Several months before the big art fair that takes place in Miami Beach each December, Art Basel announced a new director: Bridget Finn. The veteran dealer and gallerist has been …
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Artists and Writers Call on Director of Smithsonian’s Asian Pacific American Center to Step Down + More Stories
Art Industry News is a daily summary of the most important developments in the art world and the art market. Here’s what you need to know this Wednesday, July 19. …
The newly restored Astor Place Cube spins around Manhattan again (after a brief stop in the Hamptons)
The famous Astor Place Cube, officially titled Alamo, was relocated to Manhattan’s East Village today after two months of repairs. The eight-foot-tall Cor-Ten steel sculpture by Bernard “Tony” Rosenthalwhich weighs …
Could a corruption investigation at Patrick Drahi’s cable company cause problems for Sotheby’s?
French-Israeli telecommunications mogul Patrick Drahi is making headlines again as news emerged this week that his Altice cable company co-founder and former COO, Armando Pereira, has been detained in Portugal …
A Michigan photography dealer has pleaded guilty to defrauding multiple collectors out of an estimated $1.5 million
A Michigan-based gallery owner has pleaded guilty to defrauding more than 10 collectors out of an estimated $1.5 million, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan announced. …
A Swiss teenager was caught carving her name into the Colosseum, in another case of vandalism at the amphitheater
A Swiss teenager vandalized the Colosseum on Friday just weeks after another tourist carved a love note to his girlfriend on a wall of the famous 1,951-year-old amphitheater. The Swiss …
Flooding jeopardizes $400 million worth of art at a Hamptons fair and shuts down the event early
Heavy rains over the weekend forced the early closure of the Hamptons Fine Arts Fair at Southhampton Exhibition Centre. Flooding from the rainfall, which measured between three and five inches …
Kehinde Wiley’s Museum Blockbuster ‘Heartbreaking’ Will Tour US + Other Stories
Art Industry News is a daily summary of the most important developments in the art world and the art market. Here’s what you need to know on Tuesday, July 18. …
The UK government is pushing ahead with a controversial plan to build an underground tunnel near Stonehenge
After years of decline of archaeologists and heritage groups, the UK government has approved plans to build an underground highway near Stonehenge. The project was estimated at £1.7 billion ($2.2 …
Artist Tara Geer uses hundreds of pencils a day to create charcoal drawings in her Harlem studio, a dog by her side
Artist Tara Geer, known for her raw, almost sculptural charcoal drawings, is on a roll this year. His large-scale works were the subject of a captivating exhibition at the Guild …