Art Fairs Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and for How Much—at Frieze Los Angeles 2020 Here's what dealers say they sold (though watch out for number-fudging and other kinds of general sneakiness). By Artnet News, Feb 18, 2020
Art Fairs An Artist Mined the Paramount Pictures Archives to Critique Mexican Representation in Cinema History at Frieze Projects Vincent Ramos focused on Chicano and Mexican visibility from the 1930s to the ‘70s. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 14, 2020
Art Fairs 4 Breakout Artists From the Los Angeles Art Fairs Who Collectors Would Be Wise to Watch in the Months Ahead These standouts are going nowhere but up. By Artnet News, Feb 14, 2020
Art Fairs From Richard Prince’s $5 Million Muscle Car to Bunny Rogers’s Inner World, Here Are 5 of the Best Artworks at Frieze LA There was excitement in the air and plenty of absorbing art to look at (and buy) at this year's edition of the fair. By Andrew Goldstein, Feb 14, 2020
Art Fairs Art Style: What Frieze Los Angeles’s Most Fashionable Fairgoers Wear to Buy, Sell, and Admire Art With everything from vintage Saint Laurent to Balinese jewelry, these art lovers are dressed to impress. By Jennelle Fong, Feb 14, 2020
Art Fairs Frieze Los Angeles Opens With Big Sales to Mega-Celebrities and Hollywood Muscle Alike—and It’s All Live-Streaming on Instagram The fair's sophomore edition saw solid six-figure sales right out of the gate—and offered a master class in how to turn a trade show into an entertainment event. By Nate Freeman, Feb 14, 2020
Art Fairs ‘I’m the Kind of Guy Who Wants to Buy Everything’: Hollywood Executive David Hoberman Takes Us on a Joy Ride Through the Felix Art Fair in LA Touring the second annual edition of the event with Hoberman reveals how vital fairs are to the buyer-seller relationship. By Tim Schneider, Feb 14, 2020
Auctions Phillips’s Contemporary Art Sale Fetched a Middling $27 Million, Led by a Shocking Six-Figure Price for Young Star Amoako Boafo The sale total was down a considerable 43 percent from last year. By Colin Gleadell, Feb 13, 2020
Auctions Christie’s Postwar and Contemporary London Sale Brings in a Lackluster $72.7 Million, Its Lowest Total Since 2010 The auction saw all but one lot sell—but the final result tumbled 16 percent from the equivalent sale last year. By Colin Gleadell, Feb 12, 2020
Galleries Posh Contemporary Art Gallery Blain Southern Is Closing Its Doors Amid Financial Troubles The news comes as multiple artists say they are working to reclaim art or money from the gallery. By Kate Brown, Feb 12, 2020
Galleries Marian Goodman Will Represent the Estate of Land Art Pioneer Robert Smithson, Who Left Behind a Trove of Never-Before-Seen Work The venerable gallerist will organize the first-ever show of Smithson's art in London this May. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 12, 2020
Auctions Sotheby’s First Major Contemporary Art Auction After Brexit Brings in a Steady $120 Million, Led by Tepid Bidding on a Hockney Pool Painting The top lot of the night, a David Hockney, drew only two bids before selling. By Colin Gleadell, Feb 11, 2020
Art Fairs Rabble-Rousing Artist Barbara Kruger on Why She’s Plastering LA’s Buildings With Questions ‘About What It Means to Live Another Day’ The artist's 179 banners will appear throughout the city this week. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 11, 2020
Art Fairs Here’s Your Go-To Guide to All the Fairs Taking Place in Los Angeles During Frieze Week 2020 Here is a guide to how to navigate the art fairs opening in Tinseltown this week, anchored by the sophomore edition of Frieze LA. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 11, 2020
Galleries Veteran Dealer Margaret Clinton on Why She Closed Her Brooklyn Gallery—and Why the Art-Market Ecosystem Is in Need of an Overhaul The dealer behind Koenig & Clinton shares a frank account of the challenges of running a gallery. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 10, 2020
