Art World When the Louvre Reopens Next Week, Patient Visitors Will Be Able to View the Mona Lisa Practically Alone The museum has lost an estimated $45 million since the shutdown and expects attendance to plummet. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 26, 2020
People What Does a Social Justice Curator Do? The Bronx Museum’s Jasmine Wahi on Why Every Art Institution Should Have One Jasmine Wahi, the Bronx Museum's social justice curator, explains how visual activism can change institutions—and shares her reading list. By Aindrea Emelife, Jun 26, 2020
Auctions In a Profound Shift, Christie’s Is Eliminating Its Standalone Impressionist and Modern Art Department, Shedding a Significant Amount of Staff in the Process The auction house says the move is a better reflection of how people collect—but it's also a cost-saving measure. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 26, 2020
Partner Content 11 HeavenHell Art Gallery Director Nicole Zambrano Wants Her Clients to Pay in Cryptocurrency We spoke to the director of the Miami location about the gallery’s unique payment practices and the meaning behind its unusual name. By Artnet Gallery Network, Jun 25, 2020
Art World It Wasn’t Just Pompeii. Archaeologists Say the Roman Republic and Even Ancient Egypt’s Ptolemaic Kingdom May Have Been Ended by Volcanoes The eruption of Alaska's Okmok volcano may have triggered a famine in Rome following the death of Caesar. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 25, 2020
Galleries Hauser and Wirth Is the Latest Blue-Chip Gallery to Plan a Hamptons Outpost as the New York Market Moves East The gallery already has spaces in the resort towns of Gstaad and St. Moritz. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 25, 2020
People Why the Founder of Arcade Project, a Publishing Platform That Champions Writers of Color, Decided to Launch an Art Gallery, Too M. Charlene Stevens launched Arcade Project in 2016, aiming to promote a broad array of creative professionals. By Artnet News, Jun 25, 2020
Art Fairs A Crafty Swiss Financier Is Reportedly Trying to Gather Investors to Wrest Art Basel Away From Its Parent Company, the MCH Group But the MCH Group has its own plans. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 24, 2020
Art and Law Facebook, a Longtime Hub for the Illicit Antiquities Trade, Bans the Sale of Historic Artifacts on the Platform Ancient coins, manuscripts, mosaics, scrolls, and tombstones are all included in the ban. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 24, 2020
Art Fairs The Company That Owns Pulse Is Shuttering the 15-Year-Old Art Fair and Replacing It With a Miami Edition of Volta The new edition of Volta will touch down at Mana Wynwood this December. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 24, 2020
Auctions Here’s Your Guide to the Top Lots in the First-Ever Hybrid Marquee Summer Auctions, Taking Place Simultaneously In-Person and Online The houses are still banking on trophy-hunting collectors to prop up their rescheduled marquee sales. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 23, 2020
Art and Law Charging Bull, Symbol of Wall Street’s Roaring Market, Will Remain in Place After a Vote Nixes New York Mayor de Blasio’s Plan to Move It The committee that oversees the installation of artworks on city-owned land voted unanimously against the mayor's plan. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 23, 2020
Art World The Guggenheim’s Curatorial Staff Call Out the Museum’s ‘Discriminatory Practices’ in a Scathing Letter to Leadership The letter, signed only by the museum's "Curatorial Department," calls on the museum to make its workplace more equitable. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 23, 2020
Events and Parties Editors’ Picks: 13 Events for Your Virtual Art Calendar This Week, From the Making of a Gerhard Richter Documentary to an Online Fair for Digital Art As the real world reopens, the art world stays busy online. By Artnet News, Jun 22, 2020
Art and Law A Charles White Drawing Went Missing From Howard University. After 40 Years, It Appeared at Auction—and Now Howard Wants It Back Howard University purchased the work after White's time as an artist-in-residence at the college. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 22, 2020
