Auctions The Art Collection of Terry Allen Kramer, the Flashy Heiress Who Produced ‘Kinky Boots,’ Is Heading to Christie’s This Fall Led by works from Picasso, Pissarro, and Matisse, Kramer’s collection is expected to fetch as much as $21 million. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 22, 2019
People History’s First Female Filmmaker Has Been Rescued From Obscurity Thanks to an Enlightening New Jodie Foster-Narrated Documentary Alice Guy-Blaché, the director of nearly 1,000 early films, created what may be the world's first narrative movie. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 20, 2019
Art World A Long-Lost Set of Sketches From Beloved Classic ‘The Little Prince’ Has Turned Up in a Swiss Storage Facility The drawings by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry were discovered among a Swiss art collector's papers. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 19, 2019
Market Experts Thought the Holy Grail of Print Portfolios Was Lost to History. But One Family Kept it Intact—and Now It’s Heading to Auction The rediscovered album of artworks includes Edvard Munch's first color print. By Kate Brown, Aug 12, 2019
On View See Why Hyman Bloom, the Forgotten Modernist Who de Kooning Once Called ‘the First Abstract Expressionist,’ Is Having a Comeback The artist was a master of macabre yet beautiful paintings of the decaying human body. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 5, 2019
Law & Politics After an Eight-Year Legal Battle, Facebook Ends Its Dispute With a French School Teacher Who Posted Courbet’s ‘Origin of the World’ Both parties will make a donation to a French street art group as part of the resolution. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 5, 2019
Analysis A New Study Has Simple Advice for Collectors Looking for Big Returns on Art: Invest In Women Male artists still make up the bulk of the art market, but women are doing better in terms of auction resales. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 1, 2019
Auctions Sotheby’s Sales Dropped 10 Percent in the First Half of 2019 Thanks to Brexit Fears and Cautious Collectors What may be the final earnings report before Sotheby's goes private marks the end of an era for auction transparency. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 31, 2019
Law & Politics ‘He Had Lying, Scamming, and Stealing Down to a Fine Art’: Disgraced Dealer Timothy Sammons Is Sentenced to 4 to 12 Years in Prison Sammons pleaded guilty to grand larceny and fraud that bilked his victims out of $10 million to $30 million. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 30, 2019
People Carlos Cruz-Diez, a Venezuelan Trailblazer of Kinetic and Op Art, Has Died at Age 95 The artist was known for his mind-bending use of bright, neon colors. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 29, 2019
Art World The Baltimore Museum Art, Home to the Largest Public Collection of Matisse Works, Is Opening a Study Center Dedicated to the Artist The new center is set to open in 2021. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 25, 2019
Law & Politics A Lawyer Allegedly Convinced His Elderly Client to Sell Him a Brancusi for a Pittance. Now, the Collector Is Suing Him for $200 Million Stuart Pivar claims he was duped into selling a Brancusi bronze for far below market value. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 18, 2019
Eighty Years Ago, New York’s World Fair Captivated Millions. Now, Two Enthusiasts Are Determined to Preserve Its Legacy By Katie White, Jul 5, 2019
Art Fairs 5 Standout Works, From Warhol to Banksy, at the Masterpiece Fair That Dodged a Brexit Bullet Fair management could breathe a sigh of relief when the proposed Brexit date came and went without incident. By Javier Pes, Jun 27, 2019
