The Back Room The Back Room: Bet on Betrayal This week: why artists leave their galleries, a Cuban art gem hits the block, a mega-gallery bankrolls a literary mag, and much more. By Naomi Rea, Sep 30, 2022
Galleries Hotshot Gallerist Lexi Bishop Left New York and L.A. to Strike Out on Her Own in Pittsburgh. Here’s What She Learned in Year One The former Christie’s contemporary art specialist discusses the city's growing art scene. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 30, 2022
Auctions Can Dinomania Strike Twice? Christie’s Is Selling a Full T. Rex Skeleton—a $25 Million Specimen Named Shen—in Hong Kong Shen the T. Rex will hit the block on November 30. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 29, 2022
NFTs ‘It’s a Huge Message to the Centuries-Old Art Market’: 18-Year-Old NFT Star Diana Sinclair on How She’s Taking on the Blue-Chip Art World The artist's works are kicking off the launch of Christie's new NFT platform. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 29, 2022
Wet Paint Wet Paint in the Wild: Curator Roya Sachs Goes Backstage to Produce Some Art Wizardry at a Psychedelic Music Festival The curator takes us along for an action-packed trip to Format music festival in the Ozarks. By Annie Armstrong, Sep 29, 2022
Auctions The Rarely Seen Art Collection of a Former TV Lawyer Could Sell for $100 Million at Sotheby’s David Solinger was the first non-Whitney family president of the Whitney Museum of American Art and a dedicated Ab-Ex collector. By Katya Kazakina, Sep 29, 2022
Analysis How a $10 Million Miró Auction Flop Turned Into a Dream Come True for One Dutch Museum The museum seized an opportunity after the Surrealist work failed to sell at auction. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 29, 2022
Artnet News Pro How Does an Art Fair Booth Get Nominated for the Turner Prize? A Q&A With Blindspot Gallery’s Founder Mimi Chun The Hong Kong gallerist talks returning to Frieze London and the challenges facing the market at home. By Vivienne Chow, Sep 28, 2022
Auctions The Most Expensive Sneakers Ever Sold—Kanye West’s $1.8 Million ‘Nike Air Yeezys’—Are Returning to Auction The shoes will be sold as part of the launch of a new Christie's division, Department X, dedicated to streetwear and collectibles. By Dorian Batycka, Sep 27, 2022
Artnet News Pro Bonhams Has Been Acquiring Its Competitors at Warp Speed. Here’s Why the Middle-Market Player Wants a Network, Not an Empire The house has found a winning strategy in accelerating key trends at play in the auction realm. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 27, 2022
Art Fairs Inside the Affordable Art Fair, Where Artists Pose as Dealers and Paintings Fly Off the Walls Marking its 20th anniversary, the expo provides a window into the little-discussed and low-cost backbone of the art market. By Zachary Small, Sep 27, 2022
NFTs Pace Recruits Top Gallery Stars, Including teamLab and Loie Hollowell, to Create NFTs for Its Web3 Arm The projects from Pace Verso include new collaborations with generative-art platform Art Blocks. By Artnet News, Sep 27, 2022
NFTs With NFT Prices Cratering, Can ‘Phygital’ Art Keep Collectors From Walking Away? Could the noted rise of "phygital art—a contested and even loathed term—mark a renaissance for the battered NFT market? By Dorian Batycka, Sep 26, 2022
Auctions Art Stars for Sale! Sotheby’s Is Auctioning Off a Studio Visit With David Hockney and a Sitting With Annie Leibovitz for Charity All proceeds will benefit Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado's conservation nonprofit, Instituto Terra. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 26, 2022
Artnet News Pro Meet 5 Japanese Collectors Who Are Putting Their Country’s Art Scene on the Road to Resurgence These collectors exemplify Japan’s search for new beginnings in the global market. By Jennifer Pastore, Sep 25, 2022