From a Robert E. Lee Statues Last Stand to Government Censorship of Ai Weiwei: The Best & Worst of the Art World This Week – artnet News

Wealthy Women Spur Market Recovery Art Basels market report reveals that high-net-worth millennial women are fueling the gallery recovery.

Art Fair Fare The first major IRL art fair is happening now in New York, and sales were swift at the Armory Shows opening day.

Sothebys Nabs Macklowe Trove The auction house won the rights to sell the divorcing couples more than $600 million art collection.

Basels Big Fund In an effort to quell nerves ahead of its Swiss edition, Art Basel created a solidarity fund as a safety net.

Twenty Years On On this weeks episode of the Art Angle, four artists who had residencies in the Twin Towers reflect on how 9/11 shaped their art and lives.

A Magical Armory Experience At this years fair, a witch channeling the spirit of Hilma af Klint is reading tarot cards.

Silicon Valley Backs Art Institution San Francisco is getting a new contemporary art venue that will emphasize diversity.

Iron Age Discovery A rookie metal detectorist literally struck gold, and the stunning trove is now on view at a Danish museum.

Christopher Columbus Replaced Artist Pedro Reyes is designing a new monument in Mexico City featuring Indigenous women;it will replace a 150-year-old statue of Columbus.

Removing Robert E. Lee The largest Confederate statue in Richmond, Virginia, has been dismantled and removed from sight, marking a milestone for the country.

Bannon Ousted From Italy At long last, Steve Bannons far-right school has been evicted from the 800-year-old monastery it inhabited.

House Oversight Lead Demands Receipts Representative James Comer is urging Hunter Bidens art sales to be made public.

M+ Museum Removes Ai Weiwei Work The Hong Kong-based museum took down Ais infamous Tiananmen Square photograph as it awaits government review.

Another Art Fair Bites the Dust Pariss local Salon Galeristes called off its event for October, even as some larger fairs barrel ahead.

Hedge Fund Titan Trumps Turkey A judge ruled that businessman Michael Steinhardt, and not the nation of Turkey, owns an ancientStargazer idol.

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From a Robert E. Lee Statues Last Stand to Government Censorship of Ai Weiwei: The Best & Worst of the Art World This Week - artnet News