Galleries Artist Robert Longo Is Joining Pace Gallery After Four Decades at the Soon-to-Shutter Metro Pictures Longo’s first show at Pace is set for this September in New York. By Taylor Dafoe, May 13, 2021
Market George Lucas’s Narrative Art Museum Acquired Robert Colescott’s Burlesque of the American Revolution for $15.3 Million at Auction The museum won the painting after a seven-minute bidding war. By Artnet News, May 13, 2021
Galleries Thaddaeus Ropac Is Opening in Seoul This Fall as Western Galleries Increasingly Expand Their Footprints in South Korea The South Korean capital is fast becoming a new center for the art market in Asia. By Naomi Rea, May 13, 2021
Auctions Sotheby’s $221.3 Million Impressionist and Modern Sale Was Solid, But Proves the True Market Fireworks Are for Newer Art The bidding was fickle and uneven. By Eileen Kinsella, May 13, 2021
Auctions Fierce Competition for Rising Stars—and, Yes, a Major Basquiat—Propelled Sotheby’s Marathon Evening Sale to a Whopping $567 Million Sotheby's boasted strong examples by blue-chip artists and rising stars alike—though it was the latter that ignited fireworks. By Eileen Kinsella, May 13, 2021
Auctions New York’s Auction Week Comes Roaring Back to Life at Christie’s $211 Million Contemporary Sale, Led by a Prized Basquiat Skull Painting Plus, a pixelated 'Cryptopunks' NFT sold for $16.9 million. By Katya Kazakina, May 11, 2021
Market Which Country’s Art Market Is Bouncing Back From Lockdown Better Than Ever? We Crunched the Numbers We read the tea leaves in data from the Artnet Price Database to give you a sense of what's in store. By Julia Halperin, May 11, 2021
Auctions As Christie’s and Sotheby’s Sell Dueling Basquiats This Week, Here Are the 10 Most Expensive Works by the Artist Ever (Publicly) Sold The artist's works have proven to be wise investments. By Eileen Kinsella, May 11, 2021
Market ‘They Have a Lot More Control Than They Think’: How Black Art Promoters Are Urging Artists to Look Beyond Traditional White Gatekeepers Black-run galleries, residencies, and advisories are playing key roles in the careers of emerging Black artists. By Melissa Smith, May 11, 2021
Market Sotheby’s, the Boutique? The Auction House Has Opened a Brick-and-Mortar Shop for Diamond Earrings, Rare Nikes, and More The shop is called the Emporium. By Caroline Goldstein, May 10, 2021
Auctions Here’s Your Guide to the Best, Most Desirable Artworks for Sale in New York’s $1 Billion Spring Auctions This Week After a dismal 2020, auction houses are looking to get back on track. By Eileen Kinsella, May 10, 2021
Art Fairs Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and for How Much—at Frieze New York 2021 Here's what dealers said they sold last week. By Artnet News, May 10, 2021
Analysis The Buyers of Beeple’s $69 Million NFT Sold Thousands of Speculators on a Crypto Art Investment Scheme. So Far… It Is Not Going Well Up next? A plan to sell a new $58 million NFT. By Ben Davis, May 10, 2021
Art Collectors What I Buy and Why: Real Estate Developer Bob Rennie on Collecting Performance and Installing Extremely Clever Bathroom Art The real estate tycoon tells us all about his personal treasure trove. By Nate Freeman, May 10, 2021
Analysis 12 Questions the Art Market Should Have About CryptoPunks, the NFT Avatars Set to Sell for Millions at Christie’s, Answered by an Actual Expert The nine Punks are being sold as one lot. By Amy Castor, May 10, 2021
