Billionaire Collector Bernard Arnault Faces Money Laundering Investigation in France
Bernard Arnault, a billionaire collector and French businessman who was briefly ranked as the richest person in the world last year, is reportedly the subject...
ARTnews Celebrates Launch of the 2023 Edition of the Top 200 Collectors Issue
Last week, ARTnews celebrated the 34th edition of its annual Top 200 Collectors list with a cocktail party at the Waldorf Astoria Residences New York...
Former Worker at Deutsches Museum Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Four Paintings and Selling Three
A German museum worker was recently sentenced to prison by a court in Munich for stealing four paintings from the Deutsches Museum and selling three...
Tate Modern Launches New Commission for Monumental Experimental Art
A new annual initiative aimed at supporting experimental artists around the world is being launched by Tate Modern. Titled the Infinities Commission, it is intended...
Isa Genzken Sculpture Withdrawn from Sotheby’s Sale After Scrutiny Over Its Seller
An Isa Genzken sculpture was withdrawn from a Sotheby’s auction after a strange series of events that involved an appearance on a German equivalent to...
Anna Boghiguian to Take Home $106,000 After Receiving One of the World’s Biggest Art Prizes
The Wolfgang Hahn Prize, one of the world’s biggest art awards, has this year gone to Anna Boghiguian, an artist whose work has been seen...
At Times Square PUNK SHOW, the New Museum’s Cultural Incubator Shows Off Its Versatility
In mid-September, I was standing in Times Square, the Disney Store on one side of me and a Sephora on the other, watching a collaborative...
Forgotten Ancient Structure Uncovered by Devastating Libyan Floods
Recent floods in Libya have uncovered long-buried archaeological structures in an ancient Greek settlement outside the devastated city of Derna. The magnitude of the catastrophe,...
Christie’s to Offer Monet Water Lily Painting with $65 M. Estimate in November
Christie’s announced Thursday that it will offer Claude Monet‘s painting Le bassin aux nymphéas (1917-1919) at its 20th Century evening sale in New York this...
Vienna Auction House Dorotheum to Sell Rediscovered Raphael Drawing Next Month
Dorotheum, the European auction house based in Vienna, will offer a drawing that has recently been attributed to Renaissance master Raphael as part of its...
Artist who Submitted Empty Frames In Lieu of Commissioned Work Plans to Appeal Museum Lawsuit
Danish artist Jens Haaning is appealing a court ruling to return money he was given to recreate an artwork at Kunsten Museum in Aalborg, Denmark,...
Sarah Cain’s Vibrant Site-Specific Painting at Orange Barrel Media Headquarters Lightens the Columbus, Ohio Landscape
Those driving through Columbus, Ohio, might notice a colorful new intervention amid the otherwise serene landscape. On the facade of Orange Barrel Media (OBM) headquarters,...
Sotheby’s Clinches the Chara Schreyer Collection for New York’s Fall Auctions
Sotheby’s auction house announced Thursday that it had secured the collection of the philanthropist Chara Schreyer, whom the house referred to as “one of the...
Sculptor Kelly Akashi Joins Lisson, Departing Her Longtime LA Gallery
Kelly Akashi, an artist whose mysterious sculptures of hands and biological material have been seen widely in the US, has joined Lisson Gallery, a multinational...