The Appraisal Cecily Brown’s Market Is on Fire. Will This Scandal-Ridden Painting Generate Even More Heat on the Auction Block—or Get Burned? We took to the Artnet Price Database to assess. By Naomi Rea, Mar 1, 2022
The Appraisal Christie’s Hopes to Shatter a Decade-Old Photography Record With This Major Man Ray Lot. Here’s What Makes It Special We plunged into the Artnet Price Database to figure out the artist's auction history. By Naomi Rea, Feb 22, 2022
The Appraisal Gerhard Richter Announced His Retirement From Painting in 2017. Since Then, His Auction Sales Have More Than Doubled We examined the artist's market on the occasion of his 90th birthday. By Naomi Rea, Feb 15, 2022
Analysis Demonstrating Resilience During the Pandemic, the Market for Chinese Art and Antiques Reaped $5.7 Billion Last Year, Our Report Found Sales remained solid in mainland China, but dropped in other regions across the globe. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 22, 2021
Analysis Hong Kong’s Local Art Market Is Flourishing. But Under Its National Security Law, Many Fear an Artist Exodus Sales have been strong at the start of the city's fall art season—but it's market appears to be operating in a parallel universe. By Vivienne Chow, Sep 28, 2021
Analysis High Net Worth Millennial Women Are Powering a Gallery Recovery and 7 Other Takeaways From Art Basel’s Latest Market Report Dealers emphasized the importance of maintaining relationships with collectors and attending art fairs By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 9, 2021
Analysis How a New Class of Investors Driven by Nostalgia—and Flush With Cash—Shot the Video Game Market Into High Orbit Insiders say young adults are excited at the prospect of reliving old memories. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 30, 2021
Analysis 7 Unbelievable and Contentious Takeaways From a New Documentary About ‘Salvator Mundi,’ the $450 Million ‘Lost Leonardo’ Questions continue to swirl about the world's most expensive painting. By Sarah Cascone & Eileen Kinsella, Aug 27, 2021
Analysis Houston Built Big in 2020—But Shenzhen Is the Future: 7 Takeaways From a New Report on Global Cultural Trends AEA Consulting's Cultural Infrastructure Index aims to give a snapshot of the present and future of museum building. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 28, 2021
Analysis Sure, NFT Sales Are Slipping—But a Closer Look at the Data Shows the Market Hasn’t Imploded (Yet) A recent report only tells half the story of what's going on. By Amy Castor, Jun 9, 2021
Analysis The Buyers of Beeple’s $69 Million NFT Sold Thousands of Speculators on a Crypto Art Investment Scheme. So Far… It Is Not Going Well Up next? A plan to sell a new $58 million NFT. By Ben Davis, May 10, 2021
Analysis 12 Questions the Art Market Should Have About CryptoPunks, the NFT Avatars Set to Sell for Millions at Christie’s, Answered by an Actual Expert The nine Punks are being sold as one lot. By Amy Castor, May 10, 2021
Analysis Think Everyone Is Getting Rich Off NFTs? Most Sales Are Actually $200 or Less, According to One Report And that's before fees. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 29, 2021
Analysis So You Just Bought an NFT. Here’s What That May Mean for Your Taxes We asked experts how regulators are responding to the latest investment craze. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 24, 2021
Analysis ‘This Was a $69 Million Marketing Stunt’: Why Crypto Purists Say Beeple’s Mega-Millions NFT Isn’t Actually an NFT at All Details surrounding the sale of "Everydays" raise questions about what NFTs are—and why the art market values them. By Tim Schneider, Mar 18, 2021
