Art World Wet Paint: Bidders Go Bananas for John Richardson’s Knickknacks, Frank Ocean’s After Harold Ancart Paintings, & More Juicy Art-World Gossip Which billionaire collectors got a quarter-million in PPP loans? Which designer snagged a store in cherished SoHo space? Read on for answers. By Nate Freeman, 3 days ago
Galleries ‘The Season’s Been Extended Indefinitely’: Manhattan Dealers Who Opened Hamptons Outposts This Summer Are There to Stay With no great migration back to the city after Labor Day, galleries are staying out east and putting on shows for hunkered-down clients. By Nate Freeman, Sep 15, 2020
Art World Wet Paint: Inside a Museum Director’s Shocking Departure, Noted Dealer Swaps Shows for eBay Collabs, & More Juicy Art-World Gossip What budding collector got between Katie Holmes and her new boyfriend? Who flew in for Berlin Gallery Weekend parties? Read on for answers. By Nate Freeman, Sep 11, 2020
Art World Wet Paint: A Powerful New York Gallery Duo Splits, Berlin’s Art Scene Recoils at Publisher’s Leaked Email, & More Juicy Art-World Gossip Which art gallery is taking over a legendary nightclub? Which 2021 fair is already pushed back months? Read on for answers. By Nate Freeman, Sep 4, 2020
Art Fairs Art Basel Miami Beach Is Officially Canceled for 2020 Art Miami, NADA Miami, Aqua Art Miami, and CONTEXT Art Miami all followed suit. By Nate Freeman, Sep 2, 2020
Art World Wet Paint: Hauser & Wirth Sells the Priciest Artwork Online Ever, Gallerist Survives a Hamptons Crash, & More Art World Gossip What starchitect was seen sailing in Marina Del Rey? Who's moving into the old Team Gallery space on Grand Street? Read on for answers. By Nate Freeman, Aug 21, 2020
Auctions Hot Lots: 7 On-the-Rise Artists Whose Work Wildly Exceeded Expectations at Auction This Summer Even during an unusual auction season, a number of budding superstars achieved surprisingly high results. By Nate Freeman, Aug 18, 2020
Art World Wet Paint: Meet Manhattan’s Hottest New Gallery Hub, Dealer Hawks Office Supplies Online, & More Art-World Gossip What '80s mega-artist was eating with an '80s mega-actress at The Odeon? Which Tribeca space is on the verge of closing? Read on for answers. By Nate Freeman, Aug 14, 2020
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, Aug 10, 2020
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
