Market Art Basel Executive Noah Horowitz Is Joining Sotheby’s as a Gallery Whisperer, the Latest Sign of Collapsing Categories in the Industry The well-respected art-fair veteran will be tasked with "building out Sotheby's relationships with galleries and dealers." By Katya Kazakina, Aug 20, 2021
Galleries Arne Glimcher, Artist? The Pace Patriarch Sold a Photograph He Took of His Dog, Max, at the Gallery’s Summer Staff Show The $250 Arne Glimcher photograph was acquired after the anonymous collector made a donation to a charity of their choice. By Pac Pobric, Aug 20, 2021
Art Fairs Frieze London and Art Basel Are Pulling Out All the Stops to Lure Collectors Back to Fairs This Fall. Here’s What They Have in Store The fairs will not have a vaccine mandate, though they will require a negative test or proof of vaccination. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 19, 2021
Auctions Lawyer Tom Girardi, Made Famous on Bravo, Is Auctioning the Art Off His Firm’s Walls (Along With Everything Else) to Pay Down Debts In 2018, the lawyer was sued by former clients for allegedly embezzling millions in settlement money from them. By Artnet News, Aug 17, 2021
Galleries ‘I Haven’t Seen Anything Cool in So Long’: Painter Jamian Juliano-Villani Is Opening a Gallery to Show Whatever She Wants (and Throw Parties) The artist says the gallery, called O’Flaherty’s, will be a performance in disguise. By Naomi Rea, Aug 16, 2021
Art Collectors What I Buy and Why: Actress and Model Celesta Hodge on Why Art Is the Best Kind of Therapy The model tells us all about what she's looking to purchase next. By Artnet News, Aug 16, 2021
Auctions Christie’s Will Become the First Major Auction House to Offer NFTs in Asia, With a Sale of CryptoPunks, Meebits, and Bored Apes The auction house sold a set of CryptoPunks for $16.9 million in May. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 12, 2021
Art Fairs Frieze’s Beloved Sculpture Park Is Back in Regent’s Park This September—Get a Sneak Preview of the Whimsical Works Here The show is "a tonic for the mind, body, and soul," curator Clare Lilley said. By Caroline Goldstein, Aug 12, 2021
Art Fairs The New York Antiquarian Book Fair, Which Coincided With the Armory Show, Has Been Called Off Due to Delta Concerns The fair is now set to return in April 2022. By Pac Pobric, Aug 11, 2021
Auctions Sotheby’s Is Partnering With MGM Resorts for a Mega $100 Million Picasso Auction in Las Vegas The star lot, a portrait of Picasso's lover, Marie-Thérèse Walter, is estimated to sell for between $20 million to $30 million. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 11, 2021
Art Collectors What I Buy and Why: London Collector Valeria Napoleone on Why She Exclusively Acquires Work by Women Artists The Italian-born collector and philanthropist told us about the artists on her wishlist for the next year. By Katie White, Aug 10, 2021
Art Collectors What I Buy and Why: Fabrizio Moretti on His Encyclopedic Collection, and the Urs Fischer Sculpture That’s Too Big to Fit Anywhere The Italian dealer is based in Monaco and has a special focus on Old Masters. By Kate Brown, Aug 9, 2021
Market Acquavella Galleries and Ex-Sotheby’s C.E.O. Bill Ruprecht Invest in NFT Platform MakersPlace as Part of a $30 Million Funding Round Eminem is also a new investor in the platform. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 4, 2021
Market Artificial Intelligence May Have Cracked the Code to Creating Low-Priced Works on Canvas Artifly was inspired by Christie's sale of AI-generated art by Obvious. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 2, 2021
Art Collectors What I Buy and Why: Art Advisor Georgia Powell on Starting Her Collection With Just $70, and How She’s Growing It Today Powell shares the artists she has her eye on today. By Naomi Rea, Aug 2, 2021
