Auctions An Anne Vallayer-Coster Still Life, Thought Lost for 200 Years, Fetches a Record-Smashing $2.8 Million at Auction The impressive still life had only been exhibited once, in 1783. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 22, 2023
Galleries Months After Adding Nan Goldin to Its Roster, Gagosian Hires a Veteran Photography Curator in Newly Created Director Role The mega-gallery's new hire points to the increasing importance of the medium. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 22, 2023
The Gray Market In 2023, You Can’t Spell ‘Art Market’ Without ‘M&A’—How Perrotin’s Sale of a Majority Stake in His Gallery Pencils Out Our columnist consults mergers and acquisitions pros to shed a little light on Colony IM's pending investment in Perrotin. By Tim Schneider, Jun 21, 2023
Artnet News Pro Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and For How Much—at Art Basel 2023 Here's what dealers say they sold at the flagship event. By Artnet News, Jun 20, 2023
Auctions Rubens Painting Lost For 300 Years and Misidentified When Last Sold at Auction Will Star At Upcoming Sotheby’s Sale in London Research and x-ray analysis revealed that the painting is far more important than previously thought. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 19, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Split Decision? This week: our debrief on Art Basel and what it portends for the art market, the appalling accommodations at Les Trois Rois, Steve Wynn shops a Rothko for $60 million, and much more. By Artnet News, Jun 16, 2023
Auctions A One-of-a-Kind Handmade Pocket Watch Added $4.9 Million to Phillips’s Timepieces Sale, While Sotheby’s Sold a Rolex Daytona Owned by Paul Newman Phillips set multiple records, thanks to a legendary piece of horology by Roger Smith. By Artnet News, Jun 16, 2023
NFTs A Crypto Spring? Sotheby’s $11 Million NFT Sale Renews Hope for the Battered Market—But There Are Caveats A single work from Dmitri Cherniak made up half the sale's total. By Richard Whiddington, Jun 16, 2023
Art Fairs Design Miami’s Downscaled Fair in Basel Comes With Confirmation of an Upcoming Paris Edition This year's fair has a heavy French accent, reflecting its ambitions for Paris in October 2023. By Lee Carter, Jun 15, 2023
Art Fairs Art Basel Stops Requiring Candidates to Submit Full-Body Photos in Job Applications After a Feminist Artist’s Complaints The policy had been in place for years. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 15, 2023
Wet Paint Wet Paint Goes to Basel, Where We Were Tattooed by David Mugrabi, Fleeced for Drinks, and Appalled by the Beds at Les Trois Rois Our columnist reports live from Basel's most exclusive and mythologized hotel. By Annie Armstrong, Jun 15, 2023
Auctions King Charles’s Childhood Drawings of ‘Mummy,’ ‘Papa,’ and the Easter Bunny Are Hitting the Auction Block in England Included are crayon portraits of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 15, 2023
Market 5 Artworks for Every Level of Collector at Art Basel, From an Early Jean-Michel Basquiat to an Intimate Portrait of Louise Bourgeois The fair renowned for eye-watering price tags has a few bargains to offer. By Anna Sansom, Jun 15, 2023
Art Fairs 10 of the Best Artworks at Art Basel 2023, From New Provocations by Anne Imhof to a Bravura $22 Million de Kooning These are the booths that caught the eye of Artnet News's editor-in-chief. By Andrew Goldstein, Jun 15, 2023
The Gray Market Apple’s Hotly Anticipated Mixed-Reality Headset Won’t Disrupt the Art World, But Could Help Optimize the Market Our columnist weighs in on what Apple's Vision Pro will mean for the art world. By Tim Schneider, Jun 14, 2023