NewsLaw
Christo and Smithsonian sued for copyright infringement over Running Fence images
Photographer Gianfranco Gorgoni says copies of his pictures of the California land art project were shown and reproduced without his knowledge
NewsPolitics
Immigration politics loom large in Pacific Standard Time
Shows about the collapse of borders between North and South America now face a new reality
NewsLaw
Hobby Lobby agrees to pay $3m fine for Iraqi looted artefacts
Thousands of objects were falsely labelled and shipped to the arts-and-crafts company, according to prosecutors
News
Julia Peyton-Jones to join Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac
The former head of the Serpentine will take over as senior global director of the commercial gallery in September
News
Collector sues Christie’s for cancelling David Hammons sale
Buyer rejects compensation offer for US artist’s body print
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Leonardo DiCaprio offers to turn over Basquiat and Picasso works to FBI
Pieces, purchased by individuals involved in a money-laundering investigation, were given to the actor as gifts
News
Andrea Fraser tracks down museum trustees' political donations
The artist says her project will examine how the US has become a plutocracy
NewsAuctions
Old Master landscape looted by Nazis comes back on the market
The sale at Sotheby’s comes after a restitution agreement was reached between the heirs of the original owners and the trust of the most recent one
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Dealer Perry Rubenstein cuts plea bargain, will serve jail time
He has been sentenced to 180 days in a private facility, and three years of formal probation
NewsAuctions
Basquiat skull painting sells for record $110.5m at Sotheby's
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa bought the work in New York for almost double the artist's previous record
NewsAuctions
Christie’s comes out strong with $400m contemporary sale
Larry Gagosian snags top lot, Cy Twombly’s Leda and the Swan, for $52.9m
NewsAuctions
May sales in New York will test the trade in uncertain times
Trump-inspired post-election “wealth effect” may be waning
NewsMarket
Sotheby's reports $11.3m loss but praises ‘non-auction growth’ in first quarter earnings call
Tad Smith spun a positive outlook based on proposed tax cuts and a new view of the auction house as a “media company”, pointing to increased web traffic
NewsAuctions
Loic Gouzer named co-chairman of Christie’s Americas post-war and contemporary art department
He has made a name for himself with thematic auctions that mix Modern and contemporary works of art
NewsContemporary art
Artist Andrea Fraser to reveal 2016 campaign donations
The conceptualist's project will expose US institutions’ links to the country’s conservative elite
NewsFairs
Sophie Calle's secrets, Kapoor's take on Trump and other New York gossip
NewsArt market
Schiele’s landmark Danaë comes to auction at Sotheby’s
The mythological work is the artist’s first large-scale figural painting auctioned since 2001
NewsPolitics
Art collector Steven Cohen gave $1m to Trump inauguration
Other high-net-worth donors include Sheldon Adelson, Steven Wynn, and Henry Kravitz
BlogDan about town
Mutually assured destruction at the Whitney
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Texas oil town is enjoying another boom—and this time it’s for art
Since the arrival of a contemporary fair jolted its local collecting scene, Dallas has gone from outpost to hot spot
News
‘I have decided to shift my life’: Chelsea stalwart Andrea Rosen to close West 24th Street gallery
NewsBiennials & festivals
Film-maker Jonas Mekas to show photographs from his time as a WWII refugee at Documenta 14
Images the Lithuanian-American artist took at displaced persons camps in Germany reflect the current refugee crisis in Europe
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US embassy art scheme should survive Trump
Works by US artists such as Mark Bradford and the Starn brothers are still likely to adorn embassies around the world
NewsArt fairs
Independent fair delivers on diversity and quality with early sales
Collectors show they are willing to invest in work that is current—or feels like it—at the iconoclast New York fair
NewsArt fairs
Revamped Armory Show draws praise and crowds
New director juggles commercial success and curatorial merit
BlogDan about town
Jonas Mekas makes good
Though the Anthology Film Archives gala at Capitale on 2 March was just a few days after the Academy Awards, Jonas Mekas said he hadn’t managed to catch the nominated movies
BlogDan about town
Chan reaction on social media over protest signs
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Spring awakening? A shake-up for New York’s fairs
The city’s prime time for contemporary art gets a new programme, with an emphasis on discovery and depth
NewsEconomics
Asian buyers helped bolster Sotheby’s revenue in 2016, auction house reveals
Tad Smith gives credit to the Eastern market during fourth quarter earnings call, as well as growing online sales and aggressive recruitment
NewsLaw
Michigan art dealer sentenced to 41 months for running Modern art forgery scheme
Eric Spoutz was charged with selling fake works purportedly by De Kooning, Kline and Mitchell, that netted him $1.45m
NewsAuctions
In bloom: Klimt’s flower garden to lead Sotheby’s London spring sales
The vibrantly painted landscape is expected to make more than $45m
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Museums stage therapeutic events on Donald Trump’s big day
News
Asian antiquities dealer accused of selling smuggled artefacts
News
Christo cancels Over the River project in protest against Trump
After 20 years of planning and spending $15m of his own money, the artist says he has no interest in finishing the project under the current government
BlogDan about town
Shhhhh, it’s a secret… well, 100 actually
News
Trump’s inauguration: museums lay on alternative events
Many US museums are open free to the public on 20 January as divisive president-elect takes Oath of Office<br>
NewsArt fairs
Kounellis rides into town but the horses stay in New York
Seven major works on show by Greek artist who has become a major figure in the Arte Povera movement
NewsPolitics
President Trump: the knowns and unknowns
First reactions to property tycoon’s election to the White House and what it could mean for the arts
NewsAuctions
New York sales defy fears of downturn
Fewer trophy works this season, but solid totals and record prices for several artists
NewsArt market
Mayor Gallery sues over Agnes Martin
Catalogues raisonnés emerge as the latest front in the battle to authenticate works and secure market value
NewsArt fairs
Cuban artists react to Fidel Castro’s death
Anti-Castro artist and human rights activist El Sexto believed to have been abducted amid crackdown
NewsExhibitions
Top 10 shows during Art Basel in Miami Beach
Our pick of what to see at museums and private collections, including Bayrle, Kounnelis, a Kiefer double bill
NewsArt fairs
Rubells put 400 outstanding new works on display as they prepare to move home
Ambitious send-off is also gallery's first recent acquisitions show
NewsAuctions
Ames collection helps Sotheby’s bring strong result in contemporary art auction
Young star Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s work fetches more than $1m, ten times previous record
NewsAuctions
Phillips on an upswing with $111.2m 20th-century art sale
The hammer total was below estimate, but met the auction house’s modest expectations for “a contracted market”
NewsAuctions
De Kooning painting sells for record $66m at Christie’s New York
Post-war and contemporary evening auction sees several big sales but still falls short of last year’s total
NewsAuctions
Sotheby’s reports $54.5m in losses in third quarter
Continuing slump is tempered by online sales in the low and middle market, and a look to greater China for future growth
NewsArt market
US election casts a shadow over art market
To what extent could national unease affect the autumn auctions?
NewsLaw
Judge cites New York law protecting art buyers in lawsuit against Zwirner Gallery
Case centres on an editioned Gazing Ball sculpture by Jeff Koons
News
Would Clinton or Trump be better for the arts?
We examine the two presidential candidates’ arts policies—or lack of them
NewsArt market
Art galleries targeted in Los Angeles neighbourhood battle
NewsArt market
Zika’s sting: a slump in Miami bookings for Art Basel week
Galleries undeterred, but groupies could be
NewsExhibitions
Ai Weiwei returns to New York with four solo gallery shows
The Chinese activist-artist, who lived in the city during the 1980s, comes back with new tree sculptures and an installation of cast-off clothing from refugee camps
News
Collector and lawyer Peter Hort can pay, will pay artists
RISBE aims to ensure that artists and galleries are paid promptly
News
Lawsuit shows difficulties of authentication and repair
Case between collector and dealer over a sculpture damaged in transit becomes a legal saga
News
The rest of the month at a glance, September 2016
BlogIn the frame
Fran and Marty talk about Trump, tourists and mistaken identities at the New Museum
NewsRestitution
Anita Halpin among beneficiaries of Neue Galerie restitution
The New York museum paid the Hess family “fair market value” to keep Nude in its collection
BlogDan about town
Jonathan Horowitz provides pop, PBR and political commentary at Gavin Brown’s Enterprise
NewsCommercial galleries
Marian Goodman to open second Paris space with work by Annette Messager
The gallery expands its presence in the French capital with a new outpost on the same street
NewsPolitics
Artist-activist calls for boycott of St Louis show due to ‘institutional racism’
Damon Davis says Kelley Walker failed to answer concerns about his Black Star Press series on view at the city’s Contemporary Art Museum
NewsArchitecture
Interview: David Adjaye and Theaster Gates on working in Washington, DC
The London-based architect and the Chicago-based artist spoke with us ahead of their joint talk at the Hirshhorn Museum
NewsMuseums
Atlanta’s High Museum streamlines admission to $14.50 for everyone
But the price change means children under 17 who are not students will pay slightly more than before
NewsFairs
Untitled’s gone surfing: Miami Beach satellite fair hits the waves with artist collaborations
Expect to see participatory work by Rirkrit Tiravanija and Tomas Vu, Pussy Riot-themed surfboards and jungle photography