Auctions An Extremely Rare, Centuries-Old Italian Violin Hit a High Note at Auction, Selling for a Whopping $9.44 Million The 292-year-old violin is the third most expensive instrument to sell at auction. By Lee Carter, 9 hours ago
Art Fairs Hong Kong’s Art Scene Is Booming Despite Its COVID Nightmare and Political Turmoil. As Art Basel Returns, Can the City Shine Again? The international art crowd has high expectations, while local players are hoping for the best. By Vivienne Chow, 10 hours ago
Auctions More Than 200 Artworks From the Collection of Gerald Fineberg Could Net $270 Million When They Hit the Block at Christie’s in May The late real estate magnate’s collection includes paintings by Gerhard Richter, Christopher Wool, and Alice Neel. By Taylor Dafoe, 14 hours ago
Art Collectors What I Buy and Why: Photography Collector and Dealer Anna Walker Skillman Is Raising Strong Daughters on Images of Confident Women Skillman owns and directs Jackson Fine Art in Atlanta, the gallery that launched Elton John's photography collection. By Lee Carter, 20 hours ago
Art Fairs Here Are 9 Treasures That Caught Our Eye at TEFAF Maastricht—From Antique Playing Cards to a Rediscovered Ambrosi Sculpture Our selections from 7,000 years of art. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 17, 2023
Auctions Sotheby’s Surrealism Sale Fails to Meet Expectations, Pulling in an Under-Estimate $18 Million With Several Blue-Chip Works Going Unsold The sale was led by Magritte's homage to Vermeer, which sold for $3.2 million. By Vivienne Chow, Mar 16, 2023
NFTs Despite the NFT Crash, a New Book Argues That the Technology Still Has the Power to Build a Better Digital Art Future Read an excerpt from the new book 'The Story of NFTs: Artists, Technology, and Democracy.' By Amy Whitaker & Nora Burnett Abrams, Mar 16, 2023
Galleries What Does It Take to Build a Successful Gallery in London? Two Generations of Emerging Dealers Hash It Out Vanessa Carlos and Freddie Powell on the trials and tribulations of pulling off an atypical commercial space. By Louise Benson, Mar 14, 2023
Auctions The ‘Mona Lisa of the Deep’ and Hundreds of Other Treasures From a Gold Rush-Era Shipwreck Just Pulled In $1.1 Million at Auction The ship sank in 1857 while hauling gold from San Francisco to New York at the height of the California Gold Rush. By Lee Carter, Mar 13, 2023
Art Collectors What I Buy and Why: New York Collector Larry Warsh on His Early Eye for Basquiat, and the Octogenarian Artist He’s Coveting Now Warsh's collection of contemporary Chinese photography is currently on view at the Hirshhorn Museum in D.C. By Lee Carter, Mar 13, 2023
Auctions ‘It Was Amazing to Use These Works to Tell a Story About Myself’: Adam Lindemann’s Collection Rakes in $32 Million in an Unusual Christie’s Auction Lindemann sold works by Koons, Warhol, Hirst, and more. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 10, 2023
Art Fairs TEFAF Maastricht Bounces Back From Last Year’s Heist With an Encyclopedic Array of Precious Art and Strong Museum Interest The Dutch art fair is back to its normal self—mostly. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 10, 2023
Auctions The Final Sale of Masterworks From the Collection of Late Microsoft Founder Paul Allen Could Fetch $43 Million at Christie’s The seven works are by Georgia O'Keeffe, David Hockney, and Edward Hopper. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 10, 2023
Auctions For Years, a Family Hung What They Thought Was a Fake Brueghel Behind a Door. It Turned Out to Be Real—and Could Fetch $800,000 at Auction The artwork was spotted by an auctioneer during a routine appraisal trip. By Artnet News, Mar 9, 2023
NFTs LACMA Is Inviting Digital Artists to Put Tech-Powered Spins on Works in Its Collection as Part of a New Blockchain Initiative The works will be released for sale in limited digital editions. By Min Chen, Mar 9, 2023
