Auctions The Comic Book Market Is Red Hot. Here Are the Top 10 Prices of All Time, All Sold in the Past Two Years Read on to find out which superhero commands the highest prices at auction. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 2, 2022
Galleries Another French Museum Loses a Senior Leader to the Private Sector—But Could That Actually Be Good for the Cultural Ecosystem? French media reeled at the "explosive announcement" that Sylvie Patry would depart Paris's Musée d'Orsay to become artistic director at Kamel Mennour gallery. By Devorah Lauter, Sep 30, 2022
The Art Detective Unfairly Imprisoned, He Labored on a Chain Gang for Years. Now Winfred Rembert’s Paintings About That Experience Are Selling for Nearly $300,000 Prices for the visceral art of Winfred Rembert, the late Pulitzer Prize winner, have tripled in six months. By Katya Kazakina, Sep 30, 2022
Auctions An Auction of Paintings by the Long-Overlooked Chicago Surrealist Gertrude Abercrombie Just Brought in $2.8 Million The market’s recent obsession with mid-century surrealism shows no signs of slowing down. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 30, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Bet on Betrayal This week: why artists leave their galleries, a Cuban art gem hits the block, a mega-gallery bankrolls a literary mag, and much more. By Naomi Rea, Sep 30, 2022
Galleries Hotshot Gallerist Lexi Bishop Left New York and L.A. to Strike Out on Her Own in Pittsburgh. Here’s What She Learned in Year One The former Christie’s contemporary art specialist discusses the city's growing art scene. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 30, 2022
Auctions Can Dinomania Strike Twice? Christie’s Is Selling a Full T. Rex Skeleton—a $25 Million Specimen Named Shen—in Hong Kong Shen the T. Rex will hit the block on November 30. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 29, 2022
NFTs ‘It’s a Huge Message to the Centuries-Old Art Market’: 18-Year-Old NFT Star Diana Sinclair on How She’s Taking on the Blue-Chip Art World The artist's works are kicking off the launch of Christie's new NFT platform. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 29, 2022
Wet Paint Wet Paint in the Wild: Curator Roya Sachs Goes Backstage to Produce Some Art Wizardry at a Psychedelic Music Festival The curator takes us along for an action-packed trip to Format music festival in the Ozarks. By Annie Armstrong, Sep 29, 2022
Auctions The Rarely Seen Art Collection of a Former TV Lawyer Could Sell for $100 Million at Sotheby’s David Solinger was the first non-Whitney family president of the Whitney Museum of American Art and a dedicated Ab-Ex collector. By Katya Kazakina, Sep 29, 2022
Analysis How a $10 Million Miró Auction Flop Turned Into a Dream Come True for One Dutch Museum The museum seized an opportunity after the Surrealist work failed to sell at auction. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 29, 2022
Artnet News Pro How Does an Art Fair Booth Get Nominated for the Turner Prize? A Q&A With Blindspot Gallery’s Founder Mimi Chun The Hong Kong gallerist talks returning to Frieze London and the challenges facing the market at home. By Vivienne Chow, Sep 28, 2022
Auctions The Most Expensive Sneakers Ever Sold—Kanye West’s $1.8 Million ‘Nike Air Yeezys’—Are Returning to Auction The shoes will be sold as part of the launch of a new Christie's division, Department X, dedicated to streetwear and collectibles. By Dorian Batycka, Sep 27, 2022
Artnet News Pro Bonhams Has Been Acquiring Its Competitors at Warp Speed. Here’s Why the Middle-Market Player Wants a Network, Not an Empire The house has found a winning strategy in accelerating key trends at play in the auction realm. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 27, 2022
Art Fairs Inside the Affordable Art Fair, Where Artists Pose as Dealers and Paintings Fly Off the Walls Marking its 20th anniversary, the expo provides a window into the little-discussed and low-cost backbone of the art market. By Zachary Small, Sep 27, 2022