Auctions Sotheby’s $391 Million Modern Art Double-Header Signals Enduring Strength in the Art Market, Despite Fears of a Recession The auction house sold works from the David M. Solinger collection, followed by its Modern art evening sale. By Annie Armstrong, Nov 14, 2022
Art Fairs Will China’s Zero Covid Policy Tank Its Art Market? The Abrupt Closure of Two Major Fairs in the Country Divides Opinion The unpredictability of China's zero-Covid policy is impacting the international art world's confidence in the country's art market. By Vivienne Chow, Nov 14, 2022
Auctions A Concert Poster From the ‘Day That Music Died’—Probably the Only One to Survive—Just Made Auction History, Selling for Nearly $500,000 The sale smashed the previous record, which had only stood since April. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 14, 2022
Auctions A Trove of Drawings by Edie Sedgwick, the Artist and Celebrated Andy Warhol Muse, Is Heading to Auction The sale will be held online through RR Auction on November 17. By Caroline Goldstein, Nov 14, 2022
Art Fairs Snap Decisions: Here Are 7 Up-and-Coming Photographers You Should Know From Paris’s Marquee Photo Fairs From a Cuban photographer repurposing found images, to a French artist creating an update of the classic photogram, these are the artists you should know. By Anna Sansom, Nov 14, 2022
Artnet News Pro Here Are the 15 Most Expensive Artworks Sold at Auction Around the World in October 2022 See the full results from the Artnet Price Database. By Caroline Goldstein, Nov 14, 2022
Artnet News Pro The Fight Against Flippers: How Artists and Dealers Are Trying to Beat Speculators at Their Own Game Rampant speculation has turned the market for emerging art upside down. Now, artists are determined to wrest back control. By Katya Kazakina, Nov 13, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: One Point Five Billion Dollars This week: Christie’s makes auction history, a Frida Kahlo legal conundrum, trophy lots keep rising, and much more. By Tim Schneider & Naomi Rea, Nov 11, 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 10, 2022
Art Fairs The New Fine Arts Paris and La Biennale Fair Kicked Off With So-So Sales, But Dealers Still Hail the Merger as the ‘Start of a Renaissance’ Next year's edition of this new fair formed of two old rivals will take place later in November, avoiding the clash with other events like Paris Photo. By Anna Sansom, Nov 10, 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
Galleries A Sprawling Software Company Has Snapped Up Art-Inventory Management Upstart ArtBinder ArtBinder, founded by Alexandra Chemla, flourished by helping galleries tackle inefficiencies. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 10, 2022
Auctions Paul Allen’s Masterpiece-Filled Collection Sells for $1.5 Billion at Christie’s, the Biggest Sale in Art-Market History Never before has the art market absorbed so many eight- and nine-figure works in a single night. By Katya Kazakina, Nov 9, 2022
Art Fairs The Boom in West African Art Enlivened Nigeria’s Art X Lagos Fair—But Economic Worries Ran Below the Surface The fair created a buzz among the fashionable set in Lagos. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 9, 2022
