Auctions How Are Auction Houses Retooling for Fall’s Major Virtual Sales? Here Are 8 Lessons They Learned This Summer Experts from the Big Three houses explain their takeaways from this summer's online-only mega-sales—and what they mean for the fall editions. By Artnet News, Oct 5, 2020
Shows & Exhibitions Philip Guston’s Daughter and Other Critics Speak Out Against Four Museums’ Decision to Postpone a Major Retrospective on the Artist The museums say they will postpone the show to a time when "Philip Guston's work can be more clearly interpreted." By Sarah Cascone, Sep 25, 2020
Art World ‘The Local Audience Is the Central Audience’: As Tourism Tanks Across the US, Museums Pivot to the Visitors in Their Own Backyards As US museums slowly reopen in some major cities, their strategies are evolving to accommodate audiences newly dominated by local visitors. By Eileen Kinsella & Tim Schneider, Sep 18, 2020
Art Guides 25 Shows to See Across the US as Museums Reopen, From Jacob Lawrence’s Genius at the Met to an Epic Mexican Masterpiece in Dallas As museums emerge from lockdown, here's what's on our must-see list. By Sarah Cascone & Caroline Goldstein, Sep 18, 2020
Market Millennials Are More Interested in Buying Art Than Ever—and 5 Other Takeaways From a New Art Basel Report on the State of the Market Despite a dramatic drop in sales, the report has a few bright spots. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 9, 2020
Auctions A New York Museum Is Selling Its Only Jackson Pollock Painting at Christie’s to Fund Acquisitions of Work by Women and Artists of Color The painting is consigned by the Everson Museum in Syracuse. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 3, 2020
Art Fairs With the Viability of Fairs in Question, Art Basel Is Launching a Pair of Virtual Editions This Fall—and Charging Galleries to Participate Art Basel organizers will charge exhibitors to participate in a new series of online-only viewing rooms this fall. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 21, 2020
Art Fairs Is the Future of Art Fairs… the Mail-Order Catalogue? This Design Fair Is Launching a Glossy Magazine in Lieu of Its In-Person Event At least 35 of the 50 planned exhibitors for the scuttled in-person November edition will participate. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 20, 2020
Auctions Expanding Its Reach in Asia, Phillips Is Partnering With China’s Poly Auction House on Two Hong Kong Sales Auction houses are looking at new partnerships to boost the bottom line in a highly unusual year. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 19, 2020
Art World The US Postal Service Is in Dire Straits. Help Them Out by Buying Some of These 12 Fantastic Art-Themed Stamps These stamps, featuring the likes of Ellsworth Kelly and Romare Bearden, are works of art in themselves. By Eileen Kinsella & Caroline Goldstein, Aug 18, 2020
Auctions Christie’s First-Ever ‘Relay’ Sale Brought in an Impressive $421 Million in a Four-Hour, Four-City Digital Marathon Christie's pulled off a marathon four-hour sale with an innovative new platform. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 10, 2020
Art Fairs With the Fate of the Fair in Question as the Virus Overwhelms Florida, Art Basel Miami Beach Just Gave Dealers More Time to Commit The fair says it is "deeply committed" to holding the event in December "if at all feasible." By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 8, 2020
Auctions Who Was the Best-Selling Artist at Auction Worldwide in May? There’s a Clear Winner—by a Long Shot Perhaps even more surprising than the identity of the artist is the total amount of sales it took to come out on top. By Julia Halperin, Jun 30, 2020
Auctions Sotheby’s Middling Impressionist and Modern Sale Nets $62.8 Million Thanks to a Major Boost From Latin American Treasures Sotheby's started off the lengthy auction evening on a strong note, but bidding for Impressionist and Modern art was more subdued. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 30, 2020
Auctions Led by a Sizzling Bacon, Sotheby’s First-Ever Hybrid Contemporary Evening Sale Format Nets an Impressive $300.4 Million The carefully choreographed sale took place on three continents. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 30, 2020
