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Galleries

‘It’s Not a Side Project, It’s Part of My Practice’: Artist Titus Kaphar Is Expanding His New Haven Nonprofit—With a Big Boost From Gagosian

The mega-gallery will provide financial backing and extensive programming for the New Haven art space that Kaphar started in 2015.

By Nate Freeman, 17 hours ago

Art World

Wet Paint: Millennial Collector Turns Her Epic NYC Pad Into Art Space, Barkley Hendricks Said to Sell for $14 Million, & More Juicy Art-World Gossip

What model was reading an Alison Gingeras book in the south of France? What's the latest gallery decamping to Tribeca? Read on for answers.

By Nate Freeman, Aug 7, 2020

Art World

Wet Paint: Gagosian to Open a Gallery in the Vacant Marciano Museum, Dealers Stalk Gavin Brown’s Artists, & More Juicy Art-World Gossip

What actor was Loïc Gouzer begging for a Basquiat bid? What artists social distanced upstate with the Mardens? Read on for answers.

By Nate Freeman, Jul 31, 2020

Galleries

Top Hauser & Wirth Director Graham Steele Is Leaving the Gallery to Start a Private Dealership of His Own

Steele, a sales director who was made partner earlier this year, has been with the gallery since spring 2015.

By Nate Freeman, Jul 27, 2020

Galleries

Taste-Making Dealer Gavin Brown Will Join Gladstone Gallery as a Partner, Ending the Decades-Long Run of His Rebel Art ‘Enterprise’

Brown will bring a number of his artists and his Roman outpost to Gladstone, effectively creating a new mega-gallery overnight.

By Nate Freeman, Jul 20, 2020

Art World

Wet Paint: Dealers Secretly Meet With Ivanka Trump at the White House, Writers Sue Art Mag for Non-Payment, & More Art-World Gossip

What actor sold a Henry Taylor painting at Christie's? What artist's work was seen at Jared Kushner's house? Read on for answers.

By Nate Freeman, Jul 17, 2020

People

‘It’s a Whole New World’: We Spent 20 Frenzied Hours With Christie’s Sara Friedlander as She Prepared for the Auction House’s First Hybrid Evening Sale

We followed the deputy chairman of Post-War and Contemporary Art for a day to get a sense of what life is like in the lead up to a big sale.

By Nate Freeman, Jul 13, 2020

Art World

Wet Paint: Ex-Team Gallery Employees Say It’s Closing Permanently, Inigo’s Hawaiian Flyover, & More Juicy Art-World Gossip

Who scored the first solo museum show in the Hamptons post-lockdown? What's Loic Gouzer offering on his auction app? Read on for answers.

By Nate Freeman, Jul 10, 2020

Auctions

Phillips Scored $41 Million in a White-Glove Contemporary Evening Sale as the Auction House Got Hip to New Online Landscape

Matthew Wong and Amoako Boafo continued to perform above estimates, while Titus Kaphar, Christina Quarles, and Ali Banisadr set artist records.

By Nate Freeman, Jul 2, 2020

Art World

Wet Paint: MOCA Detroit Staff Rises Up Against Director, Elon Musk Buys a Robot (Sculpture) From Jeffrey Deitch, & More Art-World Gossip

Which mega-collector's wife is selling painted seashells for hundreds of dollars? Which art magazine is reducing its print run? Read on for answers.

By Nate Freeman, Jul 2, 2020

Art World

Wet Paint: LA Gallerist Accused of Blaming Black Artist for Bad Sales, Art Mag CEO’s Piggish Slack Exposed, & More Art-World Gossip

What artist's rug could sell in the high five-figures? What performance art legend is still patronizing Hudson cafes? Read on for answers.

By Nate Freeman, Jun 25, 2020

Market

‘I’m Willing to Be the Guinea Pig’: Why Famed Auction Dynamo Loïc Gouzer Raced to Get Out an Experimental Art-Sales App in a Very Risky Climate

Gouzer's auction app Fair Warning will offer one work per week to an elite crew of hand-picked collectors.

By Nate Freeman, Jun 24, 2020

Art World

Wet Paint: Marlborough Gallery to Permanently Close Amid Coup Against Ailing Patriarch, When Woody Met Roman, & More Juicy Art-World Gossip

What art-world powerhouse started an all-white-woman action group for equity? Who secretly follows Ghislaine Maxwell? Read on for answers.

By Nate Freeman, Jun 18, 2020

Art Fairs

‘There Have to Be Some Silver Linings to Virtual Art Fairs’: Galleries Try to Look on the Bright Side as They Adapt to an Online-Only Art Basel

Dealers faced with a digital version of the art fair had to pivot quickly from their old ways of doing things.

By Nate Freeman, Jun 16, 2020

Art World

Wet Paint: LA Gallery’s Artists Flee Over Dealer’s Racist Comments, Marfa Waffles on Reopening, & More Art-World Gossip

Plus, which influential artist called on Sotheby's to hold a Black Lives Matter sale? Which VIP sent Frieze a conspiracy-filled screed?

By Nate Freeman, Jun 11, 2020

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Senior Art Business Reporter

‘It’s Not a Side Project, It’s Part of My Practice’: Artist Titus Kaphar Is Expanding His New Haven Nonprofit—With a Big Boost From Gagosian

Wet Paint: Millennial Collector Turns Her Epic NYC Pad Into Art Space, Barkley Hendricks Said to Sell for $14 Million, & More Juicy Art-World Gossip

Wet Paint: Gagosian to Open a Gallery in the Vacant Marciano Museum, Dealers Stalk Gavin Brown’s Artists, & More Juicy Art-World Gossip

Top Hauser & Wirth Director Graham Steele Is Leaving the Gallery to Start a Private Dealership of His Own

Taste-Making Dealer Gavin Brown Will Join Gladstone Gallery as a Partner, Ending the Decades-Long Run of His Rebel Art ‘Enterprise’

Wet Paint: Dealers Secretly Meet With Ivanka Trump at the White House, Writers Sue Art Mag for Non-Payment, & More Art-World Gossip

‘It’s a Whole New World’: We Spent 20 Frenzied Hours With Christie’s Sara Friedlander as She Prepared for the Auction House’s First Hybrid Evening Sale

Wet Paint: Ex-Team Gallery Employees Say It’s Closing Permanently, Inigo’s Hawaiian Flyover, & More Juicy Art-World Gossip

Phillips Scored $41 Million in a White-Glove Contemporary Evening Sale as the Auction House Got Hip to New Online Landscape

Wet Paint: MOCA Detroit Staff Rises Up Against Director, Elon Musk Buys a Robot (Sculpture) From Jeffrey Deitch, & More Art-World Gossip

Wet Paint: LA Gallerist Accused of Blaming Black Artist for Bad Sales, Art Mag CEO’s Piggish Slack Exposed, & More Art-World Gossip

‘I’m Willing to Be the Guinea Pig’: Why Famed Auction Dynamo Loïc Gouzer Raced to Get Out an Experimental Art-Sales App in a Very Risky Climate

Wet Paint: Marlborough Gallery to Permanently Close Amid Coup Against Ailing Patriarch, When Woody Met Roman, & More Juicy Art-World Gossip

‘There Have to Be Some Silver Linings to Virtual Art Fairs’: Galleries Try to Look on the Bright Side as They Adapt to an Online-Only Art Basel

Wet Paint: LA Gallery’s Artists Flee Over Dealer’s Racist Comments, Marfa Waffles on Reopening, & More Art-World Gossip

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