Wet Paint Wet Paint in the Wild: Dealer Bridget Finn Travels From Detroit to New York to Watch Her Charity Auction at Christie’s Finn captures the artists who helped make it happen, and what it feels like to see months of organizing pay off in under a minute. By Annie Armstrong, Nov 17, 2022
Market Meet Albert Willem, the Self-Taught Belgian Painter Whose Jokey Tableaux Are Suddenly Netting Six Figures at Auction Although he only made his auction debut this year, Willem's works are selling for ten times above their high estimates. By Annie Armstrong, Nov 17, 2022
Auctions Phillips 20th Century and Contemporary Art Evening Sale Nets $139 Million, Led by Twombly’s Red Loops The event suggested a tepidness is settling into the market. By Annie Armstrong, Nov 15, 2022
Auctions Sotheby’s $391 Million Modern Art Double-Header Signals Enduring Strength in the Art Market, Despite Fears of a Recession The auction house sold works from the David M. Solinger collection, followed by its Modern art evening sale. By Annie Armstrong, Nov 14, 2022
Wet Paint An Update on Christophe de Menil, the D.J. Who Is a Thorn in the Side of Dealers at Art Basel Miami Beach, and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, which artist has attracted Kylie Jenner's attention in New York? And what iconic watering hole is about to join the Chelsea bar graveyard? Read on for answers. By Annie Armstrong, Nov 11, 2022
Wet Paint Wet Paint in the Wild: Fort Gansevoort’s Adam Shopkorn Travels to the Canadian Arctic for One Very Chilly Studio Visit The owner of Fort Gansevoort gallery shows us a week in his life. By Annie Armstrong, Nov 10, 2022
Wet Paint The Skinny on Anna Weyant’s Primary Market Prices, Art Job Salaries Laid Bare, and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, which galleries piqued Michelle Obama's interest last week? And who got a proposal at the Crystal Bridges Museum of Art? By Annie Armstrong, Nov 4, 2022
Wet Paint Wet Paint in the Wild: Ursula Von Rydingsvard Plays With Chainsaws and Sees Her Sculptures Transformed Into Cookies The octogenarian sharpens her blades as she prepares for an exhibition at Galerie Lelong & Co. By Annie Armstrong, Nov 3, 2022
Politics How Ted Cruz Accidentally Got Caught Up in a Publicity Stunt for an Adult-Themed NFT Cruz fans wanted to know, "Who is that sitting behind him?" By Annie Armstrong, Oct 28, 2022
Wet Paint Wet Paint in the Wild: Artist Jeanette Hayes Takes Us on a Psychedelic Romp Through Paris Just look at how the artist ran with the prompt! By Annie Armstrong, Oct 27, 2022
Wet Paint Revealing the Ascendant Artist Tapped for the Rubell’s Coveted Residency, a Shoe Fight at Frieze Seoul, and More Juicy Art-World Gossip Plus, who was the most famous face spotted roaming the aisles at Paris+? And which other French fair is regretting skimping on the climate control? By Annie Armstrong, Oct 24, 2022
Wet Paint Wet Paint in the Wild: Pace’s Kimberly Drew Celebrates Black Womanhood—and Takes a Breather—at Simone Leigh’s Venice Retreat We handed over the camera to the Pace associate director. By Annie Armstrong, Oct 20, 2022
Crime A Group of Young Thieves Are Posing as Art Students to Rob Galleries on New York’s Lower East Side Betty Cunningham and Nicodim galleries are among the half-dozen targets. By Annie Armstrong, Oct 18, 2022
Style In Pictures: The Best (and Most Creatively) Dressed Attendees at the Opening Day of Frieze London 2022 The gallerinas and fashionistas were out in full force. By Annie Armstrong, Oct 14, 2022
Wet Paint A Glamorous Night Out in London With Hannah Traore, the Skinny on LVMH and Gagosian, and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, which disgraced art dealer was absent from Frieze London? And who is hiring a combination gallery assistant-babysitter? By Annie Armstrong, Oct 14, 2022