The Hammer Simon de Pury on How the World’s Top Fashion Houses Have Worked With Artists to Create a Red-Hot Market for Collaborations The auctioneer ruminates on how contemporary art stars have used these projects to the advantage of their market. By Simon de Pury, Sep 6, 2021
Wet Paint Mega-Collector Aby Rosen Fined for Contempt, Rachel Dolezal’s Art Looks, Um, a Lot Like Glenn Ligon’s + More Art-World Gossip Which formerly incarcerated art dealer is back on the circuit? Which top CEO hung a Kehinde Wiley in her office? Read on for answers. By Artnet News, Sep 3, 2021
The Art Detective As the Met Prepares an Action-Packed Fall Season, Museum Director Max Hollein Talks Deaccessioning, NFTs, and Chuck Close The Met's director offers a peek at the art season ahead—and meditates on the turbulence of the past 18 months. By Katya Kazakina, Sep 3, 2021
The Gray Market Why Facebook’s Virtual Office Initiative Raises Big Questions About the Return of Live Art Fairs (and Other Insights) Our columnist examines what the tech giant's new remote office software says about virtual art fairs just ahead of their IRL return. By Tim Schneider, Aug 31, 2021
Kenny Schachter Filmmaker James Crump Dishes to Kenny Schachter About Why Making a Movie With Jordan Wolfson Was a Total Nightmare Kenny was very curious about why the two no longer speak. By Kenny Schachter, Aug 26, 2021
The Art Detective How David Zwirner’s Click-to-Buy E-Commerce Company Evolved From a Goodwill Project Into a Money-Making Machine The company says it has sold around 50 percent of the 282 artworks it has offered in its first three months. By Katya Kazakina, Aug 19, 2021
The Gray Market Coffee and Psilocybin: Why Two Seemingly Very Different Art Dealers Just Went Into Business Together (and Other Insights) Our columnist tries to tease out what dealer-artist Mike Egan and gallerist Meredith Rosen are up to in their new joint space. By Tim Schneider, Aug 17, 2021
Kenny Schachter Kenny Schachter Gets Clued Into an Ultra-Secret $130 Million Frida Kahlo Auction and Wades Through the NFT Swamp Our columnist learns about a hush-hush Christie's sale for a very exclusive Frida Kahlo painting, and dunks back into the NFT mire. By Kenny Schachter, Aug 16, 2021
Wet Paint Pornhub Deletes Hardcore Art-Historical Pornography, Collectors Forge Vaccine Cards, and More Juicy Art-World Gossip Which auction house chased away patrons with fake vaccine cards? Which collector's golf club is an art haven? Read on for answers. By Annie Armstrong, Aug 13, 2021
The Art Detective Inside the Epic Auction-House Battle to Win Divorcing Couple Harry and Linda Macklowe’s Peerless $700 Million Art Collection Find out which auction house has the edge on selling off the collection that has set art-market tongues wagging for years. By Katya Kazakina, Aug 11, 2021
The Gray Market Why Real Art Market Innovation Has Been Shamefully Scarce Even in the Face of the Pandemic (and Other Insights) Our columnist looks at the post-shutdown landscape and finds too many players too satisfied with making just enough changes to get by. By Tim Schneider, Aug 10, 2021
Wet Paint Wet Paint: Emily Ratajkowski Actually Commissioned That Richard Prince Portrait She Said Was ‘Taken From Me,’ and More Art World Gossip Which former SNL star was at California's newest cultural hub? Which artists are getting in on the World Series of Poker? Read on for answers. By Annie Armstrong, Aug 5, 2021
The Art Detective ‘You Go Where the Money Is’: How Wealthy Collectors Led Top Art Dealers to Aspen, the Industry’s Newest Haven “This is without a doubt the busiest it’s ever been,” one dealer told Arnet News. By Katya Kazakina, Aug 5, 2021
The Gray Market How France’s Plan to Give Teens Free Cash to Spend on Culture Exposes the Art World’s Deepest Anxieties (and Other Insights) Our columnist surveys the French government's Culture Pass initiative to discover what it can tell us about snobbery in the art world. By Tim Schneider, Aug 3, 2021
The Art Detective Inside the Secret L.A. Studio Building Where Some of the City’s Hottest Emerging Artists Have Built a Bustling Scene Mohilef Studios in Los Angeles went from being a factory building into an artists' haven in just six years. By Katya Kazakina, Jul 29, 2021
