Auctions A Hedge-Fund Manager Who Once Tried to Acquire Sotheby’s Has Just Bought His Way Into a Top Job at the Auction House The increasing financialization of the art market makes Klabin a solid fit for Sotheby's. By Eileen Kinsella, 2 hours ago
Art World Embattled Talk-Show Host Ellen DeGeneres Is Selling Off a Basquiat, a Multimillion-Dollar Flock of Sculptural Sheep, and Other Pricey Art Some buyers have already corralled some of DeGeneres's Francois-Xavier Lalanne sheep. By Artnet News, 3 hours ago
Art and Law The End of the Long, Exceedingly Nasty Legal Battle Over Robert Indiana’s Assets Is in Sight as Two Art Foundations Reach an Agreement The artist’s longtime representative reached an out-of-court deal with the foundation established to oversee his estate. By Taylor Dafoe, 1 day ago
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, 1 day ago
Art World Not All Burning Man Art Gets Incinerated. A New Sculpture Park in Las Vegas Is Offering It a Permanent Home–Unless You Want to Buy It The art and entertainment complex will also feature a new Meow Wolf experience early next year. By Sarah Cascone, 1 day ago
Events and Parties Editors’ Picks: 16 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From a Virtual EXPO Chicago to a Live Performance at the Met Plus, fall gallery shows you can see in person. By Artnet News, 2 days ago
People More Than Two Decades After Her Death, the Great Singaporean-British Artist Kim Lim Is Finally Being Written Into Art History The late sculptor and printmaker is the subject of a solo display at Tate Britain. By Naomi Rea, 2 days ago
Art and Law Ousted Montreal Museum Director Nathalie Bondil Is Suing Her Former Employer for $1.5 Million Over the ‘Destruction of Her Reputation’ Meanwhile, the embattled board chair is stepping down from his role. By Sarah Cascone, 2 days ago
People Governor Cuomo Reveals Plans to Erect a Statue of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Her Birthplace of Brooklyn A special committee will seek artists and design ideas for the monument. By Taylor Dafoe, 2 days ago
On View Hannah Beerman’s Joyful Assemblages Capture the Communal Spirit of the Lockdown Era (With a Side of Pita Bread). See Them Here The New York-based artist's new solo show, "Delicate Rubbernecking," is on view now at Kapp Kapp. By Taylor Dafoe, 3 days ago
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 Maurizio Cattelan’s Much Adored (and Maligned) Banana Artwork Is Now in the Guggenheim’s Collection Thanks to an Anonymous Donor The $120,000 artwork dominated the headlines during last year's Art Basel Miami Beach. By Sarah Cascone, 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 Fairs Hauser & Wirth, Thaddaeus Ropac, and Other Galleries Just Signed on to an Upstart Digital-Only Art Fair Opening in October Daata Fair runs opposite digital Frieze week. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 18, 2020
Art Fairs Miami’s Art Fairs Can Account for 50 Percent of a Gallery’s Annual Sales. Here’s How Dealers Are Coping With Their Cancellation While some in the trade focus on their bottom lines, others see benefits to slowing down. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 18, 2020
