Artnet News Pro ‘Fierce’ Demand From Collectors in Asia Propelled Sotheby’s $217 Million Sales of British and Contemporary Art in London The night was marked by respectable, but not frothy, bidding. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 29, 2021
People The Centre Pompidou Has Named Its Former Director, Laurent Le Bon, to Lead the Paris Museum Once Again Le Bon was most recently president of the Picasso Museum in Paris. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 25, 2021
Market Sotheby’s Is Opening a Pop-Up Sales Gallery in Monaco as the French Riviera Art Scene Continues to Heat Up This Summer Hauser and Wirth and Johann König have also recently opened spaces there. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 24, 2021
Galleries Why Watch Hulu When You Can Watch Art? David Zwirner Launches a Star-Studded Livestream Program at Galleries Around the Globe The gallery will host six talks across four cities and show dozens of artworks in a bid for live programming. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 9, 2021
Artnet News Pro ‘Woo-Hoo!’: A Global Hunger for Hot Young Figurative Art Propelled Phillips and Poly’s Hong Kong Sales to a ‘White Glove’ $90 Million Records abound for buzzed-about stars. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 9, 2021
Art & Exhibitions In the 1970s, Top Artists Were Commissioned to Design the Monuments of Their Dreams. Now, You Can See Them For the First Time A stack of one million oil drums and a giant bowling ball running down Park Avenue are some of the proposals in “Dream Monuments.” By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 7, 2021
Art Fairs Following a Safe and Successful Hong Kong Fair, Art Basel Confirms That Its Marquee Swiss Edition Will Take Place This September The fair will proceed—with new safety protocols in place. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 3, 2021
Art World The City of Los Angeles Has Voted to Designate Artist Nun Corita Kent’s Studio a Landmark, Saving It From Becoming a Parking Lot Kent worked in the building from 1960 to 1968. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 2, 2021
Museums & Institutions Leonora Carrington’s Wondrous Mexico City Home Will Become a Museum Filled With Thousands of Her Personal Belongings The university in charge of the house shared details about the new museum on the occasion of the late artist’s 104th birthday. By Taylor Dafoe, May 26, 2021
Auctions Collectors Who Buy Paintings at Christie’s ‘Trailblazers’ Sale Today Will Get Free NFTs Inspired by the Women of Abstract Expressionism The Rewind Collective offered unique NFTs at today's postwar and contemporary art day sale. By Sarah Cascone, May 14, 2021
Museums & Institutions Andy Warhol’s Life Revolved Around Sex, Drugs—and Catholicism? A New Museum Show Says Faith Played a Key Role in His Work The Brooklyn Museum will present "Andy Warhol: Revelation" this fall. By Sarah Cascone, May 6, 2021
Auctions Surging Demand for Young Artists Powered Sotheby’s $122.5 Million Contemporary Art Sale in Hong Kong The 45-lot sale saw records set for Avery Singer, Salman Toor, and others. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 19, 2021
People Zoe Leonard, Christopher Wool, and Other Artists Decry the Chinati Foundation’s Decision to Part Ways With a Prominent Advisor Rob Weiner originally joined the foundation as Donald Judd's assistant 32 years ago. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 5, 2021
Galleries Salon 94 Has Opened a Strikingly Beautiful New Headquarters in an Upper East Side Mansion—See Photos of the Historic Space Here The gallery is opening with two shows, from Niki de Saint Phalle and Derrick Adams. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 4, 2021
Art & Exhibitions Hauser & Wirth Will Exhibit Philip Guston’s Klan Paintings a Year After the Series Sparked a Fiery Debate About Censorship The New York show will feature works from the KKK series that caused four museums to postpone a long-planned retrospective of the artist's work. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 31, 2021
