Art World A Company Installed a Bronze Gorilla Opposite Wall Street’s ‘Charging Bull’ in a Confusing Statement About Capitalism ‘Going Bananas’ First there was 'Fearless Girl,' now there's Harambe. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 19, 2021
Art World Editors’ Picks: 11 Events for Your Art Calendar, From Felix Gonzalez-Torres at the Judd Foundation to a Talk on Spanish Sculptor Luisa Roldán Plus, a dialogue inspired by "Jules Tavernier and the Elem Pomo" at the Met. By Artnet News, Oct 19, 2021
Law & Politics The Heirs of a Jewish Collector Are Suing the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, for the Return of a Bellotto Painting Max Emden's heirs claim that the painting was sold under duress. The museum disagrees. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 19, 2021
Artnet News Pro Julian Schnabel’s Plate Paintings Captured the ’80s Zeitgeist—and Then Disappeared. Here’s Why Collectors Are Reconsidering Them Now A new batch are the subject of an exhibition at the Brant Foundation in New York. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 18, 2021
Museums & Institutions The Denver Art Museum Is Returning Four Antiquities to Cambodia After the Pandora Papers Exposed Their Illicit Origins The objects were once owned by the late indicted art dealer Douglas Latchford. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 18, 2021
Law & Politics Prominent Artist eL Seed Says the Tunisian Pavilion at Dubai’s Expo 2020 Used His Work Without Permission The case illustrates a growing tension around the ownership of calligraphic script in the digital era. By Rebecca Anne Proctor, Oct 18, 2021
Auctions Young Painters Steal the Limelight From the Likes of Polke and Prince in Phillips’s $35 Million London Evening Sale New records were set for seven up-and-coming artists. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 15, 2021
Auctions These Sphinx Patio Ornaments Were Offered for $700 at an English Auction House. Turns Out They’re Ancient—and Sold for $265,000 A flood of bidders seems to have known something that the auctioneer did not. By Artnet News, Oct 14, 2021
Art History Jan Van Eyck’s Famed Ghent Altarpiece Got an Assist from His Older Brother Hubert, Researchers Find The finding helps clarify a generations-long mystery about the lesser-known van Eyck sibling, Hubert. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 14, 2021
Law & Politics The FBI Has Busted Once-Rising Artist Christian Rosa for Selling Forged Paintings Purportedly by His Former Mentor Raymond Pettibon After Artnet News first reported on the alleged forgeries, Rosa wrote in an email: "the secret is out." By Sarah Cascone, Oct 14, 2021
Artnet News Pro Museums Working to Correct the Record Are Shaking Up the Pale, Male Canon of Old Master Art—and Changing the Market in the Process Institutions are responding to social pressure to highlight historical works by, and portrayals of, people of color. By Brian Boucher, Oct 13, 2021
Museums & Institutions The Aldrich Museum Is Updating Its Landmark Feminist Art Show From 1971 With a New Generation of Women Artists Lucy Lippard's landmark 1971 exhibition was one of the first to acknowledge the institutional invisibility of women artists. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 13, 2021
Art World Mexico City Will Replace Its Christopher Columbus Statue With a Replica of a Pre-Hispanic Indigenous Female Figure The decision ends a long saga about what artwork should be displayed on the capital city’s Paseo de la Reforma. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 13, 2021
Law & Politics Will Disgraced Art Dealer Inigo Philbrick Avoid Trial After All? Court Papers Suggest He Could Be in Settlement Talks With U.S. Authorities After initially pleading not guilty, Philbrick may now be trying to strike a deal. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 12, 2021
Auctions ‘We Found It in Bubble Wrap’: A 17th-Century Tiepolo Drawing Has Been Rediscovered in the Attic of a Historic U.K. Manor The forgotten drawing from Weston Hall will be auctioned by Dreweatts in November. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 12, 2021
