Auctions Phillips’s $225 Million Evening Sale Marks Its Biggest-Ever Night, Led by an Astounding Basquiat Basquiat's 'Untitled' alone drew $85 million on an evening the house's deputy chairman Robert Manley called 'historic.' By Annie Armstrong, May 19, 2022
Museums The Whitney’s Union and Supporters Protested Outside the Museum’s Annual Gala Following a ‘Lowballed’ Wage Offer The offer was "tone-deaf in terms of what is going on in this whole sector," said the union's president. By Annie Armstrong, May 18, 2022
Wet Paint Wet Paint In the Wild: Art Advisor Dan Oglander Photographs His Way Through New York Art Week With His Trusty Dog In this week's edition, Oglander takes his pet around town and hits the fairs. By Annie Armstrong, May 12, 2022
Wet Paint Investors in Loïc Gouzer’s NFT Startup Should Read the Fine Print, Lucien Gets Its First Art Show, and More Juicy Art-World Gossip Plus, Canada gallery is opening two new spaces and James Franco makes an appearance at NADA in New York. By Annie Armstrong, May 12, 2022
Artnet News Pro Who Actually Buys Fractional Art? We Spoke With 3 Investors: a Real-Estate Exec, a Podcaster, and a Corporate Lawyer These everyday professionals are betting on bite-size pieces of cultural assets. By Annie Armstrong, May 10, 2022
Art Fairs ‘We’ve Seen a Huge Convergence’: NADA New York Dealers Are Catering to Collectors Who Want Both NFTs and Traditional Media Gallerists say there's more than enough space for everything. By Annie Armstrong, May 6, 2022
Wet Paint Wet Paint in the Wild: NADA Head Honcho Heather Hubbs’s Photo Diary of Christmas in April in Dimes Square and Prepping for the Big Fair Hubbs takes us to her favorite restaurant and her favorite parks, and offers a glimpse of the NADA New York install. By Annie Armstrong, May 6, 2022
Market A College Student Bought a $10 Ashtray at a Goodwill. Turns Out It’s a Yoshitomo Nara—and He Flipped It for a 30,000 Percent Profit Terrelle Brown, a 22-year-old student at Wheaton College, hit the jackpot. By Annie Armstrong, May 4, 2022
Wet Paint The Best and Worst Tippers in the Art World—Revealed, a Top Rapper Makes His Curatorial Debut, and More Juicy Art-World Gossip Plus, what superstar artist's work got all dinged up on the way to the Venice Biennale? And artist Tourmaline gives us a peek into her life. By Annie Armstrong, Apr 29, 2022
Wet Paint Powerhouse Gallery LGDR Finally Names Its Artists, a ‘Bachelor’ Star Shows Us His NFTs, and More Juicy Art-World Gossip Plus, who was Hans Ulrich Obrist having lunch with in Venice? And curator Daisy Sanchez gives us a peek into her life. By Annie Armstrong, Apr 21, 2022
Wet Paint Eric Adams Gets COVID After Partying With the Art World, Skater Evan Mock Gets His Own Cryptocurrency, and More Art-World Gossip Plus, Chance the Rapper hits up the Chicago gallery scene, and expert tips on rookie mistakes to avoid during the Venice Biennale. By Annie Armstrong, Apr 14, 2022
Art Fairs Expo Chicago Lights Up for the First Time in Years, Drawing Dealers From Near and Quite Far Navy Pier breezed back to life with the latest edition of Expo, the Windy City's premier art fair. By Annie Armstrong, Apr 8, 2022
Wet Paint Jeff Koons’s NFT Artist Son Speaks Out on Dad’s Divorce, New York Gets Hip New Gallery Hood, and More Art-World Gossip Plus, what "Game of Thrones" co-stars were out in Ridgewood, Queens? And scenester-curator Brooke Wise gives us a look into her life. By Annie Armstrong, Apr 7, 2022
Wet Paint David Zwirner and a Star Artist Part Ways, Guerrilla Artists Stink-Bomb the Whitney Biennial Party, and More Art-World Gossip Plus, what rock stars showed up to the Whitney? Which artist is backing billionaire Rick Caruso for L.A. mayor? Read on for answers. By Annie Armstrong, Mar 31, 2022
Museums Demanding a New Contract, Unionized Whitney Museum Employees Demonstrated at the VIP Opening of the Museum’s Biennial Union members say the museum has been dragging its feet on contract negotiations. By Annie Armstrong, Mar 30, 2022
