Innovators List The Innovators: Lucas Museum Director Sandra Jackson-Dumont on Why Art Institutions Need to Lean Into Tough Conversations (and FOMO) to Stay Relevant Jackson-Dumont discusses visual storytelling, making museums into social spaces, and her personal journey into art. By Janelle Zara, Dec 11, 2022
Artnet News Pro Here Are the 15 Most Expensive Works Sold at Auction Around the World in November 2022 The vast majority of the most expensive artworks sold at auction in November 2022 came from Christie's sale of Paul Allen's treasure trove. By Caroline Goldstein, Dec 11, 2022
Auctions Sotheby’s Auction of a T. Rex Skull, Expected to Fetch $20 Million, Sold for a Not-So-Kingly $6.1 Million After a marquee year for dinosaur auction sales, enthusiasm may be ebbing. By Richard Whiddington, Dec 9, 2022
Auctions Christie’s and Phillips Are Closing Their Sprawling Outposts in Southampton As recently as August 2022, the auction houses touted their lasting commitment to the enclave. By Caroline Goldstein, Dec 9, 2022
Wet Paint Auction Rainmaker Loic Gouzer Quietly Pivots, Fresh Details on the Fall of Downs & Ross, and More Art-World Gossip Plus, which artist did Kim Kardashian deem "so Kourtney" at ABMB? And which crypto fraudster was spotted in Soho? Read on for answers. By Annie Armstrong, Dec 9, 2022
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
The Back Room The Back Room: Initial Descent? This week in the Back Room: sorting through South Florida, a rookie sensation at the Rubell, a Hong Kong competition-stoker, and much more. By Tim Schneider & Naomi Rea, Dec 9, 2022
NFTs Electronic Musicians Steve Aoki and 3LAU Will Integrate Their CryptoPunks NFTs Into a New ‘Conceptual’ Supergroup The NFT enthusiasts are collaborating on 'conceptual' project inspired by their digital assets. By Richard Whiddington, 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 8, 2022
Galleries A Genre-Defying Brooklyn Gallery Opens With an Exhibition of Masks Spanning 200 Years "B" Dry Goods was launched by a former Boston gallerist who deals in rare-books and music-ephemera. By Vittoria Benzine, Dec 8, 2022
Auctions One Year After a DAO Tried and Failed to Buy a Copy of the Constitution, a Second One Will Try Its Luck at Sotheby’s UnumDAO has formed to acquire another first-edition copy of the U.S. Constitution at auction. By Richard Whiddington, Dec 8, 2022
Auctions Christie’s Smashed Its Design Sale Record With an Eye-Popping $77 Million Lalanne Auction Most lots sold well above their high estimates, with 18 lots selling for more than $1 million. By Lisa Ferber, Dec 8, 2022
Innovators List The Innovators: Avant Arte Founder Christian Luiten on How He Built an Art-Collecting Audience of Millions "Our goal is to bring great art to as big an audience as possible," Luiten says. By Hili Perlson, Dec 8, 2022
Artnet News Pro Hot Lots: 5 Female Artists Art Buyers Adored at Hong Kong’s Autumn Day Sales Works by emerging women artists from Asia and the west achieved auction prices well above the presale estimates. By Vivienne Chow, Dec 7, 2022
Auctions A Mint-Condition Copy of the 1981 ‘Rolling Stone’ Issue Featuring That Iconic John Lennon and Yoko Ono Cover Goes Up for Auction Annie Leibovitz snapped the image just hours before the tragedy outside Manhattan's Dakota building in 1980. By Vittoria Benzine, Dec 7, 2022
