The Back Room The Back Room: Quandary Vs. Crisis Auction-week anxieties, collector conservatism, a Basquiat that may soon rank among the most expensive self-portraits ever, and more. By Artnet News, Nov 10, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: To Guarantee or Not to Guarantee This week: what to expect as auction season descends, a different kind of Basquiat, and much more—all in a 6-minute read (1,748 words). By Artnet News, Nov 3, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Éphémère to Essential Paris+ wows, the collector turned would-be Senator, a record-breaking depiction of Shiva, and much more. By Artnet News, Oct 27, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: London Falling? London’s sluggish sales get a jolt, Paris+ primed to become a French fixture, a little-seen Cy Twombly heads to Christie’s, and more. By Artnet News, Oct 20, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Rothschild Ruminations This week, what the success of the first U.S. Rothschild sale means, former JTT owner’s new job, and more. By Artnet News, Oct 13, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Art-Market Correction Spreads This week: The Long Museum sale’s long-term impact, Steve Wynn’s Rothko that never sells, and much, much more. By Artnet News, Oct 6, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: A Tsunami of Lawsuits A tidal wave of lawsuits crashes on the art world, international galleries set up shop in the U.S. to skip the art fair circus, and more. By Artnet News, Sep 29, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Legal Lessons A look back at Inigo Philbrick's swindle as his accomplice is sentenced, how Gagosian poaches artists, and much more. By Artnet News, Sep 22, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Consolidation Conundrum A look at the art-fair landscape post-Armory, the Long Museum’s marvelous Modigliani, and much more. By Artnet News, Sep 15, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Seoul Survivor This week: the state of Seoul’s art-fair landscape, a sleeper Guercino unveiled, and much more. By Artnet News, Sep 8, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Dirty Dealings Delving into the case that could undo the Wildenstein dynasty, which nepo babies are teaming up, where art sales were most sluggish, and more. By Artnet News, Aug 25, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Buyer’s Market The upside of a down market, a brazen art theft on the Lower East Side, a work from Picasso’s "annus mirabilis,” and more. By Artnet News, Aug 18, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Deep-Pocketed Ding Yixiao The latest collector who can't (or won't) pay, Martha Rosler’s feminist musings, when boxers become artists, and much more. By Artnet News, Aug 11, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Deconstructing Diego Cortez This week, lessons from a legendary impresario/ art thief, Lisa Yuskavage on mammary matters, the $100 million sale that wasn’t, and more. By Artnet News, Aug 4, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: It’s Gogo Time This week: Larry’s life and legacy, Zwirner on Zwirner, cultural infrastructure accounting, and much more. By Artnet News, Jul 28, 2023