Opinion The Gray Market: Why Record-Breaking Attendance Figures Don’t Answer Key Questions About the Met’s Admissions Policy (and Other Insights) Our columnist on the fog over the Metropolitan Museum of Art's visitor figures and a controversial peer-reviewed study about artists. By Tim Schneider, Jul 8, 2018
Opinion Summer Shocker: Kenny Schachter Hits the Art-Gossip Goldmine… and Keeps It to Himself Our columnist shows unusual discretion after seeing something he really shouldn't have during the London auctions. By Kenny Schachter, Jul 2, 2018
Opinion The Gray Market: Why Mega-Gallery Podcasts and Magazines Mean More Than You Think (and Other Insights) Our columnist weighs David Zwirner's new podcast and the Gagosian Quarterly alongside Cheim & Read's pivot into "private practice." By Tim Schneider, Jul 1, 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 26, 2018
Opinion The Gray Market: How One Warhol Auction Embodies the Blind Spots of Many Blockchain Art Startups (and Other Insights) Our columnist uses the "first-ever blockchain-based auction of fine art" to throw cold water on an overheated art-tech space. By Tim Schneider, Jun 24, 2018
Opinion Kim Jong-who? At Art Basel, $165 Million Sales and Other Dizzying Disclosures Made the Rest of the World Disappear Stunning revelations abounded at this year's art fair, where the art sales and machinations flowed almost as voluminously as the booze. By Kenny Schachter, Jun 18, 2018
Opinion Art History, or the Illuminati? What Jay-Z and Beyoncé Are Really Up to With Their Viral New Louvre Video Three ways to look at the 'Apes**t' video. By Ben Davis, Jun 18, 2018
Opinion Why the Legal Strategy Behind Masterpiece Cakeshop Gets Art Backwards—and Why It Should Make People Nervous What happens when the definition of “art” becomes a burning political issue of our day. By Ben Davis, Jun 6, 2018
Opinion How Purple Magazine Intern-Turned-Scam Artist Anna Delvey Turned Contemporary Art Into the Perfect Tool for Fraud Take a look at Delvey's Instagram and behold what a hollowed-out signifier art has become. By Ben Davis, May 30, 2018
Opinion Jordan Peterson, the Controversial Pro-Male Philosopher, Says He Hates Postmodern Art. But He Secretly Loves It! The author of "12 Rules for Life" loves Socialist Realist art. By Ben Davis, May 24, 2018
Opinion Wynn Some, Lose Some: Kenny Schachter on the Parade of Art and Depravity at New York’s May Auctions Following a $3 billion spree of art auctions, artnet News's columnist shares his stories from the sales floors—and it's not (all) pretty. By Kenny Schachter, May 23, 2018
Opinion How Art Helps Makes Sense of Donald Glover’s ‘This Is America’ Video & More Critical Thoughts on Culture Plus, Tony Cokes turns tweets into art, and one very eerie paparazzi pic. By Ben Davis, May 17, 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 14, 2018
Opinion There Is a Dystopian Cultural Vision Hidden in Michael Bloomberg’s Multimillion-Dollar Art Shed The half-billion-dollar art center drops a manifesto, making big claims for its mission. By Ben Davis, May 14, 2018
Opinion What Do David Blaine, John Currin, and a Super-Sneaker Have in Common? Kenny Schachter Reports From TEFAF New York Our columnist uses his finely honed eavesdropping abilities to pick up some nice bits of art-world gossip at the week's toniest art fair. By Kenny Schachter, May 9, 2018