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'Why the sudden deregulation of New York's auction houses could lead to a more transparent art market—and a more opaque one too'
With old codes now dispensed of, my hope is to lobby for new oversights that could enforce stricter and clearer rules
What does New York’s abrupt winding back of auction house regulations mean for the art market?
The houses say they will not change their practices, but the move could mean more opaque bidding and guarantees
Proposed museum expansion spells trouble in Manhattan’s Chinatown
A $118m project to expand the Museum of Chinese in America in New York kicks off amid protests centring on plans for a massive new “skyscraper” jail
‘The violence of image-making is embedded in the work’: Lydia Ourahmane explores ancient cave paintings in her new film
The Algerian-British artist’s new film documents remote cave paintings of Tassili n’Ajjer
Experts fear New York City slashing auction house regulations could erode collector trust and confidence
As the city council cuts auction regulations, the houses say they will not change their practices, but the prospect of more opaque bidding and guarantees may prove irresistible
New York City removes rules governing auction houses in bid to stimulate business
But firms say they will continue to operate policies and practices that promote transparency
Matisse’s masterpiece The Red Studio recreated 100 years later for New York show
The objects in the painting—including several of the artist's own works—have been brought together for an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, which later travels to Copenhagen
Doug Aitken’s new 360-degree video looks to the horizon, with a chorus of AI voices
'Wilderness' breaks conceptual boundaries by leading its viewer into a multi-layered allegory, questioning what it means to exist on this planet as we are enveloped by the digital realm
Punching bag bearing name of convicted dealer Mary Boone features in New York show on Basquiat’s found objects
Nahmad Contemporary exhibition brings together works made from detritus dotted around the city’s streets and subways
Review: Does the Whitney Biennial really reflect the world today?
Plus, the exhibition Afro-Atlantic Histories opens in Washington and Raphael's late self-portrait at London's National Gallery
Picasso’s muse as sea creature—will it break $100m at Sotheby's New York sale?
Femme nue couchée was shown in Tate blockbuster exhibition in 2018
Winslow Homer’s American odyssey is retold in New York show
The Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition, which will travel to London’s National Gallery later this year, highlights works inspired by the artist’s journeys
Degas, Monet and Rothko among Texan philanthropist Anne Bass’s trove, expected to sell at Christie’s for $250m
Only two of the 12 works have been guaranteed, an oddity in the recent string of high-profile single-owner sales
Antiquities dealers appeal restrictive New York ban on ivory
The appeal primarily challenges restrictions around the display of commercial ivory objects in the state
Warhol and Basquiat on the stage in London and Faith Ringgold's retrospective at New York's New Museum
Plus, Betye Saar remakes a mural in Los Angeles
Recently discovered works by Jacques-Louis David to go show in New York
Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art will focus on the preparatory sketches for some of the French painter’s best known masterpieces
What to do when faced with adversity? Hannah Traore set to open her namesake gallery in 2022
The 26-year-old decided to launch a business, focusing on marginalised artists, after the pandemic forced Fotografiska to temporarily close and she lost her job
How Walt Disney’s love of Rococo transformed animation
An exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York explores how the legendary film-maker came to be inspired by French decorative arts
Big money, new collectors: the low-down on the New York auctions
Plus, Fabergé in London and a rediscovered Dürer
Frida Kahlo breaks record for a Latin American artist in Sotheby's $238m Modern art sale
While the auction's star lots included the $34.9m Kahlo and four Monets, the most aggressive bidding was on works by Alexander Calder and Pierre Soulages
The top four art documentaries at DOC NYC
The documentary festival includes films about Jesse Krimes, Eadweard Muybridge and the fraught power dynamics of making money from art
Arthur Jafa’s new film—a post-human slow-motion seascape—defies expectations and honours the Black voice
'I wanted to prove that you could take younger artists and have it work out for the gallery': exhibition opens in tribute to influential New York gallerist Martha Jackson
Show aims to draw more attention to the overlooked work of the postwar Manhattan-based art dealer whose gallery is now occupied by Hauser & Wirth
Jon Isherwood's marble sculptures usher feeling of community on New York's most famous street
Eight sculptures, depicting various gigantic blooming flowers, give viewers the chance to interact with public art, and with each other
Queens Museum director on its transformative expansion and learning from the pandemic
Led by Sally Tallant, the community-focused museum is building a new educational centre thanks to a $26.4m grant from New York City
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From gilded figures at the Hispanic Society Museum and Library to Christo at Galerie Gmurzynska
New blood reinvigorates MoMA leadership
The museum has appointed four impressive women who are breathing new life into the curatorial, education and outreach divisions, including 23-year MoMA veteran Sarah Suzuki.
Another Botticelli hits the market: Sotheby's to sell Botticelli's The Man of Sorrows for in excess of $40m
Auction house will sell the painting in January and is dubbing it "The defining masterpiece of Botticelli's late career". But what exactly does that mean?
Manhattan exhibition combats view of Iran as 'hostile anti-American state'
Asia Society group show from Mohammed Akfami collection shows 'great diversity' of Iran’s often unseen arts scene