Artnet News Pro ‘I Always Need to Unlearn Something’: Gallerist Olivier Meessen on the Challenges Facing the Middle Market The gallerist opens up about doing business in Brussels, and what’s holding the city back from greatness. By Devorah Lauter, Sep 18, 2022
Studio Visit The Artist Maxwell Mustardo Creates His Whimsical Ceramics in the Quakertown, New Jersey, Studio of an Illustrious Predecessor The artist currently has his first New York solo show. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 17, 2022
Archaeology & History A Renowned Egyptologist Believes He Has Found Queen Nefertiti’s Tomb at Last Zahi Hawass says he will be ready to make the declaration this fall. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 16, 2022
Auctions Willem de Kooning’s Family Will Auction Off Three Paintings by the Artist for as Much as $50 Million This Fall The three canvases, selected with de Kooning’s granddaughters, each represent a different decade in the late artist’s storied career. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 16, 2022
Artnet News Pro Does the Market Only Pay Attention to Art From the Middle East During Times of Conflict? During the Arab Spring in 2011, the wider art world championed the region's artists. But in the past decade, support has dried up, as have auction prices. By Rebecca Anne Proctor, Sep 15, 2022
Art World Art-World Heavyweights Come Out in Support of Documenta’s Embattled Curators Amid Latest Allegations “The pressures that media and politicians have placed on the entire Documenta team have become unbearable,” a committee said. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 15, 2022
Museums & Institutions Artist Hew Locke Mines the Met’s Trophy-Hunting History in His New Facade Commission The British-Guyanese artist is the third sculptor to take on the Met's Facade Commission. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Sep 15, 2022
Art & Exhibitions In Pictures: See How a New Show at LACMA Traces the Evolution of Modern Korean Art The exhibition explores Western influences during a significant and turbulent time in Korea's history. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Sep 15, 2022
Auctions A Folio From the Greatest Illuminated Manuscript of Persia’s ‘Book of Kings’ Could Fetch $7 Million at Sotheby’s The single double-sided sheet is from the most treasured manuscript of "The Shahnameh." By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 15, 2022
Art World Art Industry News: Art Basel Staffs Up to Build a Year-Round ‘Marketplace’ Outside of Fairs + Other Stories Plus, PPOW is collecting goods for migrants in New York, and Dia Art Foundation staffers vote to form a union. By Artnet News, Sep 15, 2022
Books How a British Politician Devised an Elaborate Ruse to Seduce Women at Tate Britain The tale comes from British politician Andrew Mitchell's new book "Beyond a Fringe: Tales From a Reformed Establishment Lackey." By Sarah Cascone, Sep 14, 2022
Auctions $70 Million Worth of Art That Hung in MoMA Is Hitting the Auction Block Proceeds from the Sotheby's sales will help the museum ramp up its digital offerings. By Dorian Batycka, Sep 14, 2022
Art World Nan Goldin on Handing Over the Camera to Laura Poitras for a Golden Lion-Winning Documentary About Her Life The film, which focuses both on Goldin's career and her fight against the Sacklers, debuts in New York next month. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 14, 2022
On View Here’s a Look Inside New York’s New Immersive Gustav Klimt Attraction The Hall des Lumières has opened in New York with 'Gustav Klimt: Gold in Motion.' By Artnet News, Sep 14, 2022
Auctions Faded Photos Bought for $2,200 at an Estate Sale Turn Out to Be Two Rare Stieglitz Works Stuck Together A rare and pristine platinum print was hiding behind a faded Alfred Stieglitz print auctioned at a Connecticut estate sale last year. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 13, 2022
