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Mary Lane

Mary Lane

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Journalist, Freelance

Biography

Mary M. Lane is The Wall Street Journal's main European art & art market reporter. She is based in Berlin and responsible for the paper's European and UK coverage of museums, art galleries, auctions and art fairs. SCOOPS/EXCLUSIVES Recent stories she has broken include: --multiple scoops and page one exclusives on the Cornelius Gurlitt art restitution case, consistently beating English-language and international competition --the news of Leon Black buying the $49 million Raphael drawing from Sotheby's --the news of Jose Mugrabi buying the $58 million Jeff Koons orange balloon dog from Christie's, the current record for an artwork by a living artist --the English-language exclusive interview with Ai Weiwei ahead of his Brooklyn and Berlin shows --the first journalist for a non-French publication to interview Jean-Luc Martinez, the Louvre's new director --the world exclusive interview with Maria Lassnig ahead of her MoMA PS1 retrospective, her first interview in years and the last before her death EXPERIENCE Following a 2010 DAAD Junior Fellowship, Ms. Lane was awarded one of five annual Fulbright Journalism Fellowships. She began with the Journal as a Fulbrighter in 2011, covering Chinese-German economic relations and the euro crisis. Ms. Lane wrote for the AP as an intern for 14 months in 2009 and 2010. She has also written for the Burlington Free Press, the Addison Independent and the Berliner Zeitung. She wrote her thesis entirely in German on the Spiegel Affair. WSJ ARTICLE STRUCTURE Ms. Lane's auction coverage and financial art stories appear in Marketplace; breaking news appears in World News or on Page One. Profiles of artists, collectors, broader art trends, art fairs, etc go in the Arena (Friday) and Icons (Saturday) sections or the Greater New York section (daily).

Final Covers

european art art, Galleries, auctions sotheby's, Museums, art fairschristie's, art finance art restitution

Doesn’t Cover

technology, beauty

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Total articles 199

  • Emil Nolde

    By John Simkin, Nausikaä El-Mecky, Constance Simms, Mary Lane Verified

    Apr. 13, 2022

  • Hidden Gems at Baltimore's Walters Art Museum

    By Mary Lane Verified

    Jan. 14, 2022

  • Looking Back at "Reframed"

    By Mary Lane Verified

    Dec. 09, 2021

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Company Info

Freelance

Freelancer.com is the largest freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace in the world, connecting over 81 million employers and freelancers across more than 247 countries. Founded in 2009 and based in Sydney, Australia, the platform allows employers to post jobs while freelancers can bid on these projects. It is publicly traded on the Australian Securities Exchange under the ticker ASX:FLN. The platform supports a variety of work categories, including software development, writing, design, and marketing. Freelancer.com also offers contests for creative work, where employers can award prize money to winning entries. Users can choose from different membership plans, including free and paid subscriptions, which provide various benefits. The mobile app enhances project management and communication for users on the go. With a diverse customer base that includes individuals, small businesses, and large enterprises, Freelancer.com plays a significant role in the global online economy.

De Pere, Wisconsin, United States

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