Art Fairs The 5 Most Arresting Works at Art Basel, From an Epic $750,000 Painting by Meleko Mokgosi to a Low-Fi Video That Went Viral on TikTok Here are some standout pieces from this year’s fair that capture the mood of the moment. By Kate Brown, 24 hours ago
Market Art Dealer Vito Schnabel Is Teaming Up with Internet Entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk to Launch a New NFT Platform for Artists Each NFT work sold on ArtOfficial will be accompanied by IRL experiences. By Caroline Goldstein, 1 day ago
Auctions A Hat That Napoleon Wore During the Battle of Jena Just Sold for $1.4 Million at Sotheby’s It’s the first of two hats worn by the emperor appearing at auction this fall. By Taylor Dafoe, 2 days ago
Art Fairs Liste, the Beloved Satellite Fair for Emerging Talent, Lobbied Art Basel to Set Up Shop Inside the Messeplatz. The Gambit Paid Off Liste exhibitors were enjoying close proximity to Art Basel, even if overall attendance was down. By Eileen Kinsella, 2 days ago
Auctions A Frida Kahlo Self-Portrait Could Fetch Over $30 Million at Sotheby’s—and Become the Priciest Work by a Female Artist Ever Sold The painting, titled “Diego y yo (Diego and I),” would handily smash the record for Kahlo. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 22, 2021
The Intelligence Report Introducing: The Artnet Intelligence Report, Fall 2021 Edition The fall 2021 edition of the Artnet Intelligence Report tracks the market's rebound from lockdown—and looks toward the future. By Artnet News, Sep 22, 2021
Art Fairs ‘Now It’s Just the Real People’: Art Basel Opens Its First Fair in 18 Months With an Among-Friends Vibe (and Steady Sales, Too) There was nary an American collector in sight. By Eileen Kinsella & Naomi Rea, Sep 21, 2021
Auctions Six Paintings by Radiohead’s Cover Artist Are Going Up for Sale at Christie’s London—See Them Here They were made by Stanley Donwood, the English artist responsible for the band’s covers since 1994. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 21, 2021
Art Fairs NFTs Make Their Debut at Art Basel, Where Collectors Are Curious—And a Bit Confused—About the New Art Medium Galerie Nagel Draxler reported strong sales of its NFT offerings, finding workarounds for collectors without crypto wallets. By Kate Brown, Sep 21, 2021
Art Fairs Art Basel Unlimited, the Fair’s Section for Oversize Works, Debuts With a $3 Million Bread House and a Whole Lot of Big Paintings The fan-favorite section, back after a one-year hiatus, presented 62 standalone projects. By Kate Brown, Sep 20, 2021
Art Collectors What I Buy and Why: Art Dealer Carla Camacho on the Best Collecting Advice She Ever Received, and Why She Likes to Shop at Work The Lehmann Maupin partner tells us about which artists she's coveting right now and why collecting is an occupational hazard. By Artnet News, Sep 20, 2021
Art Fairs Is This the Most Expensive Work at Art Basel? One Dealer Has Brought a $40 Million Fresh-to-Market Painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat Works by the late artist continue to dominate collectors' wish lists. By Katya Kazakina, Sep 20, 2021
Art Fairs Switzerland Has Given an Eleventh-Hour Reprieve From Costly Additional Testing for Art Basel Visitors Who Received the AstraZeneca Vaccine From today, all visitors to Switzerland who have received an EMA-approved vaccine will be allowed to obtain a Swiss Covid certificate. By Naomi Rea, Sep 20, 2021
Market An NFT Marketplace Exec’s CryptoPunk Avatar Helped Web Sleuths Bust Him for Insider Trading Nate Chastain has stepped down from his role at OpenSea, the world's largest NFT trading platform. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 17, 2021
Market The Met Museum Is Deaccessioning $1 Million Worth of Photos and Prints to Fill a Revenue Shortfall Caused by the Pandemic Works by Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Frank, and a trove of Civil War photos are all hitting the block. By Katya Kazakina, Sep 17, 2021
