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
Art Fairs Art Basel Gears Up for Its Biggest Hong Kong Show Since the Pandemic—But Exhibitor Numbers Still Fall Short of 2019 Levels The event features 171 galleries, including 21 first-time exhibitors and several international galleries returning after a hiatus—and a new fair director. By Vivienne Chow, Nov 17, 2022
Market Meet Albert Willem, the Self-Taught Belgian Painter Whose Jokey Tableaux Are Suddenly Netting Six Figures at Auction Although he only made his auction debut this year, Willem's works are selling for ten times above their high estimates. By Annie Armstrong, Nov 16, 2022
Market Tokyo Is Expanding Its Footprint in the Global Art Market. Here Are 7 Power Players Leading the Way Japan's art market has struggled in the years since the 1991 economic crash. These figures aim to change that. By Vivienne Chow, Nov 16, 2022
Auctions Sotheby’s Notches $315 Million in a Fireworks-Free Contemporary Art Evening Sale Double-Header Andy Warhol’s monumental car crash silkscreen from 1963 was the top lot of the night. By Katya Kazakina, Nov 16, 2022
Auctions In a Wildly Successful Auction of Joan Didion’s Belongings, People Paid Thousands for Her Journals, Photographs, and… Trash Cans Fans of the late famed writer Joan Didion have anxiously awaited the first sale of her personal effects. By Vittoria Benzine, Nov 16, 2022
NFTs Yuga Labs Has Gifted a CryptoPunk to ICA Miami, Kicking Off the Company’s Initiative to Place Its NFTs in Contemporary Art Museums CryptoPunk #305 will be the third NFT to enter the museum's collection. By Richard Whiddington, Nov 16, 2022
Analysis After a Decade-Long Slide, the Chinese Art Market Is on the Upswing Again, Generating $7.4 Billion in Global Sales in 2021 As the market returns to "business as usual," sales of Chinese art and antiquities increased on a global scale. By Artnet News, Nov 16, 2022
Market A Hack Has Revealed What Many Long Suspected: The Owners of Auction Houses Are Also Some of Their Best Customers After a leak revealed Sotheby's owner Patrick Drahi's extensive art purchases, some say he should have disclosed them earlier. By Katya Kazakina, Nov 16, 2022
Galleries Germany Pumped More Than €30 Million of Public Money Into the Commercial Art Market During the Pandemic. Was It Actually Needed? A report questioned whether galleries like Esther Schipper and Sprüth Magers should have benefited from the government program, which was not based on need. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 16, 2022
Auctions Sotheby’s Is Cooking Up Big Plans for Asia, With Investments in South Korea and Thailand and a New HQ in Mainland China The auction house's ambitious expansion in Asia targets a growing number of young collectors in the region. By Vivienne Chow, Nov 15, 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 15, 2022
Auctions Phillips 20th Century and Contemporary Art Evening Sale Nets $139 Million, Led by Twombly’s Red Loops The event suggested a tepidness is settling into the market. By Annie Armstrong, Nov 15, 2022
Auctions Forrest Fenn’s Famed Treasure Chest, a $2 Million Hoard Discovered After a 12-Year Hunt, Is Heading to Auction The trove includes gold pieces, coins, jewelry, and other artifacts. By Vittoria Benzine, Nov 15, 2022
Artnet News Pro ‘It’s Movie-Star Money From the 1980s’: Stefan Simchowitz, the Original Art Flipper, on How Artists Are Cashing In on Speculation The man who ushered in the flipping craze in the 2010s reflects on how the practice has changed—and metastasized. By Katya Kazakina, Nov 14, 2022
