Art World The Brooklyn Museum Sold a Francis Bacon Pope in 2019 for $6.6 Million. Helly Nahmad Is Selling It at Art Basel for More Than Twice That The 1958 canvas was offered for $15 million. By Katya Kazakina, Jun 14, 2022
Art Fairs A $40 Million Spider Sculpture by Louise Bourgeois Is the Priciest Sale Reported During Art Basel’s Bustling VIP Preview The preview drew top collectors including Leon Black, Uli Sigg, and Richard Chang. By Katya Kazakina, Jun 14, 2022
The Art Detective When Power Advisor Allan Schwartzman Left Sotheby’s, Everyone Wondered What Was Next. Now He’s Ready for the Big Reveal The advisor unveils his vision for a new kind of art advisory that caters not only to collectors, but to artists and museums. By Katya Kazakina, Jun 10, 2022
The Art Detective At the Peak of His Career, Simon Hantaï Stopped Selling His Art. Now, A Powerful Network Wants to Rebuild His Market The Fondation Louis Vuitton opened a centenary Hantaï exhibition in Paris last week. By Katya Kazakina, May 27, 2022
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, May 20, 2022
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, May 20, 2022
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 Information Is the Most Valuable Currency in the Art Business. So Is It Any Surprise That Art Galleries Bend the Truth? 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 10, 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 24, 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