Galleries At 26, Cierra Britton Is Already Fulfilling Her Dream: Opening an Art Gallery Dedicated to Supporting Women of Color After raising $30,000 in crowdfunding and launching on Juneteenth, Cierra Britton opened her first gallery on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. By Folasade Ologundudu, Nov 22, 2022
Auctions A Hand-Colored ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ Work Sold for a Record-Smashing $480,000, Making It One of the Most Valuable Comic Strips This is only the second time that Bill Watterson's work has appeared at auction. By Richard Whiddington, Nov 22, 2022
NFTs Digital Art Star Krista Kim Dreams of the Metaverse as a Space for High-Fidelity, Immersive Art Experiences. Can She Make It a Reality? The artist's metaverse company is beta-testing Ørb, an interoperable vehicle aiming to deliver immersive content to virtual worlds. By Richard Whiddington, Nov 22, 2022
Auctions Bob Dylan’s Handwritten Love Letters to His High School Sweetheart (Envelopes and All) Sold for Nearly $700,000 at Auction His love letters to Barbara Ann Hewitt in Hibbing, Minnesota, have officially hit the market. By Vittoria Benzine, Nov 21, 2022
Artnet News Pro A No-Nonsense Accounting Shows That Last Week’s $1.6 Billion New York Fall Auctions Were… Kind of a Dud It's fair to say a correction to the speculative bonanza has arrived. By Tim Schneider, Nov 21, 2022
Auctions Christie’s Pulled a $25 Million T-Rex Skeleton From Auction After Experts Pointed Out That Most of Its Bones Are Replicas The skeleton was set to become the first of its kind ever offered at auction in Asia. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 21, 2022
Artnet News Pro Who Won Auction Week? Here Are 16 Key Takeaways From New York’s $3.2 Billion Fall Sales From the priciest work to the biggest flop (and more), here are our parting observations from New York's marquee auctions this November. By Artnet News, Nov 21, 2022
Art Fairs With an Expanded Format That Now Includes Design, Art Cologne Sees a Boost in Visitor Numbers and Some Decent Sales This year's editions established some key changes to the fair's format. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 21, 2022
Art Fairs Buying Activity at Abu Dhabi Art Signals a Market Comeback for the UAE Despite a Looming Global Recession Welcoming a maturing crop of local collectors, the fair hosted its biggest edition to date. By Rebecca Anne Proctor, Nov 21, 2022
Art Fairs After the Arrival of Paris+, Is There a Future for FIAC? Its New Director Is Plotting a Return Florence Bourgeois, who also leads Paris Photo, says she still hopes to bring the photography fair to New York as well. By Anna Sansom, Nov 20, 2022
Galleries Jack Shainman Will Open Up a New Gallery in Tribeca’s Historic Clock Tower Building Next Year, Turning a Landmark Bank Lobby Into an Exhibition Space The dealer will maintain his current spaces in Chelsea and upstate New York. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 18, 2022
NFTs Justin Bieber’s $1.3 Million Bored Ape Plunges in Value to Just $70,000 as NFT Prices Continue Their Free Fall Bieber's is an unremarkable example. By Vittoria Benzine, Nov 18, 2022
Auctions A Long-Lost Keith Haring Mural Painted for Mount Sinai Children’s Hospital Just Sold for Almost $1 Million at Auction The artist's foundation is generally against these works going into private hands, but was pleased that proceeds will support the hospital. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 18, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: The Gavel Grind This week: assessing the auction cycle’s end, counting other people’s money, Betye Saar’s latest milestone, and much more. By Tim Schneider & Julia Halperin, Nov 18, 2022
Wet Paint Unmasking the Man Who Made a 20,000 Percent Profit on an Amy Sherald, an Oral History of the Jane Hotel, and More Juicy Art-World Gossip Plus, who in the art world paid Elon Musk for a blue check mark? And why was Urs Fischer's sculpture pulled from a charity sale? By Annie Armstrong, Nov 18, 2022