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 25, 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
The Art Detective Basquiat, Inc.: How the Artist’s Estate Built a Licensing Empire of Branded Barbies, Dog Hoodies, Coach Backpacks, and More Is it profiteering, or protecting a legacy? By Katya Kazakina, Apr 15, 2022
Crime A Portrait Painter Helped Police Nab the Suspected NYC Subway Shooter, Crediting His Artist’s Eye in Spotting Him on the Street Lee Vasu, a painter and the owner of Dacia Gallery, said he studied the suspect's face closely before happening to see him on the street. By Katya Kazakina, Apr 13, 2022
Auctions The Toledo Museum of Art Will Deaccession Three Impressionist Paintings That Could Fetch More Than $60 Million at Sotheby’s The museum will divest itself of a Cézanne, a Matisse, and a Renoir to double its acquisition funds. By Katya Kazakina, Apr 13, 2022
People In Pictures: See a Curator’s Harrowing Journey From War-Torn Kyiv to Venice to Install the Art for Ukraine’s National Pavilion Artist Pavlo Makov's installation has now safely arrived to the Venice Biennale. By Katya Kazakina, Apr 12, 2022
Artnet News Pro Artnet News Has Identified the Seller of the Prime-Period Picasso That May Fetch $60 Million at Sotheby’s We've identified the mega-collector behind Picasso's Femme nue couchée, a pivotal 1932 portrait of his young muse. By Katya Kazakina, Apr 8, 2022
The Art Detective The Curse of BOGO? Why Forcing Collectors Hungry for Hot New Art to Buy One and Give One (to a Museum) May Be a Very Bad Idea While "buy one, give one" has its advocates, it can create certain problems. By Katya Kazakina, Apr 8, 2022
The Art Detective She Painted for Decades in Obscurity on a Remote Island in Maine. Suddenly, Collectors Can’t Get Enough of Lynne Drexler Drexler sold art to tourists for $50. Earlier this month, one of her paintings fetched over $1 million at Christie's. By Katya Kazakina, Apr 1, 2022
Auctions An Andy Warhol ‘Marilyn’, Estimated to Fetch $200 Million, Could Become the Most Expensive Work of Art Ever Sold at Auction The painting will be sold at Christie's in May to benefit the Thomas and Doris Ammann Foundation. By Katya Kazakina, Mar 21, 2022
The Art Detective Russian Mega-Collectors Are Now Shut Out of the Art Market. But Their Influence Was Dwindling Long Before the War Sanctions are likely to have a minimal effect on the art market at large. But that doesn't mean they won't hit oligarchs where it hurts. By Katya Kazakina, Mar 18, 2022
Politics Two Artists Traveled to Kyiv Last Month for an Opening. They Ended Up Staying to Build Metal Tank Traps for Ukrainian Forces Ukrainian painter Volo Bevza and photographer Victoria Pidust found themselves stranded in a war zone. By Katya Kazakina, Mar 7, 2022
People ‘I’ve Never Even Been to a Gallery Opening’: NFT Star Beeple on Trading Pixels for Paintings in His First-Ever Gallery Show Mike Winklemann is making inroads to the traditional art world with a solo show at Jack Hanley. By Katya Kazakina, Mar 3, 2022
Politics ‘Everything We Say Can Be Used Against Us’: Russian Art Workers Weigh the Risks of Speaking Out Against the War in Ukraine Actions that were once considered risky are now in many cases outright dangerous. By Sarah Cascone & Katya Kazakina, Mar 1, 2022
Market The Financial Community Is Shutting Its Doors to Russia. Will the Art Market Follow? The same conditions that create soaring values are now being used to keep a lid on art being used as an asset. By Katya Kazakina & Eileen Kinsella, Mar 1, 2022
