Artnet News Pro ‘We’re in Uncharted Territory’: Artist Joel Mesler on How a Career as a Dealer Prepared Him Not at All to Become a Market Darling Once a scout for up-and-coming artists, Mesler has seen prices for his own work rise by 900 percent in three years. By Henri Neuendorf, Jul 13, 2021
Market Fed Up With Speculators, Artist Lucien Smith Quit His Galleries. Now He’s Been Rewarded With His First Solo Museum Show Lucien Smith, subject to rampant market speculation, quit his galleries in 2015. Now, he's having a solo show at the Parrish Museum. By Henri Neuendorf, Aug 18, 2020
Shows & Exhibitions ‘We’re Closer to Mexico Than We Are to Any Major American City’: How Artists in Texas Are Addressing the Border Crisis A show at Ballroom Marfa addresses the humanitarian and ecological crises of the border head-on. By Henri Neuendorf, Jul 5, 2019
Art Fairs Business As Usual? Brazilian Dealers Try to Preserve a Sense of Normalcy at SP Arte Amid the Country’s Ongoing Political Storm Dealers expressed optimism amid the country's political turmoil, but foreigners stayed away from this year's event. By Henri Neuendorf, Apr 5, 2019
Art World In the Struggle to Close the Gender Pay Gap in the Art Market, Brazil Has Set a Surprising Example Why do Brazilian women artists set higher auction records than their male counterparts? By Henri Neuendorf, Apr 4, 2019
Art World An Antiques Dealer Thinks He Found the Bed Where King Henry VIII Was Conceived. It Was Hiding in Plain Sight in an English Hotel Room The dealer picked up the bed at an English auction in 2010 for £2,200. By Henri Neuendorf, Feb 18, 2019
Art World Here Are 18 Photos of a Slightly Bewildered Brad Pitt Taken By Ecstatic VIPs at Frieze Los Angeles It's like we've never seen a famous person before. By Henri Neuendorf, Feb 15, 2019
Art World Germany Is Returning Artifacts Stolen From a Namibian Freedom Fighter During Its Colonial Rule Namibia's president will personally receive a bible and whip that German colonizers looted in 1893. By Henri Neuendorf, Feb 15, 2019
Politics ‘A Major Victory’: Artists React to Amazon’s Decision to Drop Plans to Establish a New York City Campus In the face of opposition from local politicians and community activists, the online retail giant scrapped plans to move to New York. By Henri Neuendorf, Feb 14, 2019
Galleries Los Angeles Gallery Various Small Fires Expands to Seoul, Citing a Growing Appetite for Western Art in Korea The gallery will launch in April with a show of work by legendary Los Angeles artists Billy Al Bengston and Ed Ruscha. By Henri Neuendorf, Feb 14, 2019
Law Christie’s Returned 8 Looted Ancient Artworks to Italy at the Request of the Country’s Government Some of the objects are believed to be more than 2,000 years old. By Henri Neuendorf, Feb 13, 2019
Art Fairs A Former Frieze Director Is Launching a New Art and Design Fair in Brooklyn—at No Cost to Galleries Up Front The fair, Object & Thing, charges participants a commission on sales instead of a booth fee. By Henri Neuendorf, Feb 13, 2019
People ‘Bob Was Extraordinarily Kind to Me’: The Art World Pays Tribute to Robert Ryman, Late Master of Minimalist Painting A bevy of Ryman's old friends, former colleagues, and fellow artists reflect on his illustrious career. By Henri Neuendorf, Feb 12, 2019
Art World Artist Andres Serrano Bought a Cake Auctioned Off From Donald and Melania Trump’s Wedding Why did the artist buy the miniature chocolate truffle cake for $1,880? By Henri Neuendorf, Feb 12, 2019
Market Meet the 17-Year-Old Collector Who Bought $800,000 Worth of Supreme Skateboard Decks at Sotheby’s Sotheby's New York sold the set of 248 decks in January. By Henri Neuendorf, Feb 11, 2019
