Katya Kazakina, Author at Artnet News

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

“All the prices he's worth right now, 10 years from now that's going to be a cheap Hunter Biden painting,” Georges Bergès said.

By Katya Kazakina, Oct 29, 2021

The Art Detective

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

Top executives at Art Basel, Frieze, and the Armory Show have decamped this year, adding to concerns about the future of the business model.

By Katya Kazakina, Oct 22, 2021

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

The venue is also rolling out a VIP "Crown Club" inspired by the artist.

By Katya Kazakina, Oct 22, 2021

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

With a new show at Pace and two major works heading to auction, the appetite for art by the Abstract Expressionist is being tested anew.

By Katya Kazakina, Oct 15, 2021

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

In his first interview in years, Choi Seung-hyun offers exclusive insight into his journey to art collecting—and his big ambitions.

By Katya Kazakina, Oct 8, 2021

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?

The monumental show "Who Is Queen?" is likely to push the artist's career and prices to new levels, while testing his ability to control both.

By Katya Kazakina, Oct 4, 2021

Auctions

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

The work, from the collection of Peter Brant, is the latest high-profile Warhol to be added to the fall season lineup.

By Katya Kazakina, Oct 4, 2021

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

We reveal the priciest work that the Met is considering selling.

By Katya Kazakina, Sep 24, 2021

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

Works by the late artist continue to dominate collectors' wish lists.

By Katya Kazakina, Sep 20, 2021

The Art Detective

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

The clock is ticking to make a decision, and the factors at play are complex.

By Katya Kazakina, Sep 20, 2021

Market

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

Works by Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Frank, and a trove of Civil War photos are all hitting the block.

By Katya Kazakina, Sep 17, 2021

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 Lévy 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

Katya Kazakina

Senior Reporter

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

‘The Demand Is Off the Charts’: At the Independent Fair, Young Figurative Painters Steal the Show (and Draw Mile-Long Wait Lists)

Sotheby’s Will Sell the $600 Million Collection of Divorcing Couple Harry and Linda Macklowe, the Market’s Most Coveted Consignment in Years

As the Met Prepares an Action-Packed Fall Season, Museum Director Max Hollein Talks Deaccessioning, NFTs, and Chuck Close

Consolidating Art-Market Power, Dealers Lévy Gorvy, Salon 94, and Amalia Dayan Merge to Form an Upper East Side Empire

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