The Appraisal Stanley Whitney’s Lyrical Grid Paintings Struck a Chord With Collectors During Lockdown. Can His Market Spike Survive the Downturn? On the heels of Stanley Whitney's move to Gagosian, we investigated what has been driving the painter's belated market rise. By Naomi Rea, Jul 5, 2022
The Appraisal For Some Collectors, Rashid Johnson’s Work Has Become a Symbol of Access and Influence. How High Can His Prices Go? The artist, whose work just sold swiftly at Art Basel, is the subject of an exhibition at Hauser and Wirth in Menorca. By Naomi Rea, Jun 22, 2022
The Appraisal Louise Nevelson Was Once as Famous as Andy Warhol. Here’s Why Her Market Has Lagged So Far Behind Her Peers A collision of factors wreaked havoc on the market for the installation art pioneer. By Naomi Rea, Jun 1, 2022
The Appraisal After a $15.3 Million Auction Sale, Ernie Barnes Collectors Might Soon Try to Cash in. Can the Market Survive a Flood? We took to Artnet’s price database to investigate. By Naomi Rea, May 24, 2022
The Appraisal Why Are Collectors Frothing at the Mouth for Adrian Ghenie? We Analyzed the Auction Data to Find Out We look into what's driving the meteoric rise of the Romanian painter. By Naomi Rea, May 17, 2022
The Appraisal It’s Raining Monet at the New York Auctions This Season—Will Demand Meet the Generous Supply? We took to artnet's price database to investigate. By Naomi Rea, May 11, 2022
The Appraisal Can Anselm Kiefer’s Auction Market Ever Catch Up to His Work’s Monumental Ambitions? We took to Artnet's Price Database to find out. By Naomi Rea, May 4, 2022
The Appraisal Marlene Dumas, Whose Latest Show in Venice Is Drawing Rave Reviews, Has Managed to Avoid Market Speculation. Here’s How As the artist's survey at the Palazzo Grassi draws crowds, we dug into the Artnet Price Database to see if her market matches her resume. By Julia Halperin, Apr 26, 2022
Analysis The Pandemic Battered California’s Creative Economy. Here Are the Sectors That Were Hardest Hit, and Those That Were Most Resilient The latest Otis College report on the creative industries in California shows the disparate effects of the pandemic. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 13, 2022
The Appraisal Will the Contentious Opening of a Philip Guston Show Hurt or Help the Artist’s Market? We Parsed the Auction Data to Find Out Is it high time the artist's market catches up to his Ab-Ex contemporaries? By Naomi Rea, Apr 12, 2022
The Appraisal The 87-Year-Old Artist Paula Rego Is Set to Emerge as a Breakout Star of the Venice Biennale. Will Her Auction Market Follow? We analyzed Rego's market performance using Artnet's Price Database. By Naomi Rea, Apr 5, 2022
The Appraisal Surrealist Artist Francis Picabia Was the Ultimate Shapeshifter. Did All That Experimentation Stunt His Market? Despite his reputation as an artist's artist, demand for works by Francis Picabia trails that of his Surrealist peers. By Julia Halperin, Mar 28, 2022
The Appraisal What to Know About Toyen—the Under-the-Radar Surrealist Genius Whose Market Is Rapidly Gaining Traction In the wake of a major sale—and with a Venice Biennale bow on the horizon—we took to the Artnet Price Database to investigate. By Naomi Rea, Mar 22, 2022
The Appraisal Robert Indiana’s ‘Love’ Made Him Famous. But Has a Spiteful Legal Battle Tarnished His Market Legacy for Good? We analyzed the auction data of the artist to find signs of what may be in store for the artist's market. By Naomi Rea, Mar 15, 2022
The Appraisal Are Rumors About the Softening Andy Warhol Market True? We Analyzed the Auction Data to Find Out We took to the Artnet Price Database to investigate. By Naomi Rea, Mar 8, 2022