Katya Kazakina

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The Art Detective

She Painted for Decades in Obscurity on a Remote Island in Maine. Suddenly, Collectors Can’t Get Enough of Lynne Drexler

by Katya Kazakina

Auctions

An Andy Warhol ‘Marilyn’, Estimated to Fetch $200 Million, Could Become the Most Expensive Work of Art Ever Sold at Auction

by Katya Kazakina

The Art Detective

Russian Mega-Collectors Are Now Shut Out of the Art Market. But Their Influence Was Dwindling Long Before the War

by Katya Kazakina

Politics

Two Artists Traveled to Kyiv Last Month for an Opening. They Ended Up Staying to Build Metal Tank Traps for Ukrainian Forces

by Katya Kazakina

People

‘I’ve Never Even Been to a Gallery Opening’: NFT Star Beeple on Trading Pixels for Paintings in His First-Ever Gallery Show

by Katya Kazakina

Politics

‘Everything We Say Can Be Used Against Us’: Russian Art Workers Weigh the Risks of Speaking Out Against the War in Ukraine

by Sarah Cascone & Katya Kazakina

Market

The Financial Community Is Shutting Its Doors to Russia. Will the Art Market Follow?

by Katya Kazakina & Eileen Kinsella

The Art Detective

From Barbies to Blockbuster Shows, Jean-Michel Basquiat Is Big Business. But Can the Artist’s Market Ride the Hype Forever?

by Katya Kazakina

Auctions

Sotheby’s Expected to Sell 104 CryptoPunks for a Record $30 Million. Instead, the Collection Was Pulled Just Before the Sale

by Katya Kazakina

The Art Detective

The Macklowe Collection Is Back for an Encore at Sotheby’s in May. Can the $200 Million Trove Ignite the Same Fireworks?

by Katya Kazakina

Artnet News Pro

Exclusive: Artnet News Has Identified the Seller of a Francis Bacon Triptych at Christie’s That Could Fetch $74 Million

by Katya Kazakina

The Art Detective

Inflation in the U.S. Is Higher Than It’s Been in Four Decades. Here’s Why That’s Good News for Art Sellers

by Katya Kazakina

The Art Detective

Textile Artists Are Back in the Public Spotlight in Museums and Galleries. Art Collectors? They’re Still Catching Up

by Katya Kazakina

Galleries

Pace Acquires Los Angeles’s Kayne Griffin, Expanding the Mega-Gallery’s West Coast Presence and Continuing a Wave of Art-Market Consolidation

by Katya Kazakina

The Art Detective

Crypto-Rich Collectors Are Putting Up Their NFTs as Collateral to Get Cold, Hard Cash. But Is It Actually a Good Deal?

by Katya Kazakina