Market The Only Private Home Ai Weiwei Ever Designed in the US Is Now on the Market for More Than $5 Million. See It Here The property was built in 2006 for art collector Christopher Tsai. By Sarah Cascone, 2 days ago
Market The US Will Hit Chinese Art and Antiquities With an Additional 10 Percent Tariff Next Month as the Trade War Escalates Trump delayed the deadline for taxing consumer goods to spare holiday shoppers, but not those in the antiquities trade. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 15, 2019
Galleries Pace Gallery Is Launching PaceX, an Ambitious New Initiative to Promote Projects That Unite Art and Technology Christy MacLear, who recently served as vice chairman of Sotheby’s advisory arm, will lead the new initiative. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 13, 2019
Galleries Dealers Already Give Their Star Artists Plenty of Money and Space. Now They’re Giving Them Luxurious Residencies, Too Galleries are doing more than ever before to keep artists happy and present themselves as cultural destinations. By Brook Mason, Aug 13, 2019
Market Experts Thought the Holy Grail of Print Portfolios Was Lost to History. But One Family Kept it Intact—and Now It’s Heading to Auction The rediscovered album of artworks includes Edvard Munch's first color print. By Kate Brown, Aug 12, 2019
Analysis Berlin’s Gallery Scene Is Eroding. Its Tech Scene Is Exploding. Will These Young Startup Elites Ever Start Buying Art? We take a deep dive at the German capital's burgeoning industry. By Kate Brown, Aug 12, 2019
Galleries From Chelsea to the Upper East Side, New York’s Gallery Landscape Is Getting a Makeover Ahead of the Fall Season We tracked a flurry of gallery moves. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 12, 2019
Auctions Banking on Banksy, Sotheby’s and Christie’s Will Hold Dueling Online Sales of the Street Artist’s Prints This Fall The unrelated sales will offer some of the anonymous street artist's most famous images, including the one that self-destructed last fall. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 9, 2019
Auctions Sotheby’s Is Hit With Its Fourth Shareholder Lawsuit in a Month Over Its Acquisition Deal With Patrick Drahi The shareholder claims the proposed $3.7 billion acquisition violates SEC rules. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 6, 2019
Art Fairs ‘The Seattle Art Fair Is Still Kicking’: How the Event Is Recalibrating After the Death of Founder Paul Allen and High-Profile Gallery Defections It was a year of transition for the Pacific Northwest event. By Rain Embuscado, Aug 5, 2019
Analysis A New Study Has Simple Advice for Collectors Looking for Big Returns on Art: Invest In Women Male artists still make up the bulk of the art market, but women are doing better in terms of auction resales. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 1, 2019
Auctions Sotheby’s Sales Dropped 10 Percent in the First Half of 2019 Thanks to Brexit Fears and Cautious Collectors What may be the final earnings report before Sotheby's goes private marks the end of an era for auction transparency. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 31, 2019
Galleries Following a Flurry of Major Exhibitions, Color Field Painter Sam Gilliam Will Be Represented by Pace Gallery This marks the first time the legendary painter has been represented by a New York gallery. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 29, 2019
Analysis Galleries That Moonlight: How Smaller Dealers Are Making Money in Nontraditional Ways, From Helping Corporations to Hosting Weddings To increase revenue in a crowded field, galleries are developing side hustles as event venues and corporate art advisors. By Daniel Grant, Jul 29, 2019
Auctions Sotheby’s Head of E-Commerce Explains Why the Market for Rare Sneakers Is Off to the Races, With ‘Very Serious Buyers’ A recent $1 million sneaker sale at Sotheby's shows the company's recent pivot may be working. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 26, 2019
