Auctions An Unassuming Chardin Strawberry Painting Fetches a Record-Shattering $26.8 Million at Auction, Shocking Market-Watchers The luminous 18th-century still life is the only known instance in which he painted strawberries. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 25, 2022
Galleries Upper East Side Mainstay Venus Over Manhattan Will Open a New Downtown Location With a Focus on Young Artists The new space marks the gallery's 10th anniversary and opens with a show by Ana Benaroya. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 25, 2022
Art Fairs Japan Is Trying to Lure a World-Class Art Fair to Tokyo With Tax Incentives and a Big Open Art Space. Will the Gamble Pay Off? Japanese authorities and some eager dealers believe the country's art market could rebound to its former high status. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 24, 2022
Politics Zaha Hadid Architects Will Build a Metaverse for the Unrecognized, Real-Life Libertarian State of Liberland Principal architect Patrik Schumacher says only architects, not video game designers, have the vision for metaverse projects. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 23, 2022
Auctions How Much for an Invisible Artwork? Sotheby’s Is Betting It Can Get a Half Million Dollars for a Sales Receipt by Yves Klein Klein sold a number of such works between 1959 and 1962 in return for a weight of pure gold. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 22, 2022
Auctions Led by a Prized Francis Picabia, Sotheby’s First-Ever Surrealist Sale in Paris Nets $36 Million The event included 23 lots and was highlighted by a 1929 Picabia picture that sold for $10.9 million. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 17, 2022
Artnet News Pro The Co-Founders of SuperRare Tell Us How And Why Their Incredibly Successful NFT Platform Became a DAO We spoke to the brains behind the company about its genesis four years ago and its massive growth. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 17, 2022
Auctions Bonhams Buys Boston-Based Skinner Auction House, Accelerating Consolidation of Midlevel Auctions The acquisition 'brings the world to New England,' and creates an entity known as Bonhams Skinner. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 16, 2022
Galleries Lehmann Maupin Goes All in on Tech, Offering NFTs and an Augmented Reality Experience From Ashley Bickerton Less than a year after it started accepting cryptocurrency as payment, Lehmann Maupin is wading further into the digital art world. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 11, 2022
Galleries The Rauschenberg Foundation Is Teaming Up With New Galleries to Bring a Bonanza of Shows to New York and Salzburg The foundation is putting a serious push behind the artist's post-1970s work. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 10, 2022
Art World Devastating Floods in Eastern Australia Have Cost Galleries and Artists ‘Incomprehensible’ Losses of Artwork and Property Flood waters reached the second floor of Lismore Regional Gallery. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 9, 2022
Law After Losing Nearly $60 Million, the Getty Trust Is Suing Finance Giant Allianz for Allegedly Mismanaging Its Investment The Getty and others allege that Allianz lied about its risk management strategy. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 7, 2022
Politics Directors of Russia’s Top Art Museums and Fairs Are Resigning En Masse Leaders at the Pushkin Museum, the VAC Foundation, and the Cosmoscow fair have stepped down. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 4, 2022
Auctions Despite Talk of a Boycott of the Russian-Owned Auction House, Phillips Cruises to a Solid $40 Million Evening Sale in London The overall results were strong, especially considering challenges in the lead-up to the auction. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 3, 2022
Politics Russian Oligarch Vladimir Potanin Steps Down From the Guggenheim’s Board After Two Decades Potanin was one of a group of oligarchs who met with the Russian president at the Kremlin last week. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 3, 2022
