Artnet News Pro We Went Behind the Scenes With the Art Dealers Looking to Make Millions in Monaco, the Elite City-State Smaller Than Central Park The annual art fair—plus a wave of new pop-ups—fills a void left by the dearth of museums. By Kate Brown, Jul 20, 2021
Artnet News Pro Art Shipping in the Age of COVID Is More Expensive and Complicated Than Ever—and a Return to ‘Normal’ Remains Very Far Away Advisors and art dealers are facing new logistical challenges as shippers urge patience. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 18, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Go Figure The flagging(?) market for figurative art, Hunter Biden as artist’s rights case study, Christie’s private-sales surge, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Jul 16, 2021
Artnet News Pro Here Are the 15 Most Expensive Artworks Sold at Auction Around the World in June 2021 We combed the data to find the top 15 lots of June 2021. By Artnet News, Jul 15, 2021
Artnet News Pro Phillips London Just Set Nearly 20 Auction Records for Emerging Artists in Its $8.8 Million ‘New Now’ Sale But the top lot of the night—an Andy Warhol flower work—comes as no surprise. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 14, 2021
Artnet News Pro Lehmann Maupin Gallery Has Inked an Exclusive Partnership With the Winklevoss Twins’s Gemini to Accept Cryptocurrency for Art The gallery hopes the move will lure new and younger buyers. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 14, 2021
Artnet News Pro Christie’s Came Out of the Pandemic to Have Its Most Lucrative First Half in Years. Here, Execs at the Auction House Explain How They Did It The sales thus far have amounted to $3.5 billion. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 13, 2021
Artnet News Pro Gallery Pop-Ups Are Turning Vacation Spots Around the Globe Into Unlikely Overnight Art Hubs. Next Up? Puglia, Italy Taste-making dealers will gather at the Palazzo Tamborino-Cezzi for a weeks-long event. By Kate Brown, Jul 13, 2021
Artnet News Pro ‘We’re in Uncharted Territory’: Artist Joel Mesler on How a Career as a Dealer Prepared Him Not at All to Become a Market Darling Once a scout for up-and-coming artists, Mesler has seen prices for his own work rise by 900 percent in three years. By Henri Neuendorf, Jul 12, 2021
Artnet News Pro Here Are the 300 Most-Searched Artists on Artnet’s Price Database in June 2021—and the Rising Talents Poised to Break in Soon See who's up, who's down, and who's up next. By Julia Halperin, Jul 12, 2021
Artnet News Pro Germany’s Auction Market Has Remained Strong Through the Pandemic. Now, It’s Poised to Make Even Bigger Gains Germany's auctions saw more and more works going over the €1 million mark—and international auction houses like Sotheby's have noticed. By Kate Brown, Jul 11, 2021
Artnet News Pro Christie’s Sets Records for Georges de la Tour and Six Other Artists at Its Healthy $52.8 Million London Old Masters Sale Almost half of the lots at Sotheby's failed to sell, while Christie's total was buoyed by fresh-to-market works by Bernardo Bellotto and more. By Judd Tully, Jul 9, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Changing the Game Art whales splash into sports memorabilia, information (and NFTs) don’t want to be free, Dana Schutz’s market conquers all, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Jul 9, 2021
Artnet News Pro Arco Madrid Created a Market Moment for Spanish Art—But the Pandemic Kept International Galleries and Visitors Away Sales edged forward on day one of the 40th edition of the Spanish art fair. By Jennifer O'Mahony, Jul 8, 2021
Artnet News Pro Art Basel’s Noah Horowitz Is Stepping Down After Six Years as Director of Americas for the Fair Horowitz will remain in his role until August. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 7, 2021
