Galleries Building a Rare Book Collection? Gagosian Has Launched a New Curatorial Service to Help Jumpstart Your Library Douglas Flamm, the gallery's rare book specialist, is offering to fill clients' libraries with suitable titles. By Annie Armstrong, Jul 25, 2023
Auctions A $3 Thrift Store Vase Turns Out to Be a Japanese Cloisonné Masterpiece That Could Rake in More Than $13,000 at Auction The vase is the handiwork of Namikawa Yasuyuki, a Meiji-era cloisonné artist and one-time samurai. By Adam Schrader, Jul 24, 2023
Art Collectors What I Buy and Why: Croatian Collector Neda Young Supports Women Artists and Buys Artworks in the Back Rooms of Galleries Her first purchase was a Joan Snyder painting, which still hangs above her sofa. By Lee Carter, Jul 24, 2023
Galleries Artists Have Come Forward Claiming Non-Payment From Simon Lee Gallery Following News of Its Financial Insolvency The doors of the gallery's Mayfair space remain shut and the lights were off as of Thursday afternoon. By Vivienne Chow & Guelda Voien, Jul 21, 2023
NFTs Melania Trump Has Released an Apollo 11-Themed NFT That May Violate NASA’s Merchandising Policy The NFT features the iconic image of astronaut Buzz Aldrin walking on the surface of the moon. By Adam Schrader, Jul 20, 2023
NFTs The Jackson Pollock Studio’s First NFT Collection Sold Out in Mere Hours, Raking in More Than $450,000 One of the NFTs minted out in 32 minutes. By Min Chen, Jul 20, 2023
Auctions A Glittering Trove of Olympic Treasures—From Relay Torches to Medals Dating Back to the First Modern Games—Heads to Auction There used to be art competitions at the Olympics, along with sporting events. By Lee Carter, Jul 19, 2023
Art Fairs Veteran Gallerist Bridget Finn Appointed Director of Art Basel Miami Beach Finn brings extensive experience and knowledge of the gallery eco-system to the new role. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 19, 2023
Auctions Could a Corruption Investigation Into Patrick Drahi’s Cable Company Spark Problems For Sotheby’s? An Altice executive has been detained as part of a sweeping probe alleging money laundering, among other crimes. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 18, 2023
Art Fairs ‘Galleries Were Selling Paintings in the Dark’: Flooding Imperiled $400 Million in Art at a Hamptons Fair and Shut the Event Down Early Everyone had to evacuate the Southampton fair early. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 18, 2023
Art Collectors What I Buy and Why: Fintech Entrepreneur Shane Akeroyd on Being Moved by Moving Images and Playing Street Hockey With Peter Doig The collector and philanthropist has launched a platform to showcase his collection of moving-image works. By Vivienne Chow, Jul 17, 2023
Auctions The U.K. Has Slapped an Export Ban on a $2.9 Million Alberto Giacometti Chandelier to Allow a Local Institution to Acquire the Work Will a U.K. museum step forward to buy the unique piece by the Swiss sculptor, or will the rare lighting fixture wind up abroad? By Sarah Cascone, Jul 14, 2023
Auctions France’s Oldest Auction Business, Drouot, Has Sold a 30 Percent Stake to Two Investment Companies The group said the investment will open up liquidity options for shareholders and help bolster the auction business. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 14, 2023
Auctions Rolling Stones Drummer Charlie Watts’s Jazz-Age Collection Heads to Auction, Led by an Inscribed Copy of ‘The Great Gatsby’ His bandmates called him “totally unique and devoted to jazz and literature from boyhood.” By Adam Schrader, Jul 13, 2023
NFTs Jackson Pollock’s Paint-Splattered Studio Floor, Caked With Residues of His Artistic Activity, Will Be Featured in a New NFT Collection For the Ab-Ex star’s first Web3 outing, collectors will receive a NFT and a hand-numbered museum-quality print. By Min Chen, Jul 13, 2023
