Auctions Casual Vibes and an Absence of Fireworks Marked Christie’s $82.2 Million Evening Sale of Modern and Contemporary Art in London David Hockney’s muted landscape fetched the highest price of the night. By Naomi Rea, Oct 13, 2022
Art Fairs Frieze Opens to a Flood of Hungry Collectors, Calming Fears That Competition From Art Basel’s New Paris Fair Would Tank Attendance Americans, largely absent at last year's fair, were taking advantage of the dollar's strength before heading to Paris. By Naomi Rea, Oct 12, 2022
NFTs Damien Hirst Just Burned Millions of Dollars Worth of His Art in Front of Gleeful Onlookers. Here’s What His Collectors Had to Say About It We braved the furnace flames so you didn't have to. By Naomi Rea, Oct 11, 2022
People ‘The More You Shut Up, the Better’: Painter Adrian Ghenie on Giving Up Trying to Control His Frankenstein’s Monster of an Art Market The artist opens up on the eve of a new solo exhibition in London. By Naomi Rea, Oct 10, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Out With the Old This week: a new museum deaccessioning standard, Frank Stella’s extended family drama, bidders go gaga for Kaga, and much more. By Tim Schneider & Naomi Rea, Oct 7, 2022
Art & Exhibitions A New Show Looks at the Idea of Twins in Art, Showing Pairs of Work Born of the Same Concept "Same Same" is on view at Sid Motion Gallery through October 22. By Naomi Rea, Oct 3, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Bet on Betrayal This week: why artists leave their galleries, a Cuban art gem hits the block, a mega-gallery bankrolls a literary mag, and much more. By Naomi Rea, Sep 30, 2022
Art Fairs At a Famous Florence Old Masters Fair, Italy’s Impending Elections Have Dealers Fretting About the Future of Its Art Market At BIAF, dealers expressed both hope and fear over an expected right-wing win. By Naomi Rea, Sep 23, 2022
Studio Visit Inside Zoë Buckman’s Studio, Where Vintage Embroidery Thread Is Reborn as Poignant Textile Art The artist's U.K. solo debut is on view at Pippy Houldsworth through October 1. By Naomi Rea, Sep 19, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Surreal Season This week: Surrealism surrounds us, art theft meets auto theft, the rise of Danielle Roberts, and much more. By Tim Schneider & Naomi Rea, Sep 16, 2022
Art World We Asked Art Experts Which Young Artists Are Primed to Blow Up This Fall. Here Are 10 They Chose Simon de Pury, Meriem Berrada, Nicky Wilson, and others share the artists on their radar. By Naomi Rea, Sep 15, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Seoul Focus This week in the Back Room: Frieze Seoul from a great height, Mary Boone’s second act, PPOW beats the odds, and much more. By Tim Schneider & Naomi Rea, Sep 9, 2022
Art Fairs The Inaugural Frieze Seoul Opens With Multimillion-Dollar Sales, a New Generation of Collectors, and a Cameo From a K-Pop Legend Here's what it felt like on the ground on opening day of the highly anticipated fair at a key moment for Asia's art market. By Naomi Rea, Sep 2, 2022
Art & Exhibitions Seoul’s Institutional Landscape Is as Good as Its Flourishing Commercial Scene. Here Are 7 Star-Powered Museum Shows to Add to Your Calendar From a major Asian debut for Hito Steyerl to up-and-coming nonprofit spaces, these are the shows you need to know. By Vivienne Chow & Naomi Rea, Aug 30, 2022
Art & Exhibitions Here Are 7 Gallery Shows Not to Miss in Seoul This Week, From Historical Korean Monochromes to Ethereal VR Environments As Frieze debuts in Seoul, this is what's on our radar in the South Korean city. By Vivienne Chow & Naomi Rea, Aug 28, 2022