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
Art World ‘The Local Audience Is the Central Audience’: As Tourism Tanks Across the US, Museums Pivot to the Visitors in Their Own Backyards As US museums slowly reopen in some major cities, their strategies are evolving to accommodate audiences newly dominated by local visitors. By Eileen Kinsella & Tim Schneider, Sep 18, 2020
Art Guides 25 Shows to See Across the US as Museums Reopen, From Jacob Lawrence’s Genius at the Met to an Epic Mexican Masterpiece in Dallas As museums emerge from lockdown, here's what's on our must-see list. By Sarah Cascone & Caroline Goldstein, Sep 18, 2020
Art World Grimes, FKA Twigs, and Other Pop Stars Are Giving Free Art-History Lessons to Anyone With a Computer Google's Art Zoom offers zippy videos about Bruegel, Artemisia Gentileschi and more. By Artnet News, Sep 16, 2020
Market Billionaire Revlon Owner Ronald Perelman Is Reportedly Looking to Sell Off Hundreds of Millions of Dollars Worth of Art The billionaire recently told Vanity Fair he wants "a simpler life, with less running around and more time with my family." By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 28, 2020
Auctions Christie’s Will Mount Two Major Sales to Auction Off the Estate of the Late Spanish-Language TV Tycoon Jerry Perenchio Perenchio was also a major donor to LACMA. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 27, 2020
Law & Politics The 20-Year-Old Who Punched a Picasso Painting at Tate Modern as a ‘Performance’ Is Going to Jail for 18 Months “There is nothing to suggest you were anything other than a 20-year-old seeking fame,” the sentencing judge concluded. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 26, 2020
Auctions Bucking the Traditional Auction Calendar, Christie’s Plans to Hold a Megawatt Livestreamed Modern Art Sale in October The star lot is a Cézanne watercolor estimated at around $25 million. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 26, 2020
Auctions Expanding Its Reach in Asia, Phillips Is Partnering With China’s Poly Auction House on Two Hong Kong Sales Auction houses are looking at new partnerships to boost the bottom line in a highly unusual year. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 19, 2020
Art World The US Postal Service Is in Dire Straits. Help Them Out by Buying Some of These 12 Fantastic Art-Themed Stamps These stamps, featuring the likes of Ellsworth Kelly and Romare Bearden, are works of art in themselves. By Eileen Kinsella & Caroline Goldstein, Aug 18, 2020
Law & Politics A Spanish Museum Can Keep a Nazi-Looted Camille Pissarro Painting Despite Family’s Objections, an Appeals Court Rules The court lets the museum off the hook since it did not appear aware of the earlier theft. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 18, 2020
Law & Politics A Scholar and an Art Institute Are Currently Waging a Scorched-Earth Legal Battle Over Valuable Modigliani Research The Wildenstein Plattner Institute has filed a scathing response and new legal claims against Modigliani expert Marc Restellini. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 17, 2020
Auctions Phillips Is the Latest Art Seller to Court Ex-Manhattan Collectors by Opening a New Viewing Outpost in the Hamptons The space will show a $12 million Basquiat painting at its first preview exhibition. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 13, 2020
Art & Exhibitions ‘This Has Made Us Reflect on Who We Are’: The Met Celebrates Its Anniversary With a Sweeping Exhibition Surveying 150 Years of Its History The Metropolitan Museum of Art's long-awaited 150th anniversary exhibition is almost upon us. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 13, 2020
Art World A New Book Collects the Best Recreated Artworks From the #GettyChallenge—and Reflects On Why the Project Resonated So Much The public’s understanding of art history was surprisingly sophisticated, it turns out. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 6, 2020