem Decided to Build Their Own Art Ecosystem. A New Whitney Show Tells Their Story The show is on view now at the Whitney Museum of American Art. By Taylor Dafoe, Dec 9, 2020