Books The Essential Bookshelf: 15 Titles That Fans of Warhol, Basquiat, and Haring Need to Understand These Titans of 1980s New York Richard Polsky recommends the best books on, and by, Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Keith Haring. By Richard Polsky, Sep 6, 2021
Op-Ed How Can I Tell If My Keith Haring Is Fake? Here Are Five Tell-Tale Clues, According to an Expert Haring expert Richard Polsky breaks down what you need to know about warning signs in the artist's many bodies of work. By Richard Polsky, Feb 9, 2021
Op-Ed Looking to Buy a Masterpiece? You Might Want to Be Extra Careful With These 20 Forger-Friendly Bodies of Work by Famous Artists From overstuffed Cornell boxes to unusually colorful Joan Mitchells, here are the danger zones in your favorite artists' oeuvres. By Richard Polsky, Nov 24, 2020
Opinion How Can I Tell If My Warhol Is Fake? Here Are Five Tell-Tale Clues, According to an Expert Warhol expert Richard Polsky breaks down what you need to know about warning signs in the artist's many bodies of work. By Richard Polsky, Nov 5, 2020
Market How One Lucky Art Collector Bought Basquiat’s Multimillion-Dollar ‘Fried Chicken’ Painting for $5,200—and Got the Artist’s Cat in the Bargain Sotheby's is now selling Basquiat's "Pollo Frito" for $25 million. By Richard Polsky, Nov 14, 2018
Art World Warhol Wanted to Paint Houses and 4 Other Revelations From the Latest Volume of the Pop Artist’s Catalogue Raisonné We combed through the $650 book so you don't have to. By Richard Polsky, Sep 11, 2018
Opinion Why the Passing of Interview Magazine and the Rise of Gagosian Quarterly Represents a New Era for the Art World Some of the most inventive writing and ambitious art coverage is happening in the pages of art-marketing magazines. By Richard Polsky, Jun 27, 2018
Opinion In a Warhol Smackdown at Christie’s, Which $30 Million Work Is the Better Bet? Only one is truly worth that kind of cash. By Richard Polsky, May 15, 2018
Opinion How Can You Tell If a Basquiat Is Real or Fake? Here Are Five Tell-Tale Clues Last year's record-setting Basquiat sale inspired forgers to come out of the woodwork, says one art authenticator. By Richard Polsky, Feb 28, 2018