Art World Sotheby’s Has Inked a Deal to Buy the Whitney Museum’s Iconic Breuer Building for Approximately $100 Million The Modernist landmark will become the auction house's new flagship space. By Katya Kazakina, 3 days ago
The Art Detective What Went Wrong With Christie’s Fineberg Sale, the Auction That Nearly Drove the Art Market to Despair? Plenty. At first, people were stunned to see art by major names selling for a pittance. Then they got excited. By Katya Kazakina, May 26, 2023
Artnet News Pro By the Numbers: A Breakdown of Results From Christie’s Gerald Fineberg Collection Sale, Part I, May 2023 Get the stats behind the spin. By Katya Kazakina, May 18, 2023
Auctions Correction in Motion? Christie’s First Sale of Gerald Fineberg’s Collection Pulled in $153 Million, Falling Far Short of Presale Estimates At times, the packed Rockefeller Center salesroom felt like a fire sale. By Katya Kazakina, May 18, 2023
Artnet News Pro By the Numbers: Sotheby’s Mo Ostin and Modern Auctions, May 2023 Get the stats behind the spin. By Katya Kazakina, May 17, 2023
Auctions Sotheby’s Faces a ‘More Sober’ Market With a Modern Art Marathon—and Comes Away With $427 Million The evening began with the cream of the Mo Ostin collection before moving to (mostly) modern works. By Katya Kazakina, May 17, 2023
The Art Detective ‘My Assistant Told Me to Slow Down’: How Top Art Collectors Budget Their Money (and Time) During New York’s Big Auction Season With auctions, art fairs, and gallery dinners galore, it's not easy for the well-heeled to stick to a schedule. By Katya Kazakina, May 13, 2023
Market The Warhol Self-Portrait That Inspired the Remorseful Book ‘I Sold Andy Warhol (Too Soon)’ Is Hitting the Auction Block Again Phillips is offering the storied work on behalf of a Finnish collector. By Katya Kazakina, May 11, 2023
The Art Detective Revealed: The Mystery Consignors to New York’s $1.3 Billion Spring Auctions, From a Storied Mega-Dealer to the Founder of Cirque de Soleil Who is liquidating art in this season's spring sales? The answers might surprise you (or not). By Katya Kazakina, May 5, 2023
The Art Detective Christie’s Neglected to Reveal the Ugly History Behind Its Sensational Planned Jewelry Auction. Then a Billionaire’s Wife Complained The sparkling treasures of the “The World of Heidi Horten” auction have a sinister backstory if you follow the money. By Katya Kazakina, May 1, 2023
The Art Detective The Whitney Is in Talks With Suitors Who Want to Buy the Breuer Building. Who Will Win the Prize? The landmark's history—and quirks—make it an attractive target for a specific kind of buyer. By Katya Kazakina, Apr 26, 2023
The Art Detective How Many Living Women Artists Have Gotten a Career-Defining Survey at the Met? The Answer Will Surprise You The opening of Cecily Brown's 'Death and the Maid' marks a sea change for women artists. By Katya Kazakina, Apr 14, 2023
The Art Detective How Collector Alexander DiPersia Went From Being a C-Level Hollywood Actor to Making ‘Grownup, Big-Boy’ Moves in the Art Market A real-estate scion linked to a string of glamorous love interests, DiPersia is making an unexpectedly serious name for himself in the art business. By Katya Kazakina, Apr 7, 2023
The Art Detective ‘It’s Sick But It’s True’: Why Art Addicts Go on Shopping Sprees and Then Don’t Pick Up Their New Artworks… for Years Unclaimed art purchases are a widespread phenomenon. Sometimes there's a good reason, but often there just isn't. By Katya Kazakina, Mar 31, 2023
Galleries Nan Goldin, the U.S. Artist Whose Salient Activism Took Down the Sacklers, Has Ditched Dealer Marian Goodman to Work With Gagosian The move is another blow for Goldin's former New York gallery. By Katya Kazakina, Mar 29, 2023
