Art Fairs Loosened Travel Restrictions Draw Collectors Back to the Asia Now Fair in Paris This Year The fair opened in a glamorous new location at La Monnaie de Paris, a Neoclassical building that once housed the Paris Mint. By Devorah Lauter, Oct 21, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Paris Goes Boom This week: Paris+ gets in the game, Gilbert and George get anti-woke, a trustee gets auction-y, and much more. By Tim Schneider & Naomi Rea, Oct 21, 2022
Auctions L.S. Lowry’s Hometown Museum Wins Its Fundraising Bid to Buy a Beloved $8.7 Million Painting A gift from the Law Foundation made the acquisition possible. By Vittoria Benzine, Oct 21, 2022
Art Fairs As Competition Ramps Up in the Primary Market, Midsized Galleries Promoted Their Close Ties to Artists at Paris+ But worries persist about the future for smaller galleries. "Maybe we’re dancing on a volcano,” one dealer said. By Anna Sansom, Oct 21, 2022
The Art Detective Sculptor Carol Bove Is in High Demand, Now With a Show at Zwirner’s New Gallery in Paris. So Why Aren’t Her Auction Prices Keeping Up? “She’s one of the most significant and interesting sculptors working today,” says Catherine Craft, who curated Bove's show at the Nasher. By Katya Kazakina, Oct 21, 2022
Auctions Museums and Private Collectors Jousted for Treasures From the Getty Family Collection in a $79 Million White-Glove Auction at Christie’s A new record was set for Mary Cassatt and a museum swooped in to seal a major pre-auction deal. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 21, 2022
Art Fairs The 7 Best Booths at Art Basel’s Extraordinarily Swanky New Paris+ Fair There's a lot to see at the new event. Here is our pick of what not to miss. By Julia Halperin, Oct 20, 2022
Wet Paint Wet Paint in the Wild: Pace’s Kimberly Drew Celebrates Black Womanhood—and Takes a Breather—at Simone Leigh’s Venice Retreat We handed over the camera to the Pace associate director. By Annie Armstrong, Oct 20, 2022
Art Fairs Museums and Private Foundations From Bangladesh to Miami Are Flexing Their Muscles—and Checkbooks—at Paris+ Curators, museum directors, and collection founders were out in force at the first edition of the new French fair. By Devorah Lauter, Oct 19, 2022
Art Fairs Thronged by Collectors and the City’s Intelligentsia, Paris+ Opens to Buzzing Business—Even If Sales Are Slow on the Highest End The calibre of VIPs was high and dealers were exuberant about first-day sales. By Naomi Rea, Oct 19, 2022
Art Fairs Paris Internationale Opens in a Historic Venue—Featuring Edgy, New Artistic Positions and Quite a Few Paris+ VIPs "We’re not just a young fair," said its director, adding that the fair team is “ambitious for the future." By Devorah Lauter, Oct 19, 2022
The Gray Market How to Avoid the Worst Traps of the A.I.-Assisted Artwork Debate Our columnist consults with two visionary artists on the hottest topic in art and tech: what is the future of A.I.-assisted artwork? By Tim Schneider, Oct 19, 2022
Art Fairs A Ukrainian Collective Has Pulled Out of the Paris Internationale Art Fair After Learning a Russian Gallery Was Also Participating The owner of Moscow gallery Iragui pushed back, saying "art can be a diplomatic bridge." By Kate Brown, Oct 18, 2022
Artnet News Pro Here Are the 15 Most Expensive Artworks Sold at Auction Around the World in September 2022 We scoured the Artnet Price Database to find what made the cut last month. By Caroline Goldstein, Oct 18, 2022
Auctions Some People Trade in Their Old iPhones. A Smarter Person Just Sold Their First-Generation Device at Auction for Nearly $40,000 It originally cost $499. By Vittoria Benzine, Oct 18, 2022