Wet Paint In the Wild: Dimes Square Rapper Blaketheman1000 Moves to Bushwick, Jet Skis at Art Basel Miami Beach, and Performs in Philadelphia

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Wet Paint In the Wild: Dimes Square Rapper Blaketheman1000 Moves to Bushwick, Jet Skis at Art Basel Miami Beach, and Performs in Philadelphia

The Dimes Square rapper takes us through a week in his life.

By Annie Armstrong, Dec 22, 2022

Auctions

The Wicked Witch’s Hourglass From ‘The Wizard of Oz’ Was the Top Lot at an $8 Million Auction of Movie Memorabilia

The sale also included the Holy Grail from 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.'

By Sarah Cascone, Dec 22, 2022

NFTs

NFT Marketplace OpenSea Has Blocked Cuban Artists and Collectors From Its Platform, Citing U.S. Sanctions Law

To date, more than 30 Cuban creators have had their OpenSea accounts delisted.

By Richard Whiddington, Dec 22, 2022

Wet Paint

A 26-Year-Old Artist Named Cumwizard69420 Gets a Show at Cheim and Read, a Trendy Tribeca Gallery Is Unamicably Splitting, and More Juicy Art-World Gossip

Plus, where is O'Flaherty's new space setting up? And which sandwich boy-turned-art dealer is getting trolled on Twitter?

By Annie Armstrong, Dec 22, 2022

Innovators List

The Innovators: Curator Tina Rivers Ryan on Getting Over Her NFT Skepticism and What’s Next for Blockchain Art

"NFTs have not fully solved problems in the art world, though they can represent a step in the right direction," Ryan says.

By Zachary Small, Dec 21, 2022

The Gray Market

Artnet Newstradamus Tim Schneider Grades His 10 Highly Specific Art-World Predictions for 2022

Our columnist passes judgment on the predictions he made at the start of 2022 to see where he got it right and where he missed the mark.

By Tim Schneider, Dec 20, 2022

Auctions

Giddy-Up! Wrangler Is Auctioning a Diamond-Studded Belt Buckle to Spur Preservation of the ‘Great American Cowboy’

The diamond-encrusted hunk of gold and silver is valued at $40,000. Bidding ends December 30.

By Vittoria Benzine, Dec 20, 2022

Market

Is This an Early Rembrandt? A Collector and Art Sleuth Believes He Has Found a Lost Work by the Dutch Master

Cliff Schorer, a co-owner of Agnews gallery, determined that an art historian had smuggled the painting out of Europe ahead of the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands.

By Sarah Cascone, Dec 20, 2022

Auctions

Bidders Clamored for an Exceptionally Rare Gold Roger W. Smith Wristwatch at Bonhams London’s $2.8 Million Watch Auction

Roger W. Smith OBE is considered Britain’s preeminent living watchmaker, having started his horology studies at just age 16.

By Lisa Ferber, Dec 20, 2022

The Hammer

In Pictures: Simon de Pury Looks Back on a Whirlwind Year of Auctions, Celebrity Sightings, and Images That Stopped Him in His Tracks

For his last column of the year, the auctioneer shares 12 moments that made a mark on him in 2022.

By Simon de Pury, Dec 20, 2022

Innovators List

What’s the Best Career Advice You’ve Ever Received? Amy Cappellazzo, Beeple, and 15 Other Artnet Innovators Share What Helped Them Succeed

We asked the 35 artists, dealers, tastemakers, and entrepreneurs on the 2022 Artnet Innovators List what advice helped their careers most. Here are some of their answers.

By Artnet News, Dec 19, 2022

Auctions

Christie’s Generated $8.4 Billion in Global Art Sales for 2022, Marking Its Best Year Yet

The Paul Allen collection added a whopping $1.6 billion to its bottom line.

By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 19, 2022

Auctions

The Robotic Alien Figure That Starred in ‘E.T.’ Sold for an Interstellar $2.56 Million in an Auction of Classic Hollywood Memorabilia

The staff that Charlton Heston parted the Red Sea with as Moses in 'The Ten Commandments' went for $448,000.

By Vittoria Benzine, Dec 19, 2022

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