Artnet News Pro The Appraisal: 5 Reasons Why Sotheby’s Is Betting Big on René Magritte On the heels of Sotheby's $60 million consignment, we took a peek at what's been happening in the market for the Belgian Surrealist. By Artnet News, Jan 17, 2022
Artnet News Pro From a Cosmetics Entrepreneur to a Seasoned Cultural Advisor, Meet Five Under-the-Radar Saudi Art Collectors These collectors have been tirelessly working to capture the modern and contemporary history of Saudi Arabia now on the brink of change. By Rebecca Anne Proctor, Jan 16, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Bright Lights, Big Promises This week: new African art in the limelight, the Artist Pension Trust in shambles, Magritte in the record books, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Jan 14, 2022
Artnet News Pro Here Are the 15 Most Expensive Artworks Sold at Auction Around the World in December 2021 We harvested the Price Database to bring you the freshest crop of top lots. By Caroline Goldstein, Jan 13, 2022
Artnet News Pro A Buyer’s Guide to the Breakout Stars of the New Museum Triennial: Who They Are and Where to Find Them Here are six stars who made a splash in the closely watched show. By Artnet News, Jan 10, 2022
Artnet News Pro 5 Artists Who Work Extensively With Robotics Offer Tips on How to Do It (and Reveal How Much It Costs) The work can be expensive to make—but it doesn't have to be. By Anna Sansom, Jan 9, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Back to the Future This week, the case for Sotheby’s to go public again, Judy Chicago x Kanye West, and another 30-year-old talent goes stratospheric in Asia. By Tim Schneider, Jan 7, 2022
Artnet News Pro Who Were the Best-Selling Artists at Auction in 2021? See the Top 20 Names—and Find Out What They Reveal About the Market For the first time, a female artist cracked the top 10. By Julia Halperin, Jan 6, 2022
Artnet News Pro 12 Artists Poised to Break Out in 2022, Based on Our Survey of Top Dealers, Advisors, and Curators Don't sleep on this group. By Artnet News, Jan 3, 2022
Artnet News Pro Orientalist Art, Long Shunned for Its Colonialist Eye on the East, Is Making a Comeback—and From the Unlikeliest Place The genre is now seen as a window into the Middle East in the 19th century, and it being sought-after by collectors from the Islamic world. By Vivienne Chow, Jan 2, 2022
Artnet News Pro The Art Market at a Glance: 5 Charts That Map the Biggest Changes in the Industry This Year From the rise of Asian buyers to the dominance of ultra-contemporary art, these graphs show, rather than tell, what happened. By Julia Halperin, Dec 29, 2021
Artnet News Pro Here Are the 300 Most-Searched Artists on Artnet’s Price Database in November 2021—and the Fast-Rising Talents Due to Break in See who's up, who's down, and who's up next. By Julia Halperin, Dec 21, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: A Year That Went Boom This week: art-market acceleration hits a new gear, Sotheby's outsells itself, European gavels get loud too, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Dec 17, 2021
Artnet News Pro Brexit and Rock-Bottom Interest Rates Are Pushing Central Europe’s Winter Auction Season to Record Highs Totals soared, in spite of ongoing uncertainty and a return of restrictions. By Kate Brown, Dec 14, 2021
Artnet News Pro Bootstraps and Billionaires: How Upstart Dealers Finance New Galleries in a Notoriously Turbulent Industry Most dealers rely on an odd mix of ingenuity and investors. By Zachary Small, Dec 12, 2021