The Art Detective The Dawn of the ‘Art Bros’: How Keyed-In Gen Z Investors Are Moving the Markets for Emerging Artists From Their Laptops Against the backdrop of a democratization of the financial world, a new, profit-hungry generation of buyers is betting on art. By Katya Kazakina, May 20, 2021
Artnet News Pro Who Bought Elizabeth Peyton’s $2.1 Million David Bowie Portrait at Sotheby’s? This NFT Collector Diversifying Into Blue-Chip Art Dealers and auction houses hope that more crypto millionaires will transition into traditional collecting categories. By Katya Kazakina, May 18, 2021
The Art Detective Revealed: The Biggest Consignors to This Week’s Spring Auctions, From a Blue-Chip Artist to a Financier Offloading 19 Works We bring you the inside scoop on who is selling what. By Katya Kazakina, May 13, 2021
Auctions New York’s Auction Week Comes Roaring Back to Life at Christie’s $211 Million Contemporary Sale, Led by a Prized Basquiat Skull Painting Plus, a pixelated 'Cryptopunks' NFT sold for $16.9 million. By Katya Kazakina, May 11, 2021
Artnet News Pro Looking for the Next Big Thing? Here Are 6 Rising-Star Artists to Seek Out at Frieze New York 2021 We scoured the aisles at Frieze New York to find the most exciting emerging figures. By Julia Halperin & Katya Kazakina & Eileen Kinsella, May 7, 2021
Art Fairs ‘What the F*ck Is This?’: Beeple Was in an Ebullient Mood at Frieze New York, If a Bit Perplexed by Some of the Art Where he lives, he said, "no one cares about art.” By Katya Kazakina, May 6, 2021
The Art Detective Inside the Pandemic-Era Divorce Boom—and the Windfall It’s Creating for the Art Market Divorce attorneys recall how some clients have used art to 'torture' one another. By Katya Kazakina, May 6, 2021
Market It’s Official: Amy Cappellazzo Is Done With Sotheby’s. And a New Generation Is Taking Her Place The polarizing dealmaker will be replaced by two relative Sotheby's newbies. By Katya Kazakina, Apr 28, 2021
Auctions Are We in for a Basquiat Auction Boom? A Fashion Executive’s Rare Skull Painting Could Fetch Over $50 Million at Christie’s "He’s the most desirable artist at the moment," Christie's chairman Alex Rotter said of Basquiat. By Katya Kazakina, Apr 26, 2021
Museums More Museums Are Taking Advantage of Pandemic-Era Rule Changes to Sell Art at Auction, Including a $12 Million Childe Hassam The majority of the works museums are putting on the auction block this season are in the American art category. By Katya Kazakina, Apr 19, 2021
