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The Case for Installing Temporary Public Art

“Everything deteriorates,” former Public Art Fund director Tom Eccles told Observer. “The question is, what do you want to retain?”

14.02.2025 3

Observer

Daniel Grant

Tax Time and the Art World: Here’s What Artists and Collectors Can Deduct

Plenty of artists have gone to Tax Court with claims that they are not just hobbyists and won.

12.02.2025 30

Observer

Daniel Grant

What Happens to the Art When Museums Close?

If you shed tears when a museum closes, expect to do a lot of crying.

21.01.2025 8

Observer

Daniel Grant

Reckoning With Ruin: Calculating the Impact of the 2025 Wildfires on L.A.’s Artists

They may have their work cut out for them when it comes to recovering the value of lost art.

16.01.2025 10

Observer

Daniel Grant

The Tug-of-War Over Art Museum Ticket Prices Continues into 2025

The Guggenheim in new York. Noam Galai/Getty Images In October of last year, internationally renowned artist Julie Mehretu announced a $2.25...

03.01.2025 2

Observer

Daniel Grant

Art Museums Are Increasingly Trialing Amenities to Engage Broader Audiences

People practice yoga and meditation in front of the art at the Musee des Beaux-Arts in Rennes, France. Photo by LOIC VENANCE / AFP) (Photo credit...

01.01.2025 4

Observer

Daniel Grant

The Year in Museums: Political Unrest on One Side and Major Gifts on the Other

In September, climate activists held a demonstration to call on MoMA to drop board chair Marie-Josee Kravis over ties to the fossil fuel industry....

26.12.2024 7

Observer

Daniel Grant

The Art of Shipping Art: How Works Are Moved to and from the Fairs

You may think of New York’s Kasmin Gallery as a place to look at art, but it is really a moving company, and what they are moving is art. Thousands...

05.12.2024 3

Observer

Daniel Grant

Why the Guggenheim and Other Museums Are Hiring Brand Officers

Asked to think about what defines a museum, and most people will point to the institution’s collection or, in some cases, its location....

27.11.2024 5

Observer

Daniel Grant

Who Decides What Makes a Museum Label Good?

“Most people visiting a museum really want to learn something, so they walk through the exhibits and read all these labels and try to digest as...

22.10.2024 2

Observer

Daniel Grant

Why So Many Museums Are Hiring Engagement Officers

These days, the art at art museums can feel less important than “engagement,” a metric that’s arguably more measurable—from a marketing and...

01.10.2024 3

Observer

Daniel Grant

When the Question Is Consign or Sell, the Art May Hold the Answer

A few years ago, a seller walked into New York City art dealer Jill Newhouse’s gallery with an 18th-century Italian painting “that he had inherited...

16.09.2024 8

Observer

Daniel Grant

Donating Art to Foreign Institutions Is Less Complicated Than Most Collectors Realize

Noel Levine, a real estate investor and photography collector, was a long-time patron of the arts, providing photographs and millions of dollars to...

04.09.2024 6

Observer

Daniel Grant

Do Resale Restrictions Set By Art Dealers Represent a Restraint On Trade?

What does it mean to own a work of art? One might think, a painting or a sculpture is mine, and I can do with it what I want. But not really. If...

27.08.2024 3

Observer

Daniel Grant

When Deaccessioned Art and Antiquities Have Nowhere to Go

“There are a lot of loudmouths out there, people saying ‘repatriate, repatriate—get all this looted stuff out of museums and give it all back to...

08.08.2024 4

Observer

Daniel Grant

Contemporary Art Conservation Raises Thorny Issues Around Responsibility

Art is long, and life is short, according to an old Roman saying, but sometimes art doesn’t hold up its end of the bargain: the canvas warps, the...

31.07.2024 4

Observer

Daniel Grant

Audrey Flack’s Last Words: A Tale of Success in a Sexist Art World

Late last month, artist Audrey Flack passed away at the age of 93. Her photorealist paintings expressed a vision of the life of a woman as...

17.07.2024 2

Observer

Daniel Grant