Museums & Institutions Less Than Two Years After It Was First Proposed, the ICA San Francisco Opens in Lightning Speed With a Solo Project by Jeffrey Gibson The museum full opens to the public in January, with a commitment to showing California artists. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 16, 2022
Auctions Sotheby’s Says $107 Million London Frieze Contemporary Sales Are Its Best in Seven Years Despite several withdrawn lots, energy in the London saleroom was high By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 14, 2022
Museums & Institutions Artist Ben Sakoguchi Has Accused the California Biennial of Censorship for Excluding His Painting A biennial curator praised Sakoguchi's work as an exhibition highlight just before the artist's invitation was rescinded. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 14, 2022
Art Fairs Has the Figuration Bubble Burst? Abstract Painting Dominates the Booths at Frieze London "People are a bit fed up—they want more freedom to interpret as they wish," one dealer said. By Julia Halperin, Oct 13, 2022
Archaeology & History Archaeologists at Pompeii Say the iPad Pro—Which Comes With a LiDAR Scanner—Is Changing the Way They Work Archaeologists from Tulane University developed a new digital workflow, enabled by the iPad Pro, to conduct excavations at Pompeii. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 12, 2022
Museums & Institutions The Public Can Now Access the Statue of Liberty’s Crown, After Two and a Half Years (and 14 Flights of Stairs) Only 10 guests at a time can visit the crown's tight quarters. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 11, 2022
Artnet News Pro ‘Like Getting a 20 Percent Discount’: For U.S. Collectors at European Art Fairs, the Strong Dollar Means Everything Is on Sale Stateside art-world players are celebrating, but others are feeling the pinch. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 10, 2022
Archaeology & History The Recently Discovered Wreck of Shackleton’s ‘Endurance’ Faces Annihilation, an Archaeologist Warns The lost ship has been found, but remains at risk. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 7, 2022
Archaeology & History A Hoard of Gold Coins Found Hidden in a Wall in the Golan Heights Sheds New Light on the Muslim Conquests of the Levant The 44 gold coins were likely hidden in haste as Muslims took control of an area that was a Christian settlement at the time. By Dorian Batycka, Oct 6, 2022
Market Christie’s Shelves ‘Art Handler’ Clothing Collaboration With Highsnobiety After Backlash From Real-Life Art Handlers The pricey clothing line was viewed as offensive and tone-deaf by real-life art workers. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 6, 2022
Auctions Collectors Sherry and Joel Mallin Are Sending More Than 1,000 Artworks to Sotheby’s—the Largest Contemporary-Art Collection Ever Auctioned The collection will be auctioned in multiple sales, starting at Sotheby's London next week. By Dorian Batycka, Oct 6, 2022
Law & Politics The Judd Foundation Is Suing Two Galleries for ‘Disfiguring’ an $850,000 Donald Judd Sculpture With Fingerprints Fingerprints can "leave permanent, disfiguring, irreversible marks" on Judd's anodized aluminum surfaces, the foundation says. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 6, 2022
Auctions As Georgia O’Keeffe’s Market Blooms, Christie’s Will Sell a Trove of Top-Notch Works by the Artist From Paul Allen’s Collection The works are part of Allen's 150-work-strong collection expected to bring in as much as $1 billion this fall. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 5, 2022
Auctions Robert Pattinson’s Participation May Turn Out to Be the Least Notable Part of Sotheby’s Experimental Contemporary Art Sale The sale also included the debut of Artists' Choice, a new initiative that enables artists and their dealers to consign directly to auction. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 3, 2022
Auctions Demand for Rediscovered Artists and Young Talent Remains Strong, If Not Frothy, at Christie’s $26 Million Postwar to Present Sale Works by the late Maine artist Lynne Drexler led the offering. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 3, 2022
