Galleries This Gallery Believes Cryptocurrency Is the Future—and It Just Sold a Piece Worth Nearly $1.3 Million in Bitcoin to Prove It The sale was made via Instagram, Signal, and Postmates. The buyer remains unknown. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 14, 2018
Art Fairs Calvin Klein Teams Up With Italian Artisans to Bring an Americana-Infused Chair Collection to Basel Raf Simons brings his passion for design to Art Basel. By Dan Thawley, Jun 14, 2018
Art Fairs 5 Standout Young Artists to Discover at Liste 2018 Here are the rising stars of Liste founder Peter Bläuer’s valedictory fair. By Andrew Goldstein, Jun 14, 2018
Art Fairs 10 of the Best Artworks at Art Basel 2018 Standouts include a moving Alina Szapocznikow, a striking new direction for Miriam Bäckström, and more. By Andrew Goldstein, Jun 13, 2018
Art Fairs Turner Prize-Winner Lubaina Himid Is a Star at Art Basel—and She’s Getting a Solo Show at the New Museum Curators and collectors at Art Basel are clamoring for the artist, who long lacked consistent representation. By Julia Halperin, Jun 12, 2018
Auctions Sotheby’s Paris Is Selling Off the Last of Pierre Bergé and Yves Saint Laurent’s Eclectic Art Collection The first sale from the collection was a landmark in auction history. By Henri Neuendorf, Jun 11, 2018
Analysis The Gray Market: Why the Art Market Should Heed Warren Buffett’s Warning About ‘Short-Termism’ (and Other Insights) Our columnist warns you shouldn't read too much into a gallery's sales at Art Basel and the pressure to make the cut at a mega fair. By Tim Schneider, Jun 11, 2018
Art Fairs As Fairs Face Unprecedented Scrutiny, EXPO Chicago Launches a New Curator Exchange Platform The fair will help foot the bill to bring dozens of curators to the city. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 8, 2018
Art Fairs Frieze Offers a Refund to Dealers Affected by the Excessive Heat at This Year’s New York Fair Refunds are ten percent of booth fees and start at $1,000. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 7, 2018
Galleries ‘It’s Good to Be Outside the Bubble’: Why One Gallerist Traded Hollywood for Athens, Georgia Gallerist Tif Sigfrids says being a stranger in a strange land is a good thing. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 7, 2018
Analysis Asia Has Officially Fallen for Contemporary Art: Postwar Sales Have Doubled as Collectors Chase the Hottest Names in Hong Kong Bidders' preference for postwar art reached an all-time high in 2018. By Tim Schneider, Jun 5, 2018
Analysis The Gray Market: Why Museums Like the Victoria & Albert Might Want to Take Political Sides (and Other Insights) Our columnist on the Victoria & Albert controversy, plus surprising turns in provenance research and the market for Felix Gonzalez-Torres. By Tim Schneider, Jun 4, 2018
Analysis Field of Dreams: Why Major League Baseball Holds the Key to Solving the Midlevel Gallery Crunch Major League Baseball used collective bargaining to go from chaos and scandal to fortune and functionality. Why can't galleries? By Tim Schneider, May 31, 2018
Market Lacking a Local Buyer, an Historic Photo Album by Pioneering Photographer Julia Cameron Gets the Go-Ahead to Leave the UK The album containing photographs of Charles Darwin and Alfred, Lord Tennyson has been issued an export license after no serious intention to purchase it was raised at home. By Naomi Rea, May 25, 2018
Analysis The Artists With the Top-Performing Auction Debuts Last Week Had One Thing in Common: They Weren’t White Men Sales data from the spring auctions show unexpectedly strong demand for artists of color and women—and not just among the stars, either. By Tim Schneider, May 25, 2018
