The Art Detective I’ve Seen a Lot of Money Grabs in My Career as an Art Market Reporter. NFT.NYC Topped Them All The crypto world and the art world are both built on a desire for access. What happens when they collide? By Katya Kazakina, 9 hours ago
People ‘I Want to Show the Conflict I Experience Within My Brain’: Young Painter Sasha Gordon on Her Tender and Menacing Self-Portraits Just one year after graduating, Gordon discusses the inspirations behind her first New York solo show, "Hands of Others." By Katie White, 17 hours ago
Style See the First Looks From Objects IV Life, Daniel Arsham’s New Clothing Line Designed to Clad Fellow Creatives The unisex workwear and accessories employ dead-stock materials. By Artnet News, 4 hours ago
Law Two Dissident Cuban Artists Have Been Slapped With Lengthy Prison Sentences for Speaking Out Against the State Artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and Rapper Maykel Castillo will serve five and nine years in prison, respectively. By Taylor Dafoe, 6 hours ago
Art World From Monuments Honoring the Windrush Generation to Thieves Sentenced for Stealing Banksy’s Art: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week Catch up on this week's news, fast. By Artnet News, 7 hours ago
NFTs Gucci Enters Its Next Century of Art and Fashion With an NFT Collection That Includes a GG-Monogrammed Bionic Body The brand is presenting 'The Next 100 Years of Gucci' exhibition on its experimental online platform Vault. By Dorian Batycka, 7 hours ago
Market State of the Art Market: An Analysis of Global Auction Sales in the First Five Months of 2022 Here's what recent auction results can tell us about the state of play in the art market. By Artnet News and Morgan Stanley, 8 hours ago
Law An Anti-Money Laundering Bill That Could Have Profound Effects on the Art Market Just Took a Big Step Forward The Enablers Act would require art and antique dealers to investigate potential clients and report financial wrongdoing. By Taylor Dafoe, 8 hours ago
Art World In a Reversal, the San Francisco School Board Has Opted Not to Remove a Controversial George Washington Mural From a High School The historic frescoes depicting Washington's life are safe—for now. By Sarah Cascone, 8 hours ago
Buyer's Guide Bored Ape and CryptoPunk NFTs ‘Are Not Artworks’: Collector and Creator Derrick Li on the Distinctions Between Digital Art and Collectibles His company, Triple X, is currently curating a forthcoming NFT exhibition with some of the leading artists in the digital sphere. By Artnet Gallery Network, 8 hours ago
On View Bill Fontana Recorded the Vibrations of Church Bells Inside Fire-Damaged Notre Dame. Now, He’s Taking His Sound Installation on Tour The installation captures the "spirit" of Notre Dame, the artist said. By Helen Stoilas, 8 hours ago
Studio Visit Artist Sheree Hovsepian Shares a Peek of the Direction Her Work Is Taking Post-Venice. Hint: It Involves a Lot More String The New York-based artist has a presentation at the Venice Biennale and a solo show opening at Rachel Uffner gallery this September. By Christine Ajudua, 10 hours ago
The Back Room The Back Room: Has the Art Market Peaked? This week: How to tell if the market is headed for recession, a collector’s battle with a fruit company, the Asian market’s newest darling, and more. By Julia Halperin, 10 hours ago
Wet Paint Wet Paint In The Wild: Artist Pope L. Photographs His Way Through the Renaissance Society Benefit in Chicago, and Then Enjoys Some Bagels We turned over the Wet Paint in the Wild camera to the artist to document his life in Chicago. By Annie Armstrong, 11 hours ago
Politics ‘This Was Our Error’: Documenta Curators Have Apologized for Including the Controversial ‘People’s Justice’ Mural in This Year's Show The director of the Anne Frank educational center will chair a panel on antisemitism and racism in Kassel next week. By Dorian Batycka, 13 hours ago
Artnet News Pro ‘This Year Is Very Sporty’: European Dealers Hustle to Close Deals at BRAFA During a Packed Summer Art-Fair Season After pandemic delays, the Brussels fair is uncomfortably squeezed between Art Basel and TEFAF Maastricht. By Anna Sansom, 14 hours ago
Law A Photographer Is Suing Tattoo Artist Kat Von D After She Inked His Portrait of Miles Davis on a Friend’s Body The potential ramifications of a ruling in the case are fascinating. By Sarah Cascone, 14 hours ago