Wet Paint Celebrity Daughter Lands Gig at Gagosian, Paul Chan’s New Show Draws Weirdly Intense Backlash, and More Art-World Gossip Plus, which auctioneer denounced lockdown measures on Instagram? Which artist collaborated with Reese's Puffs cereal? Read on for answers. By Annie Armstrong, Jan 13, 2022
People Rachel Uffner’s Tastemaking Gallery Survived the Great Recession and the Pandemic. The Daily Grind Is Much Harder The gallerist opened her space the same month that Lehman Brothers crashed in 2008. Through the 2020s, she's had to pull out some old tricks she learned back then. By Annie Armstrong, Jan 10, 2022
Wet Paint Kanye West Teams Up With Judy Chicago, TikToker Gets $25K Offers for Probably Fake Banksys, and More Art-World Gossip Plus, which artist blasted the New Yorker for trying to cancel New Years? What painter is now on an exclusive dating app? Read on for answers. By Annie Armstrong, Jan 6, 2022
Wet Paint Artists Slap Dealer With Suit for Missing Payments, Brooklyn Museum Prez Tries to Block Bad Press, and More Juicy Art-World Gossip Plus, what party drew Rob Storr and Alison Roman? What art-adjacent restaurant just got shut down for health reasons? Read on for answers. By Annie Armstrong, Dec 17, 2021
Wet Paint Downtown New York Galleries Go for Broke With New Spaces, a Mega-Collector Launches Into Space, and More Juicy Art-World Gossip Plus, which artist did Jay Z just invest in? What ultra-hip early-aughts party photographer is planning a comeback? Read on for answers. By Annie Armstrong, Dec 10, 2021
Wet Paint Collectors Abandon Art Basel Miami Beach for NFT Fairs, Kennedy Yanko Gets a New Gallery, and More Juicy Art-World Gossip Plus, what beloved actor spied an Anna Weyant work at Gagosian's booth? What mega-collector bumped into a Calder work? Read on for answers. By Annie Armstrong, Dec 3, 2021
Art Fairs Collectors Unleash Pent-Up Buying Demand at NADA Miami, Where Concerns Over Speculation Abound Several of the booths had sold out on opening day of NADA Miami, where buyers were out in full force for young artists in particular. By Eileen Kinsella & Annie Armstrong, Dec 2, 2021
People Self-Taught Artist Jammie Holmes Didn’t Set Foot in a Museum Until He Was Over 30. Now, Collectors Are Vying for His Work Jammie Holmes's recent rise is making him one of the hottest artists of Miami Art Week. By Annie Armstrong, Dec 1, 2021
Wet Paint David and Libbie Mugrabi Move On, Christie’s Staff Scouts for Private Sale on Discord, and More Juicy Art-World Gossip Plus, which dealer extraordinaire got outbid on the Macklowes' Picasso sculpture? And what Hollywood celebrity came out to fete David Salle? By Annie Armstrong, Nov 19, 2021
Auctions Emerging Artists Earn Phillips Its Most Lucrative Auction Ever, Raking in a $137.9 Million Sales Total Records were set for younger artists, like Shara Hughes and Ewa Juszkiewicz, while the marquee lot by Francis Bacon failed to reach its low estimate. By Annie Armstrong, Nov 18, 2021
Auctions Frida Kahlo Sets a New Auction Record for Latin American Art—Beating Out Diego Rivera—at Sotheby’s $283 Million Modern Art Evening Sale Kahlo's 'Diego y Yo' sold for $34.9 million. By Annie Armstrong, Nov 16, 2021
Art Fairs The Rescheduled Dallas Art Fair Opens With Slow But Steady Sales and an Eye Towards Local Institutions Collectors who did not pounce immediately were liable to be beaten out by the Dallas Museum of Art. By Annie Armstrong, Nov 12, 2021
Wet Paint ‘Free Peter Max’ Is the New ‘Free Britney,’ a Secondary-Market Dealmaker Pivots to Primary, and More Juicy Art-World Gossip Plus, which artist hung out downtown with Tyler, The Creator? And which gallery is taking poetic license with its so-called "livestream" program? By Annie Armstrong, Nov 11, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions Artist Arthur Jafa Takes an Abstract Turn in His First New Film Since His Golden Lion-Winning Project for the Venice Biennale The film is on view for a month at the former site of Gavin Brown's Enterprise. By Annie Armstrong, Nov 9, 2021
Wet Paint Quentin Tarantino May Be Getting a Raw NFT Deal, a Storied Collector Is Locked in Her Townhouse, and More Juicy Art-World Gossip Plus, which veteran dealer is joining Allan Schwartzman's art-advisor army? And who wore what to the top art-world Halloween parties? Read on for answers. By Annie Armstrong, Nov 4, 2021
