Auctions Wong Kar Wai Is Auctioning Off Never-Before-Seen Footage of ‘In the Mood for Love’ as an NFT at Sotheby’s Hong Kong The digital artwork features unreleased footage of Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung from one of the director's most acclaimed films. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 8, 2021
Art Fairs The Local Paris Fair Salon Galeristes Pulls the Plug on Its 2021 Edition as Bigger Art Fairs Power Ahead With Fall Events The niche fair had been slated to run alongside FIAC in October. By Naomi Rea, Sep 7, 2021
Galleries 8 Gallery Shows Not to Miss This Fall in New York, From New Louise Lawler Work at Metro Pictures to a Karma Show Curated by Hilton Als Galleries are preparing for a return to in-person art this season. By Caroline Elbaor, Sep 7, 2021
Art Fairs Art Basel Just Created a $1.6 Million ‘Solidarity Fund’ to Calm Uneasy Exhibitors Two Weeks Ahead of Its Marquee Swiss Fair A letter to exhibitors on Monday also announced the fair would cover hotel and rebooking costs for gallery staff who test positive. By Tim Schneider, Sep 6, 2021
Art Collectors What I Buy and Why: Artist Julian Opie on How Collecting Inspires His Own Practice and the Teensy Carl Andre Work He’s Afraid of Misplacing A selection from the artist's private collection will go on view at Newlands House Gallery this fall. By Naomi Rea, Sep 6, 2021
Auctions Banksy’s Infamous Shredded Painting Is Out of the Bin and Back at Auction—for Nearly Four Times Its Previous Price Sotheby's will sell the painting in October with a current low estimate set at $5.5 million. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 3, 2021
Art Fairs Here’s Your Go-To Guide to All the In-Person Art Fairs Taking Place in New York During Armory Week 2021 Here's what you need to know going into a very different year of the Armory Show. By Artnet News, Sep 2, 2021
Market Consolidating Art-Market Power, Dealers Lévy Gorvy, Salon 94, and Amalia Dayan Merge to Form an Upper East Side Empire The joint venture, which came as a surprise to many of the galleries' artists, is called LGDR. By Katya Kazakina, Sep 1, 2021
Market A Very Kind Scammer Returned $336,000 to Pranksy, the Digital Art Collector Who Bought a Fake Bansky NFT The collector said he hopes other NFT investors can learn from his mistakes. By Naomi Rea, Sep 1, 2021
Market Simon Denny Is Selling an Intentionally Lackluster NFT to Benefit Institutions Crypto Collectors Typically Don’t Care About Denny says his "perverse" gesture is about reinserting wealth into systems outside of which it was made. By Kate Brown, Aug 31, 2021
Art Collectors What I Buy and Why: Software Exec Mikkel Svane on Moving to Get More Wall Space, and Commissioning 100 Works During Lockdown The Svane Family Foundation recently donated $1 million to Bay Area artists. By Artnet News, Aug 30, 2021
Analysis How a New Class of Investors Driven by Nostalgia—and Flush With Cash—Shot the Video Game Market Into High Orbit Insiders say young adults are excited at the prospect of reliving old memories. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 30, 2021
Analysis 7 Unbelievable and Contentious Takeaways From a New Documentary About ‘Salvator Mundi,’ the $450 Million ‘Lost Leonardo’ Questions continue to swirl about the world's most expensive painting. By Sarah Cascone & Eileen Kinsella, Aug 27, 2021
Market Damien Hirst’s NFT Initiative, Which Asks Buyers to Choose Between a Digital Token and IRL Art, Has Already Generated $25 Million 'The Currency' is based on a selection of spot paintings, ranked by rarity. By Caroline Goldstein, Aug 25, 2021
Market Visa Bought a $150,000 Crypto Punk for Its Corporate Collection—and Immediately Triggered an NFT Market Rush The company says it made the purchase to get firsthand experience in a field it soon hopes to advise its clients in. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 24, 2021
