Katya Kazakina

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The Art Detective

He Was the Legendary Impresario Who Put Jean-Michel Basquiat on the Map. But Now Former Friends Reveal Another, Darker Side of Diego Cortez

by Katya Kazakina

The Art Detective

Who Bought the Mysterious Klimt at Sotheby’s? An Equally Enigmatic Hong Kong Power Broker, Some Believe

by Katya Kazakina

Art World

The Tel Aviv Museum of Art Is Reviewing Its $‎670,000 Donation by Austrian Billionaire Ingrid Flick, Whose Fortune Is Rooted in Nazi Crimes

by Katya Kazakina

The Art Detective

The $202 Million Sale of Heidi Horten’s Jewels Was a Massive Success. Its Aftermath Continues to Haunt Christie’s

by Katya Kazakina

The Art Detective

At First Glance, Billionaire Maja Hoffmann’s Private Museum in Arles Looked Like Another Vanity Project. Then It Blew My Mind

by Katya Kazakina

The Art Detective

Market Reset or Not, Art Basel Still Dazzles: Top Trophies Range From a $60 Million ‘Mellon’ Rothko to $22.5 Million Bronze Spider

by Katya Kazakina

Art World

Collector Gerald Fineberg’s Art Just Sold for $197 Million at Auction. His Estate Has Listed Two Luxury Apartments for $70 Million, Too

by Katya Kazakina

Art World

Sotheby’s Has Inked a Deal to Buy the Whitney Museum’s Iconic Breuer Building for Approximately $100 Million

by Katya Kazakina

The Art Detective

What Went Wrong With Christie’s Fineberg Sale, the Auction That Nearly Drove the Art Market to Despair? Plenty.

by Katya Kazakina

Artnet News Pro

By the Numbers: A Breakdown of Results From Christie’s Gerald Fineberg Collection Sale, Part I, May 2023

by Katya Kazakina

Auctions

Correction in Motion? Christie’s First Sale of Gerald Fineberg’s Collection Pulled in $153 Million, Falling Far Short of Presale Estimates

by Katya Kazakina

Artnet News Pro

By the Numbers: Sotheby’s Mo Ostin and Modern Auctions, May 2023

by Katya Kazakina

Auctions

Sotheby’s Faces a ‘More Sober’ Market With a Modern Art Marathon—and Comes Away With $427 Million

by Katya Kazakina

The Art Detective

‘My Assistant Told Me to Slow Down’: How Top Art Collectors Budget Their Money (and Time) During New York’s Big Auction Season

by Katya Kazakina

Market

The Warhol Self-Portrait That Inspired the Remorseful Book ‘I Sold Andy Warhol (Too Soon)’ Is Hitting the Auction Block Again

by Katya Kazakina