Art Fairs Zurich Art Week Will Be All About A.I., With Tech-Centered Art Shows, Talks, and Events Across the City. Here Are Our Top Picks While interest in NFTs is lagging, a whole host of artists are moving forward the conversation around A.I. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, 3 hours ago
Art Fairs TEFAF’s Global Managing Director Bart Drenth Has Resigned Following an Artnet News Report on His Provocative Anti-Woke Tweets Drenth has stepped down less than six months after being appointed to the position. By Taylor Dafoe, 2 days ago
Auctions Sotheby’s Is Selling a Mother Lode of 37 More NFTs From the Collection of Bankrupt Hedge Fund Three Arrows Capital This auction follows Sotheby's first sale of 3AC NFTs, which fetched $2.4 million. By Richard Whiddington, 2 days ago
Auctions Disco Queen Donna Summer’s Personal Possessions—Gold Records, Handwritten Lyrics, and Her Own Abstract Paintings—Are Heading to Auction This June Christie's relives the legend's heyday with a shimmering sale timed with her HBO documentary. By Vittoria Benzine, 3 days ago
Auctions Two Miniature Qing Dynasty Jars, Snapped Up at a U.K. Thrift Store for $25, Just Sold for More Than $74,000 at Auction The 18th-century jars bear the mark of the fourth emperor of the Qing dynasty. By Artnet News, May 30, 2023
Auctions ‘The Stuff of Legend’: $20 Million Worth of Treasures From the Rothschild Dynasty Is Heading to the First Auction of Its Kind The Christie's sale features Renaissance paintings, furniture, jewelry, and silver. By Artnet News, May 30, 2023
Auctions Ann and Gordon Getty’s Magnificent Collection Returns for Another Auction at Christie’s With Major Blockbuster Potential The contents of the couple's opulent Temple of Wings home in California will head to auction June 14. By Lee Carter, May 29, 2023
Art Collectors What I Buy and Why: Maria Sukkar Collects Women Artists—Yayoi Kusama, Cindy Sherman, Tracey Emin—With Identity as Their Focus She's given her collection a name‚ the ISelf collection, which has been shown at Whitechapel Gallery in London. By Lee Carter, May 29, 2023
Auctions Dealers Applauded the May Old Masters Sales’ Old-School Vibe: Few Guarantees, Reserves, and Less Pretense The mid-season auctions proved a welcome counterpoint. By Eileen Kinsella, May 27, 2023
Auctions Once Used to Grow Hyacinths, This Humble Chinese Pot Sold for More Than $150,000 at a U.K. Auction—Nearly 200 Times Its High Estimate The ornamental pot displayed bonsai trees at the Qing court and was used by its former owners to grow hyacinths. By Brian Boucher, May 26, 2023
Auctions Henri Matisse’s Home and Studio on the French Riviera, Where the Artist Made His Paper Cutouts, Has Hit the Market for $2.7 Million The apartment's new residents will occupy the space where Matisse lived and worked for over ten years. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 25, 2023
NFTs Photographer Chen Man’s First NFT Series Is a Futuristic Spectacle Featuring a Pregnant Grimes as an A.I. Cyborg The musician is depicted wearing a tattered shirt that reads "X AE A-12 MUSK." By Richard Whiddington, May 24, 2023
Auctions An Extraordinary Wristwatch Belonging to the Last Emperor of China Just Sold for $6.2 Million, Setting Multiple Auction Records Aisin-Giro Puyi wore the rare Patek Philippe timepiece while detained in Siberia. By Lee Carter, May 24, 2023
Auctions A 2,000-Year-Old Gold Greek Stater Just Fetched $6 Million at Auction, Making It the Most Expensive Ancient Coin Ever Sold The coin once belonged to the State Hermitage Museum until it was sold off by Joseph Stalin. By Richard Whiddington, May 23, 2023
Auctions Sotheby’s First Sale of NFTs From Three Arrows Capital’s Collection Pulled in a Stunning $2.4 Million, Obliterating Estimates A 'Fidenza' went for five times its presale estimate. By Richard Whiddington, May 22, 2023
