The Truth About Anna and Larry’s Relationship Status, Jens Hoffmann and His Imaginary Friends Start a Gallery, and More Juicy Art World Gossip

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The Truth About Anna and Larry’s Relationship Status, Jens Hoffmann and His Imaginary Friends Start a Gallery, and More Juicy Art World Gossip

Plus, which artist can't get enough SoulCycle? Which artists accompanied Brad Pitt on his visit to MOCA Los Angeles?

By Annie Armstrong, Jan 12, 2023

The Art Detective

‘The Party’s Over’: Art Market Players Brace for an Anxious 2023 Amidst Slower Sales, Growing Discounts

A variety of elements in play suggest this could be a dicey year for the art industry.

By Katya Kazakina, Jan 12, 2023

The Gray Market

Government Regulators Are Zeroing in on the Metaverse. Digital Art Could Get Caught in the Middle

Our columnist explains why art could be forced to contend with more regulatory headaches in the metaverse than anywhere else before.

By Tim Schneider, Jan 11, 2023

The Art Detective

The High-Flying Basquiat Market Fell Off a Cliff Last Year. Why?

The artist's auction market plummeted 50 percent in 2022, a dizzying fall from its much-ballyhooed peak of a year prior.

By Katya Kazakina, Jan 5, 2023

The Gray Market

8 Highly Specific Predictions for the Art Industry in 2023 (Including an Art-Fair Death Foretold)

Our columnist mans the fortune teller's booth again to try to envision what awaits the art world in the year ahead.

By Tim Schneider, Jan 4, 2023

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Wet Paint In the Wild: Dimes Square Rapper Blaketheman1000 Moves to Bushwick, Jet Skis at Art Basel Miami Beach, and Performs in Philadelphia

The Dimes Square rapper takes us through a week in his life.

By Annie Armstrong, Dec 22, 2022

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A 26-Year-Old Artist Named Cumwizard69420 Gets a Show at Cheim and Read, a Trendy Tribeca Gallery Is Unamicably Splitting, and More Juicy Art-World Gossip

Plus, where is O'Flaherty's new space setting up? And which sandwich boy-turned-art dealer is getting trolled on Twitter?

By Annie Armstrong, Dec 22, 2022

The Gray Market

Artnet Newstradamus Tim Schneider Grades His 10 Highly Specific Art-World Predictions for 2022

Our columnist passes judgment on the predictions he made at the start of 2022 to see where he got it right and where he missed the mark.

By Tim Schneider, Dec 20, 2022

The Hammer

In Pictures: Simon de Pury Looks Back on a Whirlwind Year of Auctions, Celebrity Sightings, and Images That Stopped Him in His Tracks

For his last column of the year, the auctioneer shares 12 moments that made a mark on him in 2022.

By Simon de Pury, Dec 20, 2022

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Funding Cuts Threaten Shepard Fairey’s First Museum Show in Germany, Clearing Sets Down Roots in Manhattan, and More Juicy Art-World Gossip

Plus, what Kardashian brand is Sam Bankman-Fried rumored to have tried to invest in? Who in the Macklowe family is into bondage? Read on for answers.

By Annie Armstrong, Dec 16, 2022

The Gray Market

How Random International, Maker of the Immersive Sensation ‘Rain Room,’ Is Bringing the Experiential Art Business Into the 21st Century

The 'Living Room' appears 10 years after Random International's breakout 'Rain Room'.

By Tim Schneider, Dec 13, 2022

Wet Paint in the Wild: Restaurateur Michael Chow Shows Off His Little-Known Painting Practice During a Whirlwind Opening Week in London

The Mr. Chow restaurateur is breaking a 50-year "sabbatical" from his art career.

By Annie Armstrong, Dec 8, 2022

The Gray Market

Why the Crypto Winter Could Actually Be a Good Thing for Digital Art

Our columnist analyzes two new nonprofit digital projects to try and chart a path out of tech's boom-and-bust cycle.

By Tim Schneider, Dec 7, 2022

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