The Art Detective The Surprising New Record for Ernie Barnes Didn’t Come From Left Field. We Deconstruct the Playbook For Selling ‘The Sugar Shack’ How the players pulled off a jaw-dropping sale that is already reshaping the artist's market. By Katya Kazakina, 4 hours ago
NFTs ‘I Thought It Was a Good Time to Buy’: Adam Lindemann on Why He Snapped Up the Beeple Madonna NFT During the Crypto Crash "Madonna is still Madonna," he told Artnet News. By Katya Kazakina, 5 hours ago
Auctions The $922 Million Macklowe Sale at Sotheby’s Displaces the Rockefeller Estate as the Priciest Private Art Trove in Auction History The second chapter of the divorced couple's collection made $246.1 million, exceeding pre-sale expectations. By Katya Kazakina, May 16, 2022
The Art Detective Art Dealers Lie. A Lot. It’s Part of the Business—and the Truth Is Nearly Impossible to Prove. But We Found Some Receipts Information is the most valuable currency in the art world—and dealers know it. By Katya Kazakina, May 16, 2022
Auctions Bidders From Asia and Works by Young Artists Propel Christie’s $103.1 Million 21st-Century Art Auction Ten new records for works by artists including Ewa Juszkiewicz and Joel Mesler were also set. By Katya Kazakina, May 11, 2022
Auctions An Ethereal Blue Warhol Marilyn Goes for $195 Million at Christie’s, Becoming the Second-Priciest Work Ever Sold at Auction Larry Gagosian, who sold the work to Thomas Ammann in 1986, won the star lot in the salesroom. The sum will go to charity. By Katya Kazakina, May 9, 2022
Artnet News Pro Rising Star Anna Weyant Has Joined Gagosian, Adding Momentum to Market Drama Playing Out Behind the Scenes The millennial artist and the megadealer have been in a relationship for about a year. By Katya Kazakina, May 6, 2022
The Art Detective Revealed: The Biggest Consignors to New York’s $2 Billion Spring Auctions, From a Divorcing Heir to a Mexican Financier Plus, who is offloading a load of work because he's "just done" with art after 15 years of dedicated collecting? By Katya Kazakina, May 6, 2022
Market How Septuagenarian Artist Scott Kahn Went From Living in His Cousin’s Attic to Selling Out Solo Shows in Just Three Years Kahn credits the late painter Matthew Wong with jumpstarting his career. By Katya Kazakina, May 3, 2022
Artnet News Pro Fractional Ownership Is Turning Art Into Stocks—But Not Everyone Stands to Make a Profit Retail investors are buying bite-size pieces of Banksys and Picassos in the hope of a payday. Are they getting played? By Katya Kazakina, Apr 25, 2022
The Art Detective Gallerist Almine Rech Seems to Have the Midas Touch. But Are All Her Artists Worth Their Weight in Gold? Long established in the blue-chip market, the gallery has begun diversifying its portfolio, with surprising results. By Katya Kazakina, Apr 22, 2022
The Art Detective Basquiat, Inc.: How the Artist’s Estate Built a Licensing Empire of Branded Barbies, Dog Hoodies, Coach Backpacks, and More Is it profiteering, or protecting a legacy? By Katya Kazakina, Apr 15, 2022
Crime A Portrait Painter Helped Police Nab the Suspected NYC Subway Shooter, Crediting His Artist’s Eye in Spotting Him on the Street Lee Vasu, a painter and the owner of Dacia Gallery, said he studied the suspect's face closely before happening to see him on the street. By Katya Kazakina, Apr 13, 2022
Auctions The Toledo Museum of Art Will Deaccession Three Impressionist Paintings That Could Fetch More Than $60 Million at Sotheby’s The museum will divest itself of a Cézanne, a Matisse, and a Renoir to double its acquisition funds. By Katya Kazakina, Apr 13, 2022
People In Pictures: See a Curator’s Harrowing Journey From War-Torn Kyiv to Venice to Install the Art for Ukraine’s National Pavilion Artist Pavlo Makov's installation has now safely arrived to the Venice Biennale. By Katya Kazakina, Apr 12, 2022
