People Austrian Billionaire Heidi Goëss-Horten Has Died at Age 81, Just Days After Opening Her Private Museum in Vienna The collector owned some 700 artworks. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 14, 2022
Events and Parties Editors’ Picks: 13 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From a Film About the Chelsea Hotel to a Show Celebrating Britney Spears Plus, a talk on digital art law and Kembra Pfahler at Pioneer Works. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 13, 2022
Galleries ‘I’ll Never Forget That Moment’: Larry Gagosian on How an Encounter With Christo in His 20s Inspired a New Show of the Artist’s Little-Known Early Work Gagosian's new show in Paris includes many never-before-seen Christo works. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 12, 2022
Art World What I Buy and Why: Art-Fair Impresario Sanford Smith on His Prized John Wayne Sculpture and Preference for Online Auctions The collector has a soft spot for American Modernist watercolors and bronze sculptures. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 12, 2022
Auctions Lion Tamers Siegfried and Roy’s Dazzling Collection of Art, Kimonos, and Clocks Clawed in $1.4 Million at Bonhams. See What Sold Here The entertainment duo's spectacular costumes, kitschy tiger art, and blingy jewelry were a hit at auction. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 10, 2022
Archaeology & History Remarkably Similar Stone Age ‘Swiss Army Knives’ Found Across Africa Suggest a System of Prehistoric Mass Communication Across wide distances, it appears that ancient humans used the same template to make their tools. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 9, 2022
Art Fairs Betting on Japan as the Next Asian Market Hub, Veteran Fair Organizer Magnus Renfrew Is Organizing a New Art Event in Tokyo Tokyo Gendai, planned for next summer, is the latest contemporary art fair in Renfrew's portfolio. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 9, 2022
Auctions ‘It Was Just Flabbergasting’: A $321,000 Renaissance Masterwork Was Discovered Hanging (Off-Kilter) Above Nonagenarian’s Bed Proceeds from the surprise hit sale will be used to pay the woman's nursing home bills. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 7, 2022
Auctions Billionaire Victor Pinchuk’s Jeff Koons Balloon Sculpture Could Fetch Over $10 Million at Auction to Benefit Ukraine The proceeds will go toward providing prosthetics for Ukrainians injured in the conflict. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 7, 2022
Art World Almost Half of All U.S. Museums Focus Primarily on Just Four Percent of Contemporary Artists, According to a New Study The museum landscape reflects a sharper winner-take-all dynamic than the gallery system. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 5, 2022
Crime A Man Broke Into the Dallas Museum of Art and Smashed Ancient Greek Artifacts Because He Was ‘Mad at His Girl’ The damage could be more than $5 million, some experts say. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 3, 2022
Art World New York’s LaGuardia Airport Unveils New Permanent Artworks by Mariam Ghani, Rashid Johnson, and Others Queens's formerly decrepit LaGuardia Airport has brand new large-scale art installations by leading artists. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 2, 2022
Crime A Former OpenSea Employee Has Been Indicted in the First-Ever Case of NFT Insider Trading Crypto sleuths unearthed Nathaniel Chastain's allegedly secret NFT transactions and called him out on Twitter. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 2, 2022
Law & Politics Artist Michelle Hartney Is Enlisting the Public to Embroider Messages From Women Pleading for Help With Unwanted Pregnancies The letters were written 100 years ago to Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 2, 2022
Archaeology & History In Pictures: See Images of the Hundreds of Flawlessly Preserved Mummies and Bronze Statues Archaeologists Just Unveiled in Egypt The discovery also included 150 bronze statuettes, the largest such cache ever found. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 1, 2022
