Annie Armstrong

Wet Paint Columnist

Annie Armstrong is a writer and reporter based out of New York City.

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David Zwirner and a Star Artist Part Ways, Guerrilla Artists Stink-Bomb the Whitney Biennial Party, and More Art-World Gossip

by Annie Armstrong

Museums & Institutions

Demanding a New Contract, Unionized Whitney Museum Employees Demonstrated at the VIP Opening of the Museum’s Biennial

by Annie Armstrong

Market

How a New, ‘Deliberately Unsexy’ Blockchain Business Wants to Help Artists Benefit From Collectors Flipping Their Work

by Annie Armstrong

Wet Paint

Mary Boone Is Serving Her Debt to Society at This Nonprofit, a Carroll Dunham Fake Gets Yanked From Sale, and More Art-World Gossip

by Annie Armstrong

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Sotheby’s Hired the TikToker Who Said He Bought a George Condo, Artist Leaves Gallery Over Beeple Show, and More Art-World Gossip

by Annie Armstrong

Art Fairs

When the Outsider Art Fair Began 30 Years Ago, It Catered to a Niche Audience. Now, Even Celebrities Want In

by Annie Armstrong

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The Real Reason Sotheby’s $30 Million CryptoPunks Sale Flopped, Artists Abandon Downtown’s Hottest Gallery, and More Art-World Gossip

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In-Demand Star Kandis Williams Picks a New Gallery, a Top Music Producer Clues Us Into His Collection, and More Art-World Gossip

by Annie Armstrong

Art Fairs

Action! Los Angeles Glitterati Descend on a Frenetic First Day of Frieze, Snapping Up Works and Posing for the Cameras

by Eileen Kinsella & Annie Armstrong

People

Matthew Brown, the 26-Year-Old Art Dealer, Might Be the Breakout Star of Los Angeles’s Gallery Scene. Just Don’t Ask Him to Confirm

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Wet Paint

Michael Xufu Huang’s Cecily Brown Gets Flipped (Again!), a Dealer Who Hates NFTs Is Making $$$ on NFTs, and More Art-World Gossip

by Annie Armstrong

NFTs

Looks Like the Auction of Melania Trump’s First NFT Was Such a Dud She Had to Buy the Thing Herself

by Annie Armstrong

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Swizz Beatz Shills for the Saudi Government, Jacolby Satterwhite Gets a Portrait by Rachel Dolezal, and More Juicy Art-World Gossip

by Annie Armstrong

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Chelsea Gallery Charges Artists for Representation, Dealer Drops Painter After He’s Accused of Copying, Plus More Art-World Gossip

by Annie Armstrong

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A Scammer Is Posing as Cindy Sherman’s CEO, Dua Lipa Is Actually a Legit Art Collector, and More Art-World Gossip

by Annie Armstrong