Katya Kazakina

Senior Reporter
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Auctions

The First Live Auction at Christie’s New York Since 2020 Delivers a Satisfying $219.3 Million Result, But Leaves Little to Chance

by Katya Kazakina

The Art Detective

Revealed: The Biggest Consignors to New York’s $1.4 Billion Fall Auctions, From Eric Clapton to a Former Enron Executive

by Katya Kazakina

The Art Detective

Christopher Wool Used to Be the Market’s Most-Wanted Artist. Now, His Auction Sales Have Sunk by 85 Percent

by Katya Kazakina

Galleries

We Got the First Look Inside Hunter Biden’s Hush-Hush Gallery Show, the Least-Seen, Most-Talked About Debut in the Art World

by Katya Kazakina

The Art Detective

Art Fairs Have Survived Cancellations, Travel Restrictions, and Budget Cuts. Now They’re Facing a New Challenge: Brain Drain

by Katya Kazakina

Market

Warhol’s Portrait of Basquiat Will Go on View in an Unlikely Place—Brooklyn’s Barclays Center—to Promote Its Upcoming Christie’s Sale

by Katya Kazakina

The Art Detective

Mark Rothko’s Abstract Art Has Fallen Out of Fashion. Here’s How a Cohort of Industry Players Is Working to Revive His Market

by Katya Kazakina

Artnet News Pro

How K-Pop Star Choi Seung-hyun (Better Known as T.O.P) Turned a Generation of Music Fans Into Art Aficionados

by Katya Kazakina

The Art Detective

Adam Pendleton Is Very Good at Saying No. But Can He Fend Off the Market Frenzy That Follows a Major MoMA Show?

by Katya Kazakina

Auctions

Andy Warhol’s Ghostly Portrait of Jean-Michel Basquiat Is Heading to Christie’s With a $20 Million Estimate

by Katya Kazakina

The Art Detective

The Met Eyes the Sale of Picasso’s First Cubist Sculpture as It Works to Claw Its Way Out of a $150 Million Revenue Shortfall

by Katya Kazakina

Art Fairs

Is This the Most Expensive Work at Art Basel? One Dealer Has Brought a $40 Million Fresh-to-Market Painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat

by Katya Kazakina

The Art Detective

Could the Breuer Building Become a ‘Really Ritzy Gym’? Investors Eye the Famed Property as the Whitney Weighs a Sale

by Katya Kazakina

Market

The Met Museum Is Deaccessioning $1 Million Worth of Photos and Prints to Fill a Revenue Shortfall Caused by the Pandemic

by Katya Kazakina

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)

by Katya Kazakina