The Art Detective Someone Pretended to Be a Mexican Media Mogul in Order to Buy In-Demand Contemporary Art—and Almost Duped Top Dealers It's really hard to get access to the most coveted contemporary art. That's why someone posed as a top collector—and almost got away with it. By Katya Kazakina, Dec 9, 2022
Wet Paint 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 9, 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
Wet Paint The Rubells Show Off Their Shiny New Prodigy, Downs & Ross’s Director Steps Back, and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, which rapper-producer touched the art at Untitled? Which mega-dealer might need to buy more underwear before the weekend? Read on for answers. By Annie Armstrong, Dec 2, 2022
The Gray Market What the Colossal Failure of FTX Means for Art Basel’s Efforts to Thrust the Art Industry Into Its Crypto Era The fair is inaugurating its new blockchain-based platform Arcual while recently bankrupted FTX plunges crypto into infamy. What's the way forward? By Tim Schneider, Dec 1, 2022
The Hammer Simon de Pury on What Weathering Past Recessions Has Taught Him About Navigating the Challenging Times Ahead Despite foreboding financial headwinds, the veteran auctioneer remains optimistic about the prospects for the art market. By Simon de Pury, Nov 28, 2022
Wet Paint Wet Paint in the Wild: Artist Rachel Rossin Takes Us on a Tour of Dunkunsthalle, Her New Art Space in an Abandoned Dunkin’ Donuts The New York artist takes us through a week in her life. By Annie Armstrong, Nov 24, 2022
Wet Paint Unmasking the Man Who Made a 20,000 Percent Profit on an Amy Sherald, an Oral History of the Jane Hotel, and More Juicy Art-World Gossip Plus, who in the art world paid Elon Musk for a blue check mark? And why was Urs Fischer's sculpture pulled from a charity sale? By Annie Armstrong, Nov 18, 2022
Wet Paint Wet Paint in the Wild: Dealer Bridget Finn Travels From Detroit to New York to Watch Her Charity Auction at Christie’s Finn captures the artists who helped make it happen, and what it feels like to see months of organizing pay off in under a minute. By Annie Armstrong, Nov 17, 2022
The Gray Market What the Gagosian-LVMH Rumor—and the Art World’s Obsession With It—Tells Us About the Future of the Industry Our columnist reassesses the hottest art-world rumor of 2022 to show that merging luxury retail with mega-galleries is harder than it looks. By Tim Schneider, Nov 16, 2022
Wet Paint An Update on Christophe de Menil, the D.J. Who Is a Thorn in the Side of Dealers at Art Basel Miami Beach, and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, which artist has attracted Kylie Jenner's attention in New York? And what iconic watering hole is about to join the Chelsea bar graveyard? Read on for answers. By Annie Armstrong, Nov 11, 2022
The Art Detective Revealed: The Biggest Consignors to the $2.9 Billion Fall Auctions in New York, From a Greek Shipping Family to a Storied Art Dealer Here's who's selling what. By Katya Kazakina, Nov 11, 2022
Wet Paint Wet Paint in the Wild: Fort Gansevoort’s Adam Shopkorn Travels to the Canadian Arctic for One Very Chilly Studio Visit The owner of Fort Gansevoort gallery shows us a week in his life. By Annie Armstrong, Nov 10, 2022
The Gray Market What the Rising Tide of Art Vandalism Tells Us About Where We Are Headed as a Culture Our columnist connects the targeting of artworks in museums, on television, and in the art market to the troubling trajectory of culture at large. By Tim Schneider, Nov 9, 2022
The Art Detective The Rumor That LVMH Is Buying Gagosian Just Won’t Die. There May Be Something to It—But Not What You Think People inquiring about whether the world's largest art gallery is for sale may be asking the wrong question. By Katya Kazakina, Nov 4, 2022
