The Art Detective The Dawn of the ‘Art Bros’: How Keyed-In Gen Z Investors Are Moving the Markets for Emerging Artists From Their Laptops Against the backdrop of a democratization of the financial world, a new, profit-hungry generation of buyers is betting on art. By Katya Kazakina, May 19, 2021
The Gray Market Why the Art Market Is Colliding With Investors’ Biggest, Weirdest New Fixation (and No, It’s Not Crypto) Our columnist connects the dots between SPACs, NFTs, Paul Ryan, Emily Ratajkowski, and, of course, New Jersey’s Hometown Deli. By Tim Schneider, May 18, 2021
Kenny Schachter Are NFTs a Shrinking Market… or the Next Amazon? Kenny Schachter Wages War With Crypto-Cynics and One Incomprehensible NFT Terrorist Our columnist is back with his first outing on Artnet News Pro—and, don't you know it, he has some thoughts to share on NFTs. By Kenny Schachter, May 16, 2021
Wet Paint Wet Paint: West Coast Power Broker David Kordansky Expands to New York, Cryptopunks Buyers Revealed, & More Art-World Gossip What consignor saw their Jonas Wood increase in value by 14,000 percent? What fair has a new Asia edition to reveal next week? Read on for answers. By Nate Freeman, May 14, 2021
The Art Detective Revealed: The Biggest Consignors to This Week’s Spring Auctions, From a Blue-Chip Artist to a Financier Offloading 19 Works We bring you the inside scoop on who is selling what. By Katya Kazakina, May 12, 2021
The Gray Market What Spotify’s Broken Artist-Royalty Model Can Teach Us About Inequities in the Art Market (and Other Insights) Our columnist investigates the British government's dust-up with the music-streaming service and what it can teach the art world. By Tim Schneider, May 11, 2021
Wet Paint Wet Paint: Ken Griffin Buys Barnett Newman Masterpiece, In-Demand Painter Opens Downtown Gallery, & More Art-World Gossip What artist got a studio visit from Drake? What actress has a painting show at a gallery in the California desert? Read on to find out. By Nate Freeman, May 6, 2021
The Art Detective Inside the Pandemic-Era Divorce Boom—and the Windfall It’s Creating for the Art Market Divorce attorneys recall how some clients have used art to 'torture' one another. By Katya Kazakina, May 5, 2021
The Gray Market The Gray Market: Why NFTs Aren’t the Solution to Museums’ Deaccessioning Dilemmas or Any Other Big Problems, Either (and Other Insights) Our columnist explores the prospect of major U.S. museums fundraising by issuing NFTs of world-renowned works—and why it's a distraction. By Tim Schneider, May 5, 2021