Opinion Is Infantilism the Key to KAWS’s Unstoppable Rise? Kenny Schachter Peers Behind the Scenes at the London and Hong Kong Auctions Our columnist pulls back the curtain on the swarms of flippers fueling the art market. By Kenny Schachter, Oct 10, 2019
Exhibitions ‘Formal Analysis Cannot Occlude the Real Issues’: How Curators Are Addressing Gauguin’s Dark Side in a New Show at the National Gallery in London Art museums are grappling with how to display great works by artists who abused their models. By Javier Pes, Oct 10, 2019
Analysis How New York’s MoMA Raised More Than $400 Million for Its Expansion in Just Four Years Four people—Leon Black, David Geffen, Ken Griffin, and Steve Cohen—gave more than 50 percent of the target sum. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 10, 2019
Art World Robert De Niro Joined Robert Storr to Talk About the New Monograph They Worked on Dedicated to His Artist Father’s Legacy The Oscar-winning actor paid tribute to his father and his art at the 92nd Street Y. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 9, 2019
Market A $35 Million de Kooning Painting and a $25 Million Monet Are Among the Highlights of New York’s Fall Auction Season Sotheby's will sell a de Kooning painting from Robert Mnuchin and a Holocaust survivor's Monet canvas this fall. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 9, 2019
People ‘The Colonial Effect on Us Is Huge’: Why Congolese Collector Sindika Dokolo Sees Restitution as a Way to Remake African Identity The Congolese mega-collector is on a quest to help return illegally looted art to Africa. By Kate Brown, Oct 8, 2019
Exhibitions Congo, the Late Chimpanzee Painter Whose Works Have Sold for Thousands, Will Have a Solo Show at a Respected London Gallery The show, the largest ever dedicated to the monkey Matisse, will feature 55 paintings and drawings. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 8, 2019
Events and Parties Editors’ Picks: 23 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week Another busy week in the New York art world. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 7, 2019
Art World Artist Anicka Yi Is Launching a Line of Perfumes That Blend Oils, Herbs—and Glandular Secretions "So little is known about scent. It is one of the most underrepresented senses," the artist says. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 7, 2019
Exhibitions After Her Trip to Another Gallery Sowed Chaos, Mona Lisa Is Back in Her Home at the Louvre—Only It’s Gotten a Complete Makeover Leonardo's famous masterwork will now be backdropped by midnight blue walls. By Sarah Cascone & Naomi Rea, Oct 7, 2019
On View Artist Kehinde Wiley’s First Public Sculpture in Times Square Is a Powerful a Rejoinder to Confederate-Era Monuments The statue updates a public monument that Wiley first saw in Virginia. By artnet News, Oct 3, 2019
On View See the Inventive Installations of Street Art Superstar JR’s Crowd-Pleasing Brooklyn Museum Retrospective "JR: Chronicles" marks the artist's first major North American show. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 3, 2019
Exhibitions Actress Jessica Lange Is Paying Homage to Bob Dylan With a Stunning Set of Photographs Taken Along Highway 61. See Her Photos Here The photos are included in a new book and will be the subject of an exhibition opening in November. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 3, 2019
On View Banksy (and His Lawyer) Explain Why Fakes Have Forced the Artist to Go Into E-Commerce and Sharpen His Art The proceeds from Banksy's store, Gross Domestic Product, are going to fund a migrant refugee ship. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 2, 2019
Galleries The London-Based White Cube Gallery Is Expanding to Paris (and It Supposedly Has Nothing to Do With Brexit) The gallery says its has been looking for a Paris location for several years. By Eileen Kinsella & Nate Freeman, Oct 2, 2019
