Artnet News Pro Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and for How Much—at the 2022 Armory Show in New York Here's what dealers say they sold at this year's Armory Show. By Artnet News, Sep 12, 2022
Galleries Clearing Gallery Has a Knack for Elevating Unknown Artists Into Blue-Chip Stars. Now, It Just Needs to Figure Out How to Grow With Them Olivier Babin talks about transitioning from a failed artist to a successful art dealer—and why he feels like he is, essentially, "a butler." By Devorah Lauter, Sep 9, 2022
Auctions A 1993 Painting by Ernie Barnes Just Sold for $1.6 Million, Adding to the Late Artist’s Recent Market Explosion The artwork, which depicts a lively church scene, soared past its presale high estimate of $700,000 at Bonhams New York. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 9, 2022
Art Fairs Here Are 7 Artists Who Stood Out at Independent’s 20th-Century Fair, From a Texas Modernist to a Pioneering Graffiti Artist The fair's stated aim is to make room for artists who have been under-appreciated in their lifetimes, or whose contributions have been undeservedly forgotten. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 9, 2022
Wet Paint Wet Paint in the Wild: Friedrich Petzel Wheels and Deals Across Frieze Seoul, Then Jumps Back Into the Gallery Grind in New York The art dealer takes us through a week in his life while in South Korea. By Annie Armstrong, Sep 9, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Seoul Focus This week in the Back Room: Frieze Seoul from a great height, Mary Boone’s second act, PPOW beats the odds, and much more. By Tim Schneider & Naomi Rea, Sep 9, 2022
Art Fairs At the Armory Show, David Antonio Cruz’s Paintings of Chosen Families Sparked Joy—and Hinted at Where the Market’s Tastes Lie The artist's solo booth with Chicago art dealer Monique Meloche is in the fair's Focus section. By Annie Armstrong, Sep 9, 2022
Art Fairs Collectors Were Decisive at the VIP Opening of the Armory Show, With Early Six-Figure Sales and a Focus on Latinx Art Here's what sold on the VIP preview day of The Armory Show. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 9, 2022
Art Fairs Who Is Stanislao Lepri, the Painter and Paramour of Leonor Fini? With the Surrealist Market Heating Up, He’s Suddenly Getting the Spotlight Lepri left a career in diplomacy to pursue a life of art and love with Fini and a Polish writer. By Katya Kazakina, Sep 8, 2022
Art Fairs See Inside Spring/Break, the Indie Fair That Took Over Ralph Lauren’s Offices With Edgy, Outrageous, and Surprisingly Affordable Art The 2022 edition of the scrappy New York fair includes a critique of bachelorette-party culture and tiny ceramics. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 8, 2022
Art Fairs The Armory Show Spotlights Artists Who Have Worked in the Amazon as Brazil’s Indigenous Artists Gain Growing Global Prominence Get to know the artists who've lived and worked in the Amazon. By Sara Roffino, Sep 8, 2022
Auctions Sotheby’s Launches Artist’s Choice, a New Venture That Enables Artists to Consign Work Directly to Auction The initiative is the brainchild of former art-fair executive Noah Horowitz. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Sep 8, 2022
Wet Paint Art Dealer Max Levai Romps Through the Hamptons, Mary Boone Is Looking for a New Space, and More Art-World Gossip Plus, what art gallery did Joe Biden's daughter take her full security detail to? What dealers are out at Burning Man? Read on for answers. By Annie Armstrong, Sep 8, 2022
Auctions Robert Pattinson, the Batman, Tries on the Role of Mild-Mannered Curator, Picking Works by All-Star Artists for a Sotheby’s Sale A few of the selections the actor has made include works by Willem de Kooning, Richard Serra and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 7, 2022
Art Fairs ‘No Satellite Fairs for Us Anymore’: Some International Dealers Blast Kiaf Organizers, Saying Frieze Overshadowed the Local Seoul Art Fair Kiaf banked on its association with Frieze, and many international galleries bought in. By Vivienne Chow, Sep 7, 2022