Museums & Institutions In a Major Promotion, the Metropolitan Museum of Art Has Added CEO to Director Max Hollein’s Title Hollein takes the mantle from current CEO Dan Weiss, who is stepping down next summer. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 4, 2022
Analysis In 2020, Blue-Chip Art Businesses Flocked to the Hamptons. Are They in It for the Long Haul? "It's a thing," said one veteran dealer of the newly energized Hamptons art scene. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 2, 2022
Books What Were the Women in Egon Schiele’s Steamy Portraits Thinking? Novelist Sophie Haydock on How She Brought the Artist’s Muses to Life The women in Schiele's paintings have rich interior lives in Sophie Haydock's compelling debut novel. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 27, 2022
Crime A Dutch Court Upheld an Eight-Year Sentence for the Daring Serial Thief Who Stole Nearly $20 Million in Art From Museums The court wants to send a message about the serious nature of art theft. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 25, 2022
Politics U.S. Authorities May Have Found a Fabergé Egg Sitting Around on a Russian Oligarch’s Seized $300 Million Yacht Could this be one of the lost Imperial Eggs? By Sarah Cascone, Jul 22, 2022
Auctions Phillips Announces a Record $746 Million in Auction and Private Sales for First Half of 2022, Another Sign of the Peaking Art Market The auction house also revealed the opening of its first Los Angeles outpost. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 15, 2022
Museums & Institutions ‘People Are Willing to Give Their Lives’: We Spoke to Ukrainians Who Are Risking Everything to Safeguard Their Country’s Art For some museum workers, who survived the 2014 annexation of Crimea, the scene is all too familiar. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 15, 2022
Auctions Sotheby’s Sold a Jean Prouvé Table for $1.6 Million Last Month—But Didn’t Mention It Might Contain Asbestos An eagle-eyed antique dealer realized there was more to the "Granipoli concrete" table than met the eye. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 14, 2022
Auctions Christie’s Reports Total Sales Hit $4.1 Billion in the First Half of 2022, Its Best Performance Since 2015 Still, clouds were gathering on the horizon with respect to Asian buyers and NFT sales. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 12, 2022
Art Fairs Go Ahead, Call It a Comeback: TEFAF Returns to Maastricht With Steady Old Master Sales and a Bevy of Museum Groups Looking to Buy TEFAF is celebrating a "triumphant" return to its home turf after an absence of more than two years. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 28, 2022
Art Fairs Here’s Our Pick of 5 Standout Works at TEFAF Maastricht, From a $1 Million Hippo Sculpture to a Rediscovered Dutch Masterpiece The fair has made a triumphant return to its home city for the first time since the pandemic. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 27, 2022
Art World In a Reversal, the San Francisco School Board Has Opted Not to Remove a Controversial George Washington Mural From a High School The historic frescoes depicting Washington's life are safe—for now. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 24, 2022
Art World What I Buy and Why: Art-Fair Impresario Sanford Smith on His Prized John Wayne Sculpture and Preference for Online Auctions The collector has a soft spot for American Modernist watercolors and bronze sculptures. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 12, 2022
Auctions Christie’s Hong Kong Art Auction Exceeds Expectations With a $184 Million Haul That Set 11 New Records for Market Stars Christie's wide ranging combination of classic painting with ultra-contemporary names drew an eager pool of buyers. By Eileen Kinsella, May 26, 2022
Auctions Sotheby’s Notched a Solid $408.5 Million Modern Art New York Sale Fueled by the Reliable Churn of Blue-Chip Monets and Picassos The sale set new records for Milton Avery and Leonora Carrington. By Eileen Kinsella, May 17, 2022
