Market The Financial Community Is Shutting Its Doors to Russia. Will the Art Market Follow? The same conditions that create soaring values are now being used to keep a lid on art being used as an asset. By Katya Kazakina & Eileen Kinsella, Mar 1, 2022
Auctions A Prized Basquiat Owned by Billionaire Mega-Collector Yusaku Maezawa Could Fetch More Than $70 Million at Auction This Spring Maezawa also revealed he is planning to build a museum to house his collection. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 28, 2022
Pop Culture Thanks to the Magic of A.I., Andy Warhol Will Narrate a New Netflix Documentary Series on His Life From Beyond the Grave The documentary series aims to pull back the curtain on the artist's inner life and relationships. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 25, 2022
Law A Judge Tells Relatives of Henry Darger That There Are ‘Lots of Holes’ in Their Claim to the Late Artist’s Estate Distant relatives of the artist have stepped forward with a claim for control of the estate. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 24, 2022
Law Can A.I.-Generated Art Receive Copyright Protection? U.S. Authorities Say No, Citing a Lack of ‘Human Authorship’ The copyright office has turned down an work of AI art for the second time. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 23, 2022
Art Fairs Los Angeles’s Ultra-Cool Poolside Fair Felix Is Yet Again a Favorite Among Tastemaking Dealers The fair held its third edition last week at the historic Hollywood Roosevelt hotel. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 21, 2022
Art Fairs Action! Los Angeles Glitterati Descend on a Frenetic First Day of Frieze, Snapping Up Works and Posing for the Cameras The art fair is back after two years at swanky new digs in Beverly Hills. By Eileen Kinsella & Annie Armstrong, Feb 18, 2022
Science & Tech As Part of Its Rebrand, Meta Is Launching an Expanded Art Program and Teaming Up With the New Museum and Other Top Institutions The company says it sees artists as "hackers." By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 16, 2022
Galleries East Coast Art Dealers Are Flocking to Los Angeles in the Latest California Gold Rush In recent weeks, more than a half-dozen dealers have announced plans to establish new branches in Hollywood. By Taylor Dafoe & Eileen Kinsella, Feb 15, 2022
Art Fairs Here’s How Frieze L.A. Will Look Different This Year, From a New Beverly Hills Home to a Series of Creative Collaborations New director Christine Messineo shares some of that changes in store. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 15, 2022
Pop Culture What Does the New Netflix Series About Convicted Scammer Anna Delvey Get Right About the Art World? We Took a Deep Dive Here's our guide to the wall candy and character cameos. By Eileen Kinsella & Katie White, Feb 11, 2022
Market A Failed Bank Was Supposed to Sell Off Its Pricey Art Collection to Repay Clients. But a Court Rules That a Caravaggio and Other Masterpieces Can’t Leave the Country A Caravaggio worth millions is among the works named in the ruling. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 10, 2022
NFTs The Largest Group of CryptoPunks to Ever Come to Auction Will Be Offered at Sotheby’s. It Could Bring in $30 Million The single-lot sale represents more than 1 percent of all CryptoPunks. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 8, 2022
Law The U.S. Treasury Department Has Issued a Closely Watched Report on Money Laundering. The Upshot: Nothing to See Here, Folks The U.S. government is taking a risk-based "wait and see" approach to the art market. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 7, 2022
On View Dive Into the Confusing and Manipulative World of Deepfakes Through This Chilling Show at the Museum of the Moving Image Can you spot a deepfake? The results may surprise you. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 4, 2022
