Auctions Buoyed by Demand for Young Stars, Christie’s Hybrid New York and Hong Kong Auction Fetched a Healthy $119 Million New records were set for Amoako Boafo, Shara Hughes, and Dana Schutz, among others. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 2, 2020
Art & Exhibitions Two Landmark US Museum Shows Will Spotlight the Long Overlooked History of Modern and Avant-Garde Korean Art The Guggenheim and LACMA have ambitious surveys of 20th-century Korean art planned for 2022. By Artnet News, Nov 10, 2020
Art World Van Gogh May Have Cut Off His Ear During a Bout of Delirium Triggered by Alcohol Withdrawal, a New Study Says Many experts have worked to diagnose Van Gogh's mental health issues. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 3, 2020
Law & Politics A Dispute Over a Pissarro Painting Looted by Nazis Was Settled Four Years Ago. Now, It’s Going Back to Court An agreement reached in 2016 is now again up for legal wrangling. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 2, 2020
Art World Indianapolis’s Biggest Art Museum Is Replacing Its Contemporary Galleries With an Immersive Van Gogh-Themed Light Show The project launches next summer. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 30, 2020
Malvin Gray Johnson’s Striking Portraits of African Americans Made Him One of Most Acclaimed Artists of the Harlem Renaissance. Learn His Artist Story Here Learn more about the little-known artist whose paintings influenced generations of painters to come. By Katie Rothstein, Oct 27, 2020
Law & Politics Piet Mondrian’s Heirs Are Suing a German Museum for the Return of Four Paintings Worth Over $200 Million The paintings were loaned to the Kunstmuseen Krefeld in 1929 and allegedly never returned. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 22, 2020
Auctions Sotheby’s Will Sell a Nine-Foot-Tall Giacometti Sculpture for at Least $90 Million in an Unusual Sale Where the Bids Are Kept Secret The work reportedly comes from the collection of billionaire Ron Perelman. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 21, 2020
Auctions The Brooklyn Museum Just Made $6.6 Million Selling Art From Its Collection—and It’s Putting More on the Block The museum hopes to raise $40 million in total. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 16, 2020
Art Fairs TEFAF Is Known for Its Top-Notch Vetting Process. But Can It Work Online? Here's how the fair is applying its high standards to the first online edition. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 14, 2020
Art World A Trove of Steamy Duncan Grant Drawings Were Thought to Have Been Destroyed. Turns Out, They Were Just Hidden Under a Bed The drawings of brawny men have been donated to a UK museum. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 8, 2020
Analysis American Museums Are Taking Advantage of Relaxed Rules to Sell More Than $100 Million of Art at Auction This Season The Baltimore Museum is one of eight art institutions selling blue-chip art at auction this season amid relaxed rules about deaccessioning. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 5, 2020
Auctions How Are Auction Houses Retooling for Fall’s Major Virtual Sales? Here Are 8 Lessons They Learned This Summer Experts from the Big Three houses explain their takeaways from this summer's online-only mega-sales—and what they mean for the fall editions. By Artnet News, Oct 5, 2020
Art World Picasso’s Step-Daughter Scraps Plans to Open the World’s Largest Museum Dedicated to the Cubist Master Negotiations broke down between Catherine Hutin-Blay and the town of Aix-en-Provence. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 22, 2020
Auctions Sotheby’s Hopes Banksy’s Painting About the ‘Excesses of Consumerism’ Will Generate $6 Million in Excess Consumerism at Auction Banksy's 'Show Me the Monet' will appear at a virtual Modern and contemporary art auction in Paris and London next month. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 18, 2020