Law & Politics Russian Billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev Accuses Sotheby’s of Price Inflation in a $380 Million Suit Despite turning hefty profits on artworks, the Russian billionaire continues his international legal fight with dealer Yves Bouvier. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 3, 2018
Market What Is the artnet Intelligence Report? We Explain We're doing something new and different over here at artnet. By Andrew Goldstein & Julia Halperin, Oct 1, 2018
Law & Politics A Judge Sentences Disgraced Dealer Ezra Chowaiki to 18 Months in Prison for Fleecing High-Profile Art Collectors of Millions The former ice cream salesman cooked up an elaborate scheme to defraud prominent victims. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 28, 2018
Art World Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear to Silence Hallucinations and 10 Other Things We Learned in a New Book About Him Plus, the Russian government has been secretly hiding a long-lost drawing of "Starry Night" since the end of World War II. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 26, 2018
Auctions Damien Hirst’s Former Financial Wizard Conjures More Than $13 Million for His Art Collection at Sotheby’s London Most of the work was by Hirst, but Lucio Fontana had the top selling lot. By Henri Neuendorf, Sep 21, 2018
Art World In a Turnabout, the Met Plans to Hand Over the Breuer Building to the Frick in 2020—Three Years Before Its Lease Is Up The Met will refocus its Modern and contemporary art efforts on its Fifth Avenue flagship. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 21, 2018
Art World Hedge Funds Are Trying to Outbid UK Museums to Buy a Collection of Historic ‘Titanic’ Artifacts The museums have until October 5 to make a counteroffer. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 21, 2018
Auctions A Treasured Hopper Painting Will Headline Christie’s $300 Million Sale of Works From the Collection of Travel Magnate Barney Ebsworth It's "the greatest collection of American modernism ever to come to market," says Christie's. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 5, 2018
People Picasso’s Former Muse Françoise Gilot, Now 96, Debuts Worldly Drawings of Her Own—See Them Here The newly released sketchbooks chart the artist's travels in Senegal, India, and Venice. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 2, 2018
Auctions The Francophile Connoisseur Elizabeth ‘Mimi’ Stafford’s Art Collection Will Go on Sale at Christie’s This Fall Monet, Pissarro, and Lorrain paintings are among the highlights. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 27, 2018
Art & Exhibitions Alexander Calder Made His Own Toaster and Toilet-Paper Holder, and They’re Incredible. See Them Here Hauser & Wirth in Somerset will present the artist's first outdoor works alongside never-before-seen domestic objects. By Javier Pes, Aug 23, 2018
Auctions Sotheby’s Is Selling the World’s First Movie Poster, Which Promoted a Premiere Only 30 People Attended The poster is an important piece of cinematic history. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 19, 2018
On View The Met’s Van Gogh Paintings Are Usually Off Touring the World. Now, All 16 Have Been Reunited in New York At Last The Met offers a rare chance to see all the Van Gogh canvases in its European paintings collection. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 13, 2018
Auctions Sotheby’s Quarterly Financial Report Shows That Behind Flashy Sales, Pricey Guarantees Are Sinking Profits A change in the Hong Kong sales date also affected the house's second-quarter report. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 6, 2018
Art Fairs Art Fair or Marvel Movie? The Seattle Art Fair Kicks Off With an Epic Robot Battle (It’s Performance Art) High-tech art took the spotlight at the latest edition of the Seattle Art Fair—but there were plenty of traditional works on hand, too. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 3, 2018
