People Artist Anicka Yi Explains Why COVID-19 Is Terrible for Humanity, But Fundamentally ‘Good for the Planet’ The artist says it is counterproductive to ask artists what their role in any given situation is supposed to be. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 8, 2020
Exhibitions ArtPrize, the Biggest Biennial in the United States, Has Cancelled Its 2020 Edition and Furloughed Its Entire Staff The exhibition typically features around 1,500 artists and awards $500,000 in prize money. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 7, 2020
Opinion Are TV Art Auctions the New Televangelism? In a World Gone Mad, Kenny Schachter Tunes In to Watch the Fast and Furious Flipping [UPDATED] America's beaches are jam-packed, and so is our columnist's surprisingly busy summer art-market schedule these days. By Kenny Schachter, Jul 7, 2020
Galleries Dealers Remain Committed to Hong Kong Despite the New National Security Law—But They’re Looking for Cheaper Spaces to Rent Some galleries are leaving Hong Kong's Central district in favor of a blooming gallery hub in Wong Chuk Hang. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 6, 2020
People The Art World Works From Home: MoMA PS1 Director Kate Fowle Is Sharing Her Museum’s Instagram With Artists and Dreaming of Vietnam When lockdown ends, Fowle is finally booking that trip to Ho Chi Minh City. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 6, 2020
Exhibitions For the 4th of July, an Augmented Reality Artwork Is Bringing the Liberty Bell to Cities Across the Eastern Seaboard The work will be viewable in New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC, among other cities. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 4, 2020
Galleries New York’s Galleries Are Preparing to Reopen to an Uncertain Art Market This Week. Will Anyone Show Up? Appointments, masks, and hand sanitizer will be the new norms. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 2, 2020
People 10 Artists Will Each Get £10,000 Grants in Lieu of This Year’s Cancelled Turner Prize. Here’s a Look at Each of Them This is the second year in a row that multiple artists have been recognized. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 2, 2020
Galleries Husband-and-Wife Dealers Amalia Dayan and Adam Lindemann Are Now Marrying Their Separate Galleries in a Joint Hamptons Outpost South Etna Montauk will open this month with a show of artists whose central muse is art history itself, curated by Alison Gingeras. By Artnet News, Jul 2, 2020
Market An Artist Pirated 10 Years Worth of Sotheby’s Auction Data to Expose the ‘Manipulation and Secrecy’ of the Art Market Paolo Cirio is selling digital reproductions of the lots for 1/100,000th of the price they went for on the block. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 2, 2020
Politics New York City’s 2021 Budget Slashes Already Modest Funding for Public-School Arts Education by 70 Percent The 2021 budget also includes an 11 percent reduction to the Department of Cultural Affairs. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 1, 2020
Art and Law Cuban Authorities Detained Artist Tania Bruguera While She Was on Her Way to a Protest Against Police Violence in Havana Bruguera was one of at least 40 dissident artists and activists taken into custody by Cuban authorities prior to the event. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 1, 2020
Auctions Who Was the Best-Selling Artist at Auction Worldwide in May? There’s a Clear Winner—by a Long Shot Perhaps even more surprising than the identity of the artist is the total amount of sales it took to come out on top. By Julia Halperin, Jun 30, 2020
Art World Arthur Jafa Just Released a New Music Video for Kanye West That Powerfully Addresses Police Killings—Watch It Here A Kanye West song also played on the soundtrack to Jafa’s 2016 masterwork, 'Love Is the Message, the Message Is Death.' By Artnet News, Jun 30, 2020
Auctions Sotheby’s Middling Impressionist and Modern Sale Nets $62.8 Million Thanks to a Major Boost From Latin American Treasures Sotheby's started off the lengthy auction evening on a strong note, but bidding for Impressionist and Modern art was more subdued. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 30, 2020
