The Hammer Simon de Pury on the Rising Costs of the Venice Biennale The veteran auctioneer shares his financial trials and QR tribulations at the exalted art exhibition. By Simon de Pury, 13 hours ago
Wet Paint Zwirner Lands a Septuagenarian Star, and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, Larry David makes his debut on the gallery circuit. By Annie Armstrong, Apr 19, 2024
Art Detective Is It Time to Cut Art Prices? Long Considered Taboo, the Idea Is Gaining Traction The market has 'completely stopped' for many artists. Is it possible to lure in new buyers 'without causing a total crash of their careers?' By Katya Kazakina, Apr 12, 2024
Wet Paint Checking In With the Artist Who Waved Goodbye to the Art World and Struck a Nerve—and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, the inside scoop on a new Manhattan gallery that just might be making NFTs cool again (or for the first time). By Annie Armstrong, Apr 11, 2024
The Art Detective ‘If It Goes to Zero—Fine’: Why Do Collectors Pay Wild Prices for New Art? Wooed by galleries, buyers chase artworks like 'prestige fashion objects.' Do they know what they are doing? By Katya Kazakina, Apr 5, 2024
Wet Paint Will Scandal-Plagued Diddy Offload His Marquee Art Holdings?—and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, meet the art world's favorite professional party planner. By Annie Armstrong, Apr 5, 2024
Art Detective ‘It Was Her Life’: Major Miami Collection Heads to Auction, Following Founder’s Death The private museum of Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz has closed. Its prized holdings will be sold by Christie's. By Katya Kazakina, Mar 29, 2024
Wet Paint L.A. Art Dealer Expands to Tribeca, Racquel Chevremont Is Now a ‘Real Housewife,’ and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, which art stars dined at Lucien this week? And which artist had a long history of getting kicked out of the Odeon? By Annie Armstrong, Mar 28, 2024
The Hammer Simon de Pury on Defying Art Market Pessimism (and Crocodiles) Following the outstanding sale of her collection, the veteran auctioneer looks back on his friendship with Monique Barbier-Mueller. By Simon de Pury, Mar 27, 2024
The Art Detective ‘It’s Not a Soft Landing’: Contemporary Art Prices Come Crashing Down. Is This the End? Current market conditions challenge the popular belief that art always goes up. By Katya Kazakina, Mar 22, 2024
Wet Paint Salon 94 Loses a Top Artist, Fresh Details on Cady Noland’s L.A. Show, and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, what did you miss at Jamian Juliano-Villani's afterparty for her Gagosian show? By Annie Armstrong, Mar 21, 2024
Wet Paint Cady Noland’s Ultra-Mysterious L.A. Show, an Art Space in a Snake Enclosure, and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, a scammer is posing as advisor Todd Levin, and the Art Production Fund gala took over the Grill. By Annie Armstrong, Mar 15, 2024
Kenny Schachter Valley Guy, Part 4: Kenny Schachter Returns From His L.A. Adventures With Frieze Gossip—and His Very Own A.I. App By Kenny Schachter, Mar 7, 2024
The Art Detective A Mysterious Brice Marden Painting Is Auction-Bound, and the Art Detective Is on the Case Unknown to experts, the canvas could soon sell for a record $50 million. Who has consigned it? By Katya Kazakina, Mar 2, 2024
Wet Paint Inside Jimmy Iovine’s Star-Studded Charity Art Sale, Poolside Chatter at the Felix Art Fair, and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, which powerhouse art couple has split? And who was behind the now-retired Instagram account @whos___who? By Annie Armstrong, Feb 29, 2024