Market Former Sotheby’s Chairperson Patti Wong Is Launching an Art Advisory Firm for Collectors in Asia Patti Wong & Associates is the latest venture to be established by former auction house veterans. By Vivienne Chow, Jan 11, 2023
NFTs Whistleblowers Edward Snowden and Daniel Ellsberg Drop a Collaborative NFT to Benefit Press Freedom The work centers on Ellsberg's 1971 leak of the Pentagon Papers. By Min Chen, Jan 11, 2023
The Gray Market Government Regulators Are Zeroing in on the Metaverse. Digital Art Could Get Caught in the Middle Our columnist explains why art could be forced to contend with more regulatory headaches in the metaverse than anywhere else before. By Tim Schneider, Jan 11, 2023
Auctions Rare, Remarkable Chinese Porcelains From a Prominent Collecting Couple Go Up for Auction in New York Bonhams is selling the exemplary pieces collected over 50 years by Michael and Ewa Cohen. By Lisa Ferber, Jan 10, 2023
Galleries Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova Gets Her First Solo Show at Jeffrey Deitch, Where Attendees Are Instructed to Wear Balaclavas The activist artist continues the collective’s protest against Russia’s authoritarian regime. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 10, 2023
Artnet News Pro Meet 5 Power Collectors From Southeast Asia Who Are Helping to Shape the Region’s Burgeoning Art Scene With the delayed fair due to open on January 11, we look at the area's strong and diverse collector base. By Vivienne Chow, Jan 9, 2023
Auctions Who Were the Best-Selling Artists at Auction in 2022? See the Top 20 Names and Find Out What They Reveal About the Market The three highest-ranking artists each brought in over $500 million in sales last year. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 9, 2023
Auctions A Curios Collector’s Incredible Finds, From Prehistoric Fossils to Modern Art, Go Up for Auction at Sotheby’s London The sale, which runs January 9–19, offers wide access to the one-of-a-kind cabinet of curiosities. By Nell Card, Jan 9, 2023
Galleries Sukanya Rajaratnam, a Change-Making Dealer Who Brought Overlooked Artists to Mnuchin Gallery, Is Departing After 15 Years The veteran dealer brought previously marginalized black and female artists into the gallery's blue-chip fold. By Katya Kazakina, Jan 8, 2023
Art Fairs MCH Group Has Canceled London’s Masterpiece Fair, Citing High Costs and Fewer International Dealers With the success of Paris+, is MCH Group losing interest in doing business in post-Brexit London? By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jan 6, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: A Taste of the Future This week: a 2023 predictions sampler, Singapore’s star turn begins, a Hollywood insider banks on an art-world outsider, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Jan 6, 2023
Auctions A Hoard of More Than 300 Pristine ‘Star Wars’ Action Figures, Unearthed From the Closet of an Illinois Collector, Is Now Heading to Auction The toys are still sealed in their original packaging. By Min Chen, Jan 5, 2023
Art Fairs In a First for the Region, the Singapore Art Museum and S.E.A. Focus Fair Have Launched a Fund to Buy Southeast Asian Art The new SAM S.E.A. Focus Art Fund is supported by the Yenn and Alan Lo Foundation. By Vivienne Chow, Jan 5, 2023
The Art Detective The High-Flying Basquiat Market Fell Off a Cliff Last Year. Why? The artist's auction market plummeted 50 percent in 2022, a dizzying fall from its much-ballyhooed peak of a year prior. By Katya Kazakina, Jan 5, 2023
The Gray Market 8 Highly Specific Predictions for the Art Industry in 2023 (Including an Art-Fair Death Foretold) Our columnist mans the fortune teller's booth again to try to envision what awaits the art world in the year ahead. By Tim Schneider, Jan 4, 2023
