Art Fairs Hints of a Thaw in the Trade War Boost Sales at Shanghai’s Art Fairs as the Market Grows Wary of Hong Kong The mood at the fair was more positive than last year on the heels of news that the US-China trade negotiations may be resuming. By Nate Freeman, 1 day ago
Art World Wet Paint: The Biggest Flippers of the Fall Auctions, Warren Kanders Squares Off With the Whitney, & More Juicy Art-World Gossip Which gallery is doing a solo show of a female artist for the first time in six years? Which artist's holiday card is being hawked at auction? Read on for answers. By Nate Freeman, Nov 7, 2019
Art World Wet Paint: Billionaire Divorcées Leave Gagosian in the Lurch, Frieze Goes on the Attack, & More Juicy Art-World Gossip Which art fair is demanding exclusivity from its exhibitors? Which artist cruelly left their gallery via tweet? Read on for answers. By Nate Freeman, Oct 31, 2019
On View Just in Time for Trump’s Impeachment, the Watergate Is Back in the Spotlight—as a Place to Show Contemporary Art What better place for an exhibition about conspiracy and political malfeasance? By Nate Freeman, Oct 29, 2019
Auctions An Alma Thomas Painting That Is Set to Break Records at Christie’s Was Previously Owned by Bill Cosby The painting is expected to sell for between $2.2 million and $2.8 million. By Nate Freeman, Oct 25, 2019
Art World Wet Paint: Inside Jennifer Lawrence’s Art-Boy Wedding, Warren Kanders Comes Down on Decolonize, & More Juicy Art-World Gossip Do you think the art world needs a gossip column of its own? So did we. By Nate Freeman, Oct 24, 2019
Art Fairs 7 Emerging Artists to Watch at FIAC and Its Edgier Sister Fair, the Paris Internationale We scoured the city to find the best still-unknown names to look out for. By Naomi Rea & Nate Freeman, Oct 17, 2019
Art Fairs ‘When You’re Home, You Hit a Home Run’: French Dealers Make Steady Sales at FIAC as Foreign Galleries Rush to Establish Spaces in Paris Paris is quickly becoming the most important city in Europe for the art trade. By Nate Freeman, Oct 16, 2019
Galleries ‘It’s Like Putting on Someone Else’s Jacket, and It Fits’: David Zwirner’s Paris Branch Is Open for Business, With a Bang The space was once the gallery of famed French dealer Yvon Lambert. By Nate Freeman, Oct 15, 2019
On View Leonardo DiCaprio Had an ‘Open Mind’ When He Commissioned Artist Urs Fischer to Make This Very Unusual Portrait of His Family The artist's latest portrait in wax, on view at Gagosian in Paris, shows the actor with his parents. By Nate Freeman, Oct 15, 2019
On View MoMA’s Most Famous Masterpiece Is Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night.’ So Why Does the Painting Now Have a Big Hair Stuck on It? A small glitch is causing an outsize problem for the famed painting. Call it "Hairy Night"? By Nate Freeman, Oct 11, 2019
Art World Yoshitomo Nara Drunkenly Doodled on the Walls of This New York Dive Bar. Ten Years Later, the Mural May Now Be Worth Millions Nara recently became one of the most expensive artists alive. Denizens of Niagara don't see to care. By Nate Freeman, Oct 9, 2019
People The Art World Remembers Matthew Wong, Self-Taught Painter of Vibrant Landscapes, Who Has Died at 35 Jonas Wood, Matthew Higgs, and others share memories of the artist. By Nate Freeman, Oct 7, 2019
Art Fairs ‘I Have an Enormous Belief in London’: Frieze Dealers Make Their Case in the Fair’s Early Hours as Brexit Looms and Galleries Flirt With Paris Major sales were reported, but also major questions about how to set a course in the future. By Nate Freeman, Oct 2, 2019
Galleries The London-Based White Cube Gallery Is Expanding to Paris (and It Supposedly Has Nothing to Do With Brexit) The gallery says its has been looking for a Paris location for several years. By Eileen Kinsella & Nate Freeman, Oct 2, 2019
