The Back Room The Back Room: Spooky Season Shakeups This week: execs fleeing fairs like haunted houses, who’s burning Hirst drawings?, a Picasso that won’t rest in peace, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Oct 29, 2021
Artnet News Pro The Market for Ultra-Contemporary Art at Auction Has More Than Doubled Since 2019. What’s Driving the Boom? We read the tea leaves in data from the Artnet Price Database to break down the trend. By Julia Halperin, Oct 28, 2021
Artnet News Pro Couldn’t Make It to Paris? Here Are 8 Rising-Star Artists That Collectors Were Converging on at the FIAC Week Fairs We scoured the main fair, FIAC, and the satellite fair Asia Now for the most exciting, up-and-coming talent. By Anna Sansom, Oct 26, 2021
Artnet News Pro First Stop, Hong Kong: Global Auction Houses Work to Woo Deep-Pocketed Asian Buyers by Giving Them Early Access to Top Lots The appetite for Western art in Asia, and Hong Kong in particular, has never been bigger than it is right now. By Vivienne Chow, Oct 26, 2021
Artnet News Pro Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and For How Much—at the 2021 Edition of FIAC in Paris Here's what dealers claim they sold as the art world descended upon Paris. By Artnet News, Oct 25, 2021
Artnet News Pro Where the Cool Kids Are: Meet 5 Upstart Galleries Whose Artists and Dealers Hustle, Feast, and Party Together These gallery crews know how to work hard and play hard. By Nate Freeman, Oct 25, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Plot Twists and Fate Reversals This week: an alternative view of Asia’s ascent, a potential Rothko resurrection, a few surprises at FIAC, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Oct 22, 2021
Artnet News Pro Hot Lots: 6 Works That Decimated Their Estimates at London’s Frieze Week Contemporary Art Day Sales There were plenty of surprises at last week's Frieze Week auctions. By Artnet News, Oct 21, 2021
Artnet News Pro Julian Schnabel’s Plate Paintings Captured the ’80s Zeitgeist—and Then Disappeared. Here’s Why Collectors Are Reconsidering Them Now A new batch are the subject of an exhibition at the Brant Foundation in New York. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 19, 2021
Artnet News Pro Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and for How Much—at the 2021 Edition of Frieze and Frieze Masters in London Here's what dealers say they sold as the art scene returned to Regent's Park last week. By Artnet News, Oct 18, 2021
Artnet News Pro Here Are the 15 Most Expensive Artworks Sold at Auction Around the World in September 2021 Two of the top 15 most expensive works came from the NFT-verse. By Caroline Goldstein, Oct 18, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Compare and Contrast This week: a big-picture Frieze breakdown, advisors and dealers form major new alliances, a glaring museum-tech divide, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Oct 15, 2021
Artnet News Pro Museums Working to Correct the Record Are Shaking Up the Pale, Male Canon of Old Master Art—and Changing the Market in the Process Institutions are responding to social pressure to highlight historical works by, and portrayals of, people of color. By Brian Boucher, Oct 14, 2021
Artnet News Pro The Art World’s Technological Revolution Is Coming. Here’s What a Truly Networked Art Market Will Look Like Here are five innovations that will push the market into the future. By Tim Schneider, Oct 13, 2021
Artnet News Pro A $21.2 Million Picasso Soars to a New Record as Basquiat and Other Western Art Stars Dominate Sotheby’s Auctions in Hong Kong Sales results point to Asia's growing appetite for western art while Asian blue-chip names Zao Wou-ki, Sanyu and Zeng Fanzhi were not sold. By Vivienne Chow, Oct 11, 2021