The Art Detective ‘The Demand Is Off the Charts’: At the Independent Fair, Young Figurative Painters Steal the Show (and Draw Mile-Long Wait Lists) Independent offered a peek at the dynamics shaping the broader art market today. By Katya Kazakina, Sep 10, 2021
Auctions Sotheby’s Will Sell the $600 Million Collection of Divorcing Couple Harry and Linda Macklowe, the Market’s Most Coveted Consignment in Years Sotheby's and Christie's both competed fiercely for the consignment, which represents the biggest test of the market since the pandemic. By Katya Kazakina, Sep 9, 2021
The Art Detective As the Met Prepares an Action-Packed Fall Season, Museum Director Max Hollein Talks Deaccessioning, NFTs, and Chuck Close The Met's director offers a peek at the art season ahead—and meditates on the turbulence of the past 18 months. By Katya Kazakina, Sep 3, 2021
Market Consolidating Art-Market Power, Dealers LĂ©vy Gorvy, Salon 94, and Amalia Dayan Merge to Form an Upper East Side Empire The joint venture, which came as a surprise to many of the galleries' artists, is called LGDR. By Katya Kazakina, Sep 1, 2021
Market Art Basel Executive Noah Horowitz Is Joining Sotheby’s as a Gallery Whisperer, the Latest Sign of Collapsing Categories in the Industry The well-respected art-fair veteran will be tasked with "building out Sotheby's relationships with galleries and dealers." By Katya Kazakina, Aug 20, 2021
The Art Detective How David Zwirner’s Click-to-Buy E-Commerce Company Evolved From a Goodwill Project Into a Money-Making Machine The company says it has sold around 50 percent of the 282 artworks it has offered in its first three months. By Katya Kazakina, Aug 19, 2021
The Art Detective Inside the Epic Auction-House Battle to Win Divorcing Couple Harry and Linda Macklowe’s Peerless $700 Million Art Collection Find out which auction house has the edge on selling off the collection that has set art-market tongues wagging for years. By Katya Kazakina, Aug 12, 2021
The Art Detective ‘You Go Where the Money Is’: How Wealthy Collectors Led Top Art Dealers to Aspen, the Industry’s Newest Haven “This is without a doubt the busiest it’s ever been,” one dealer told Arnet News. By Katya Kazakina, Aug 5, 2021
The Art Detective Inside the Secret L.A. Studio Building Where Some of the City’s Hottest Emerging Artists Have Built a Bustling Scene Mohilef Studios in Los Angeles went from being a factory building into an artists' haven in just six years. By Katya Kazakina, Jul 29, 2021
The Art Detective A Behind-the-Scenes Look at How the Art World’s Most Coveted Residency Chooses Its Artists—and Who’s Up Next This December, the Rubell Museum of Art will unveil the work created by three sought-after artists during its pandemic-era residency. By Katya Kazakina, Jul 22, 2021
The Art Detective The Lockdown Made Collectors Even Hungrier for Paintings of the Human Form. Is Figuration Fatigue Coming Next? After a year of looking at art on cell-phone screens, advisors and dealers are hoping collectors will broaden their interests. By Katya Kazakina, Jul 15, 2021
The Art Detective Why the Biggest Blue-Chip Art Collectors in the World Are Suddenly Pumping Hundreds of Millions of Dollars Into Baseball Cards Baseball, basketball, and hockey cards are now fetching as much as works by Alexander Calder and George Condo. By Katya Kazakina, Jul 8, 2021
The Art Detective ‘There’s Much Less Order Than Ever Before’: Auction Houses Are Entering the Post-Lockdown Era—But They’ll Never Be the Same Market share is shifting from West to East and an evening sale doesn't mean what it used to. By Katya Kazakina, Jul 1, 2021
Artnet News Pro A Painting by Flora Yukhnovich Just Sold for $1.2 Million, More Than 12X Its Estimate. Now the Art World Wants to Know: Who Is She? The estimate-busting work at Phillips New York is only the third work by the young U.K. artist ever to come to auction. By Katya Kazakina, Jun 28, 2021
People We Spoke to Hunter Biden About His New Life as a Full-Time Artist, and His Personal Quest for ‘Universal Truth’ Through Painting Ahead of his official debut as an exhibiting artist, the son of U.S. President Joe Biden tells us about what is driving his new career. By Katya Kazakina, Jun 14, 2021