Auctions Sotheby’s Surrealism Sale Fails to Meet Expectations, Pulling in an Under-Estimate $18 Million With Several Blue-Chip Works Going Unsold The sale was led by Magritte's homage to Vermeer, which sold for $3.2 million. By Vivienne Chow, Mar 16, 2023
NFTs Despite the NFT Crash, a New Book Argues That the Technology Still Has the Power to Build a Better Digital Art Future Read an excerpt from the new book 'The Story of NFTs: Artists, Technology, and Democracy.' By Amy Whitaker & Nora Burnett Abrams, Mar 16, 2023
The Gray Market Progress Helped Destroy Silicon Valley Bank. Stasis Should Shield the Art Market Our columnist explains why the death of Silicon Valley Bank makes the art market's traditionalism look wise for once. By Tim Schneider, Mar 15, 2023
Galleries What Does It Take to Build a Successful Gallery in London? Two Generations of Emerging Dealers Hash It Out Vanessa Carlos and Freddie Powell on the trials and tribulations of pulling off an atypical commercial space. By Louise Benson, Mar 14, 2023
Auctions The ‘Mona Lisa of the Deep’ and Hundreds of Other Treasures From a Gold Rush-Era Shipwreck Just Pulled In $1.1 Million at Auction The ship sank in 1857 while hauling gold from San Francisco to New York at the height of the California Gold Rush. By Lee Carter, Mar 13, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Testing, Testing This week: a London auctions recap, David Kordansky loses a star, Duncan McCormick’s curious auction rise, and much more By Artnet News, Mar 10, 2023
Auctions ‘It Was Amazing to Use These Works to Tell a Story About Myself’: Adam Lindemann’s Collection Rakes in $32 Million in an Unusual Christie’s Auction Lindemann sold works by Koons, Warhol, Hirst, and more. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 10, 2023
Art Fairs TEFAF Maastricht Bounces Back From Last Year’s Heist With an Encyclopedic Array of Precious Art and Strong Museum Interest The Dutch art fair is back to its normal self—mostly. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 10, 2023
Auctions The Final Sale of Masterworks From the Collection of Late Microsoft Founder Paul Allen Could Fetch $43 Million at Christie’s The seven works are by Georgia O'Keeffe, David Hockney, and Edward Hopper. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 10, 2023
Wet Paint Your Guide to the NYC Art World’s Top-Secret Hotspots, a Coveted Artist Decamps From David Kordansky, and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, what art dealer was spotted wearing the red MSCHF boots? Which gallery director just sold a movie plot? By Annie Armstrong, Mar 9, 2023
Auctions For Years, a Family Hung What They Thought Was a Fake Brueghel Behind a Door. It Turned Out to Be Real—and Could Fetch $800,000 at Auction The artwork was spotted by an auctioneer during a routine appraisal trip. By Artnet News, Mar 9, 2023
NFTs LACMA Is Inviting Digital Artists to Put Tech-Powered Spins on Works in Its Collection as Part of a New Blockchain Initiative The works will be released for sale in limited digital editions. By Min Chen, Mar 9, 2023
Auctions How the French Auction Market Expanded and Diversified in 2022 to Hit a Spectacular $4.6 Billion in Sales Paris, in particular, is becoming more appealing to buyers and consignors. By Vivienne Chow, Mar 8, 2023
The Gray Market New York’s New Art Map: What 9 Years of Data About Gallery Openings Reveal About the Shifting Geography of Cool Which neighborhoods are rising—and which have dramatically fallen from grace (with charts!). By Tim Schneider, Mar 8, 2023
Artnet News Pro Hot Lots: 5 Works That Completely Upended Expectations During the 2023 March Day Sales in London Works by Michaela Yearwood-Dan, Karin Mamma Andersson, George Rouy, Philip Tsiaras, and Duncan McCormick shattered their estimates this season. By Artnet News, Mar 7, 2023