Information Is the Most Valuable Currency in the Art Business. So Is It Any Surprise That Art Galleries Bend the Truth?

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Information Is the Most Valuable Currency in the Art Business. So Is It Any Surprise That Art Galleries Bend the Truth?

Information is the most valuable currency in the art world—and dealers know it.

By Katya Kazakina, May 16, 2022

Wet Paint

Wet Paint In the Wild: Art Advisor Dan Oglander Photographs His Way Through New York Art Week With His Trusty Dog

In this week's edition, Oglander takes his pet around town and hits the fairs.

By Annie Armstrong, May 12, 2022

Wet Paint

Investors in Loïc Gouzer’s NFT Startup Should Read the Fine Print, Lucien Gets Its First Art Show, and More Juicy Art-World Gossip

Plus, Canada gallery is opening two new spaces and James Franco makes an appearance at NADA in New York.

By Annie Armstrong, May 12, 2022

The Gray Market

Why (and How) Global Economic Chaos Will Hit the Art Market in Ways You Might Not Expect (and Other Insights)

Our columnist examines how multiple asset markets in free fall might impact an art market fixated on its own business.

By Tim Schneider, May 10, 2022

The Art Detective

Revealed: The Biggest Consignors to New York’s $2 Billion Spring Auctions, From a Divorcing Heir to a Mexican Financier

Plus, who is offloading a load of work because he's "just done" with art after 15 years of dedicated collecting?

By Katya Kazakina, May 6, 2022

Wet Paint

Wet Paint in the Wild: NADA Head Honcho Heather Hubbs’s Photo Diary of Christmas in April in Dimes Square and Prepping for the Big Fair

Hubbs takes us to her favorite restaurant and her favorite parks, and offers a glimpse of the NADA New York install.

By Annie Armstrong, May 5, 2022

The Gray Market

How Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover Explains Why the Art Market Will Always Cater to a Handful of Elites (and Other Insights)

Our columnist parses how the new business of meme stocks butts up against time-honored fundamentals of art-market success.

By Tim Schneider, May 3, 2022

Wet Paint

The Best and Worst Tippers in the Art World—Revealed, a Top Rapper Makes His Curatorial Debut, and More Juicy Art-World Gossip

Plus, what superstar artist's work got all dinged up on the way to the Venice Biennale? And artist Tourmaline gives us a peek into her life.

By Annie Armstrong, Apr 29, 2022

The Gray Market

What the Art World Can Learn From the Creators of ‘Moneyball’ and Their Skepticism About the Quantitative Revolution (and Other Insights)

Our columnist explains why the thinkers who took data science mainstream now have serious reservations about its overuse.

By Tim Schneider, Apr 26, 2022

Basquiat, Inc.: How the Artist’s Estate Built a Licensing Empire of Branded Barbies, Dog Hoodies, Coach Backpacks, and More

Is it profiteering, or protecting a legacy?

By Katya Kazakina, Apr 15, 2022

Wet Paint

Eric Adams Gets COVID After Partying With the Art World, Skater Evan Mock Gets His Own Cryptocurrency, and More Art-World Gossip

Plus, Chance the Rapper hits up the Chicago gallery scene, and expert tips on rookie mistakes to avoid during the Venice Biennale.

By Annie Armstrong, Apr 14, 2022

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