NFTs U.K.’s High Court Ruling on NFTs as ‘Property’ Has Been Called a Landmark—But It May Not Actually Change Much NFTs are generally treated as property already in the U.S. By Amy Castor, May 4, 2022
Market A College Student Bought a $10 Ashtray at a Goodwill. Turns Out It’s a Yoshitomo Nara—and He Flipped It for a 30,000 Percent Profit Terrelle Brown, a 22-year-old student at Wheaton College, hit the jackpot. By Annie Armstrong, May 4, 2022
Auctions In a Surprise Move, New York City Has Eliminated Longstanding Regulations Designed to Boost Transparency in the Auction Industry Some say the change could backfire on the auction sector. By Eileen Kinsella, May 3, 2022
Market How Septuagenarian Artist Scott Kahn Went From Living in His Cousin’s Attic to Selling Out Solo Shows in Just Three Years Kahn credits the late painter Matthew Wong with jumpstarting his career. By Katya Kazakina, May 3, 2022
Auctions Christie’s Will Offer Ann and Gordon Getty’s Sterling Collection of Impressionists and Old Masters, Raising a Potential $180 Million Proceeds from the sale will go to the couple's charitable foundation. By Eileen Kinsella, May 3, 2022
Auctions A Rare Skeleton of the Raptor That Inspired the Villains of ‘Jurassic Park’ Is the Star of Christie’s 20th Century Art Evening Sale The extremely rare specimen is said to be the most complete and definitive version of a Deinonychus antirrhopus skeleton in existence. By Dorian Batycka, May 2, 2022
Auctions A British Surgeon Bought a Cheap Urn For His Kitchen Nook. Now, the Qing Dynasty Vase May Fetch $180,000 at Auction The vessel, it turns out, may have been made in the 18th century for the court of the Qianlong Emperor. By Artnet News, May 2, 2022
Auctions Sotheby’s Latest ‘Natively Digital’ Sale, Featuring Old-School Digital Artists, Squeaks by Its Low Estimate to Bring in $2.3 Million The curated sale embraced the history of digital art and included both NFTs and physical works. By Eileen Kinsella, May 2, 2022
Art Fairs Here’s Your Go-To Guide to All the Art Fairs Taking Place During the First-Ever New York Art Week This is what you need to know before you go. By Caroline Goldstein, May 2, 2022
Auctions For the Next Two Weeks, Christie’s Will Project Andy Warhol’s Portrait of Marilyn Monroe Onto the Facade of Rockefeller Center The projection is part of an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink marketing campaign around the auction house’s May 9 sale of the painting. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 29, 2022
NFTs The Popular SuperRare NFT Marketplace Is Opening Its First Brick-and-Mortar Pop-Up Gallery in SoHo The gallery will host a rotating program of curated exhibitions, including shows inspired by cyberpunk landscapes and Pride month. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 29, 2022
Galleries Gallery Weekend Berlin Returns From Its Hiatus With 52 Participating Galleries—Including New Spaces by Blue-Chip Collectors and Dealers The annual Gallery Weekend Berlin is opening this week at some 50 galleries. By Kate Brown, Apr 29, 2022
Auctions Sotheby’s Hong Kong’s $164.2 Million Modern and Contemporary Evening Sales Set New Records, Despite Market Uncertainties Works by Pablo Picasso, Louise Bourgeois, Yoshitomo Nara, and Wu Guanzhong powered the auctions. By Vivienne Chow, Apr 27, 2022
Auctions A French Curator Is Auctioning His Collection of Works by Les Lalanne to Fund the Renovation of the Musee d’Orsay’s New Building The proceeds are part of Daniel Marchesseau's $5.3 million gift to the museum. By Caroline Goldstein, Apr 27, 2022
Auctions Christie’s Is Sending a Hologram of a $20 Million Edgar Degas Ballerina on a World Tour to Avoid the Cost and Complexity of Shipping Is this the future of auction-house previews? By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 25, 2022
