Art World Here Are the 9 Biggest Art-World Controversies of 2022, From Climate Activists Attacking Masterworks to A.I. Replacing Artists So much outrage. By Eileen Kinsella & Taylor Dafoe, Dec 26, 2022
Auctions Christie’s Generated $8.4 Billion in Global Art Sales for 2022, Marking Its Best Year Yet The Paul Allen collection added a whopping $1.6 billion to its bottom line. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 19, 2022
Law & Politics The Heirs of a Jewish Art Collector Are Suing the Met Museum for Selling a Van Gogh Painting They Say Was Plundered by Nazis The Met sold the painting in a hush-hush 1972 transaction. Why the secrecy? By Sarah Cascone, Dec 19, 2022
Auctions Sotheby’s Has Brokered $6.4 Billion in Sales So Far in 2022, Down 7 Percent on Last Year’s Total Stellar single-owner collections and luxury goods help boost the bottom line. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 14, 2022
Museums & Institutions Van Gogh’s Love of Cypress Trees, Symbols of Eternity and Life Cycles, Will Be the Focus of a Major Show at the Met Next Year In what's sure to be a blockbuster exhibition, "Starry Night" and "Wheat Field With Cypresses" will be shown together for the first time since 1901. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 8, 2022
Museums & Institutions The Detroit Institute of Arts Was the First U.S. Museum to Buy a Van Gogh. Its New Show Explores Why Americans Were Slow to Warm to the Artist The exhibition "Van Gogh in America" charts which pieces were snapped up by U.S. museums and which ones got away. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 21, 2022
Museums & Institutions The Brooklyn Museum Is Expanding the Story of Art History With 200 Acquisitions Spanning Indigenous Textiles and Brand New Photography The highlights include a cache of watercolors by Emily Sargent, John Singer Sargent's overlooked sister. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 21, 2022
Museums & Institutions ‘We Want the Spirit of the Studio to Be the DNA of Our Project’: Fondation Giacometti Director Outlines Plans for a New Museum in Paris The museum will open in 2026 after renovations to the historic Invalides train station, built for the 1900 World's Fair. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 15, 2022
Museums & Institutions The German Government Just Bought Back the Hamburger Bahnhof Museum From a Real Estate Company for €170 Million The state of Berlin and the federal government pitched in on purchasing the Hamburger Bahnhof and its adjacent exhibition hall. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 15, 2022
Law & Politics Swiss Prosecutors Are Now Investigating Russian Billionaire Rybolovlev at the Request of His Nemesis Yves Bouvier Startling new allegations from Bouvier include that the Rybolovlev wanted to "seize" his lucrative art business for the Kremlin. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 9, 2022
Auctions Here’s Your Guide to the Priciest and Most Sought-After Artworks for Sale During New York’s $2.1 Billion Fall Auction Marathon Led by the Allen Collection, the fall season ahead is set to break more than a few records. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 8, 2022
Museums & Institutions Inside Meret Oppenheim’s ‘Otherworldly, Witty, Whimsical’ Show at MoMA, the Swiss Surrealist’s First U.S. Museum Retrospective in a Generation “Meret Oppenheim: My Exhibition” proves there's more to the Surrealist artist than her famed fur teacup. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 8, 2022
Art Collectors What I Buy and Why: Design Collector and Fair Director Jill Bokor on the Danger of Buying a Chair That You Can’t Actually Sit in Bokor, who now oversees the prestigious fair Salon Art + Design, has worn many art-world hats. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 7, 2022
On View See Inside the Powerful New Immersive Frida Kahlo Show in Brooklyn That Attempts to Depict What the Artist Could Not The show offers a deep dive into the life and work of the legendary Mexican artist. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 2, 2022
Auctions Museums and Private Collectors Jousted for Treasures From the Getty Family Collection in a $79 Million White-Glove Auction at Christie’s A new record was set for Mary Cassatt and a museum swooped in to seal a major pre-auction deal. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 21, 2022
