Art Fairs ‘It’s Exciting for People to Have That ‘Wow’ Moment’: Collectors Snap Up Major Works by Dana Schutz and George Condo at Frieze New York Dealers managed to do strong business on opening day at the pared-down Frieze New York. By Nate Freeman & Eileen Kinsella, May 5, 2021
Market Gallery Weekend Beijing Drew Nearly 200,000 In-Person Visitors Despite a Regional Audience and Enduring Travel Restrictions Dealers saw robust attendance and encouraging signs for the future of in-person art events. By Eileen Kinsella, May 3, 2021
Art World Want to Kick Poker Night Up a Notch? A Playing-Card Company Has Teamed Up With the Whitney to Release Artist-Designed Decks The first deck is designed by Shantell Martin, and it runs only $10. By Eileen Kinsella, May 3, 2021
Art Collectors Can the Pandemic Home-Improvement Boom Boost the Market? An Auction Veteran’s New Company Targets Interior Designers Liz Beaman Delman has big plans for Above the Sofa. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 29, 2021
Analysis Think Everyone Is Getting Rich Off NFTs? Most Sales Are Actually $200 or Less, According to One Report And that's before fees. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 29, 2021
Art Fairs Are the Brisk Sales at a Tiny Marfa Art Fair the Harbinger of a Post-Pandemic Buying Frenzy to Come? Some Dealers Think So Among the attendees this year were Bill Powers, Nino Mier, and Yvonne Force Villareal. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 28, 2021
Museums Marie-Josée Kravis Will Replace Leon Black as MoMA Board Chair After an Activist Campaign Nixed His Reelection Chances Black will remain involved with the museum as a trustee. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 27, 2021
Pop Culture A Pair of ‘Nike Air Yeezy’ Sneakers Kanye West Wore to the Grammys Just Sold for $1.8 Million at Sotheby’s The buyer was a sneaker investment platform called Rares. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 26, 2021
Auctions Mad Dog Jones Is the Most Expensive Living Canadian Artist After Phillips’s $4.1 Million Sale of His Self-Replicating NFT Bidding started at $100 two weeks ago. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 23, 2021
Sustainability How Can an Artist Making Weighty Work Go Carbon Negative? Karen LaMonte Has a Blueprint (It’s Cheaper Than You Think) She quickly learned that not all carbon offsets are created equal. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 22, 2021
Auctions Sotheby’s Just Launched a Science and Pop Culture Department, Citing Growing Hunger for Dinosaur Bones and Space Suits Sotheby's new division will be helmed by Cassandra Hatton, a former books and manuscript specialist with omnivorous taste. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 21, 2021
Crime The U.S. Returns 33 Antiquities Stolen From Afghanistan That Are Linked to Disgraced Dealer Subhash Kapoor To date, the D.A. has repatriated more than 2,500 works connected with the former art dealer. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 20, 2021
Auctions Surging Demand for Young Artists Powered Sotheby’s $122.5 Million Contemporary Art Sale in Hong Kong The 45-lot sale saw records set for Avery Singer, Salman Toor, and others. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 19, 2021
People How Mega-Collector and Scholar Estrellita Brodsky Uses Her Nonprofit Gallery to Grow Visibility for Latin American Artists Throughout her career, Brodsky has worked to redefine and broaden art historical narratives. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 15, 2021
Auctions Sotheby’s Nets $17 Million With Its First-Ever NFT Auction (Which Included Almost 20,000 Very Fungible Works) Thousands of buyers eagerly snapped up the anonymous artist Pak's $500 "cubes," which were made in an open edition. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 15, 2021
