Analysis How a $10 Million Miró Auction Flop Turned Into a Dream Come True for One Dutch Museum The museum seized an opportunity after the Surrealist work failed to sell at auction. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 29, 2022
Auctions The Most Expensive Sneakers Ever Sold—Kanye West’s $1.8 Million ‘Nike Air Yeezys’—Are Returning to Auction The shoes will be sold as part of the launch of a new Christie's division, Department X, dedicated to streetwear and collectibles. By Dorian Batycka, Sep 27, 2022
Art Fairs Inside the Affordable Art Fair, Where Artists Pose as Dealers and Paintings Fly Off the Walls Marking its 20th anniversary, the expo provides a window into the little-discussed and low-cost backbone of the art market. By Zachary Small, Sep 27, 2022
NFTs Pace Recruits Top Gallery Stars, Including teamLab and Loie Hollowell, to Create NFTs for Its Web3 Arm The projects from Pace Verso include new collaborations with generative-art platform Art Blocks. By Artnet News, Sep 27, 2022
NFTs With NFT Prices Cratering, Can ‘Phygital’ Art Keep Collectors From Walking Away? Could the noted rise of "phygital art—a contested and even loathed term—mark a renaissance for the battered NFT market? By Dorian Batycka, Sep 27, 2022
Auctions Art Stars for Sale! Sotheby’s Is Auctioning Off a Studio Visit With David Hockney and a Sitting With Annie Leibovitz for Charity All proceeds will benefit Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado's conservation nonprofit, Instituto Terra. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 26, 2022
Art Collectors What I Buy and Why: How Alex Junhwan Ko Built a Quirky, Brainy Collection of Digitally Inflected Art The 37-year-old Seoul-based commodities trader began collecting seriously only four years ago. By Tim Schneider, Sep 26, 2022
NFTs Avid Crowds of Damien Hirst Fans Showed Up for the IRL Conclusion to the Artist’s NFT Experiment. Here’s What They Had to Say Not all were NFT true believers. By Vivienne Chow, Sep 23, 2022
Art Fairs At a Famous Florence Old Masters Fair, Italy’s Impending Elections Have Dealers Fretting About the Future of Its Art Market At BIAF, dealers expressed both hope and fear over an expected right-wing win. By Naomi Rea, Sep 23, 2022
Auctions The Late ‘Golden Girls’ Star Betty White’s Art Collection, Emmys, and Other Personal Belongings Are Up for Auction The beloved actress died last year at age 99. By Dorian Batycka, Sep 23, 2022
Auctions Christie’s Has Revealed 15 Masterpieces for Sale From Paul Allen’s Collection, Including Three Works Estimated at $100 Million Each See what the most expensive art collection ever on offer has in store for trophy hunters. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 22, 2022
Market Danielle Orchard Went From Figure Modeling to Painting Women Who Stare Back. Collectors Can’t Get Enough The artist has a sold-out show and a mile-long waitlist. But she is keeping eyes firmly on the canvas, where her subjects keep an eye on us. By Devorah Lauter, Sep 22, 2022
Auctions Energy Exec Roger Sant’s $50 Million Collection, With Major Works by Gauguin and Joan Mitchell, Heads to Christie’s This Fall Proceeds from the sale will benefit Sant's nonprofit Summit Foundation. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 22, 2022
Auctions Phillips Teams Up With Another Auction House as Part of an Ambitious Plan to Grow Its Foothold in China A collaboration with Beijing's Yongle Auction will allow Phillips's international clients to bid at sales in mainland China. By Vivienne Chow, Sep 22, 2022
Auctions Social-Media Star ‘Jerry Gogosian’ Curated a Sotheby’s Sale Based Entirely on Instagram’s Algorithmic Suggestions The sale includes works by Marc Quinn, Sarah Thibault, and other artists. By Dorian Batycka, Sep 21, 2022
