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 15, 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 14, 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
Artnet News Pro Japan Boasts the World’s Third Largest Economy. So Why Does It Still Have a Disproportionately Small Share of the Global Art Market? Market initiatives in Tokyo and an emerging generation of serious collectors are signaling an art market expansion. By Vivienne Chow, Nov 8, 2022
Artnet News Pro ‘Inequalities Are Never Bad for the Art Market’: Economist Françoise Benhamou on What the Financial Headwinds Portend for the Industry From the pandemic to "wokeism," the French economist weighs in on the most pressing issues in today's art market. By Anna Sansom, Nov 7, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Fighting the Flippers This week: new resistance against rapid resales, a national shakeup at auction, Henry Taylor gets down to earth, and much more. By Tim Schneider & Naomi Rea, Nov 4, 2022
Ask an Art Advisor Is It Immoral to Buy Work Directly Out of a Young Artist’s Studio? Here’s What a Trusted Art Advisor Has to Say Plus, which artists are the most recession-proof, and is splitting sales evenly with my gallery really the fair thing to do? By Wendy Goldsmith, Nov 1, 2022
Artnet News Pro Alex Katz Was ‘Always a Bit of a Loner.’ Now, at Age 95, Collectors Won’t Leave Him—or His Spiking Market—Alone After more than eight decades of embracing flat,figurative painting, artist Alex Katz is getting the recognition he deserves. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 31, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Beyond Imagination This week: A.I. upending the art-making business, a new Castelli to know, an antiquities reckoning, and much more. By Tim Schneider & Naomi Rea, Oct 28, 2022
The Intelligence Report Download the Fall 2022 Artnet Intelligence Report Here The insight-packed issue of the fall 2022 Artnet Intelligence Report is here—exclusively for Artnet News Pro members. By Artnet News, Oct 27, 2022
Artnet News Pro Here Are 7 Artists Poised to Break Out From Paris’s Jam-Packed Week of Art Fairs We scouted up-and-coming talent in the aisles of Paris+ by Art Basel, Paris Internationale, and Asia Now. By Artnet News, Oct 25, 2022
Artnet News Pro Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and For How Much—at the Inaugural Edition of Art Basel’s Paris+ Fair Here's what dealers say they sold at the inaugural edition. By Artnet News, Oct 24, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Paris Goes Boom This week: Paris+ gets in the game, Gilbert and George get anti-woke, a trustee gets auction-y, and much more. By Tim Schneider & Naomi Rea, Oct 21, 2022
Artnet News Pro Here Are the 15 Most Expensive Artworks Sold at Auction Around the World in September 2022 We scoured the Artnet Price Database to find what made the cut last month. By Caroline Goldstein, Oct 18, 2022