The Art Detective Why the Biggest Blue-Chip Art Collectors in the World Are Suddenly Pumping Hundreds of Millions of Dollars Into Baseball Cards Baseball, basketball, and hockey cards are now fetching as much as works by Alexander Calder and George Condo. By Katya Kazakina, Jul 7, 2021
Kenny Schachter After Years of Ridicule, Kenny Schachter Has Kissed and Made Up With Zombie Formalist Lucien Smith. Here, They Talk Art, Drugs, & the Market Our columnist sat down in Switzerland with the battle-scarred veteran of the market wars for a heart-to-heart conversation. By Kenny Schachter, Jul 7, 2021
The Gray Market How the $5.4 Million World Wide Web NFT Lays Bare the Promises and Lies of the Crypto-Art Market (and Other Insights) Our columnist examines whether information really wants to be free, or if that old ruse suggests a deeper problem. By Tim Schneider, Jul 6, 2021
Wet Paint Ex-Sotheby’s Rainmakers Battle It Out With New Firms, Tastemaking Gallery Cuts a Chunk of Its Roster, & More Juicy Art-World Gossip What A-list actor loaned a Huguette Caland to the Drawing Center? Which gallery threw a mega-bash at the Bowery Hotel? Read on for answers. By Nate Freeman, Jul 1, 2021
The Art Detective ‘There’s Much Less Order Than Ever Before’: Auction Houses Are Entering the Post-Lockdown Era—But They’ll Never Be the Same Market share is shifting from West to East and an evening sale doesn't mean what it used to. By Katya Kazakina, Jun 30, 2021
Wet Paint The Glimchers Circle the Basquiat Estate, Downtown Dealers Flock to the Catskills, & More Juicy Art-World Gossip What gallery's flier looks a lot like one artist's artwork? What's the vanity plate of Sotheby's owner Patrick Drahi? Read on for answers. By Nate Freeman, Jun 24, 2021
The Gray Market What Goldman Sachs’s Florida Expansion Tells Us About the Future of the Art Market (and Other Insights) Our columnist sees the mega-bank’s plans for West Palm Beach as the latest sign the South Florida art market is here to stay. By Tim Schneider, Jun 22, 2021
The Hammer Industry Veteran Simon de Pury on Why Portrait Commissions Are Making a Comeback for the Art World in the 21st Century Who would you choose to do yours? By Simon de Pury, Jun 20, 2021
Wet Paint Wet Paint: Libbie Mugrabi’s Legal Issues Multiply, Art Advisor Appears to Photoshop Herself Into Instagram Snaps, & More Art-World Gossip Which elusive artist is showing their first work in decades? What's the latest power gallery to open a Paris outpost? Read on for answers. By Nate Freeman, Jun 17, 2021
The Gray Market Why the Myth of the ‘Good Billionaire’ Is Undermining the Nonprofit and For-Profit Art Industry Alike (and Other Insights) Our columnist shows how a new investigation into legal tax avoidance by the wealthiest Americans hurts art from all sides. By Tim Schneider, Jun 15, 2021
Wet Paint Buyer of $1.4 Million Emily Mae Smith Unmasked, Jeffrey Epstein’s Brother Spotted Upstate, & More Art-World Gossip What artist got a visit from LeBron James? What's the latest Chelsea gallery to open an Aspen outpost? Read on for answers. By Nate Freeman, Jun 10, 2021
The Art Detective What Is the World’s Top Mega-Gallery? We Crunched the Numbers—and No, It’s Not the One You Think We examined the size of galleries' rosters, their combined square footage, and more to determine who emerged from the pandemic on top. By Katya Kazakina, Jun 9, 2021
The Gray Market Why Beeple’s ‘Everydays’ Could Be the $69.3 Million Key to Lucrative Venture Capital Investments (and Other Insights) Our columnist explains how Vignesh Sundaresan (AKA Metakovan) may be following an old path for turning art collecting into business growth. By Tim Schneider, Jun 8, 2021
Kenny Schachter Is the NFT Moment Over? Far From It. Kenny Schachter Surveys an Art World Remade by NFTs (and Damien Hirst’s Elusive New Money Man) Our columnist is undaunted by the market drop for his crypto obsession, and instead sees glimmers of possibilities everywhere. By Kenny Schachter, Jun 7, 2021
Wet Paint Lawsuit Alleges Leon Black Used a Fake Museum Gig as Bait in Abusive Relationship, Galas Go Back to IRL, & More Art-World Gossip Which downtown hotspot did Met director Max Hollein hit up? What upstate gallery is opening a new Manhattan outpost? Read on for answers. By Nate Freeman, Jun 3, 2021