Art Fairs Sao Paulo’s Art Week Celebrated Brazil’s Multiplicity, Reflecting the New Government’s More Expansionist Vision of Culture SP-Arte was more integrated than ever into the city outside its walls. By Ela Bittencourt, Apr 5, 2023
Analysis The Latest UBS Art Basel Report Puts the Global Art Market at $67.8 Billion, Indicating Modest Growth Amid Economic Uncertainty The art market, while still top-heavy, defied much of the ongoing global and economic volatility in 2022. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 3, 2023
NFTs Damien Hirst Is No Longer Making His Signature Spin Paintings. Instead, He’s Unveiled a New A.I. Generator So You Can Make Them Yourself Artworks generated by the platform can be purchased as a physical piece, an NFT, or both. By Richard Whiddington, Apr 3, 2023
NFTs How Should NFTs Be Taxed? The IRS Is Asking the Public to Weigh In The IRS is seeking comments on its plan to tax NFTs as collectible assets. By Richard Whiddington, Apr 3, 2023
Artnet News Pro Peter Doig’s Latest Work Is ‘the Most Talked About Show in London.’ But What’s Really Going on Behind the Scenes of His Art Market? From a notorious speculator to the possible involvement of a Russian consortium, the artist's market history is full of twists and turns. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 2, 2023
The Art Detective ‘It’s Sick But It’s True’: Why Art Addicts Go on Shopping Sprees and Then Don’t Pick Up Their New Artworks… for Years Unclaimed art purchases are a widespread phenomenon. Sometimes there's a good reason, but often there just isn't. By Katya Kazakina, Mar 31, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: From Publisher to Market Player This week: Loyal gallery’s unusual path to longevity, Patrick Drahi’s unsentimental approach to art financing, Edgar Plans’s market moment, and much more. By Artnet News, Mar 31, 2023
Auctions A Rare Version of Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Sells for a Record $2.8 Million, Signaling Smooth Sailing for Asia Week The series of gallery and auction sales netted a robust $132 million, driven by increased travel from China. By Lee Carter, Mar 30, 2023
Wet Paint Meet the Famed Video Game Artist Who’s About to Power Up in the Art World, the Case of the Lightning-Fast Flipper, and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, who flipped their Lauren Quin painting after holding it for less than two years? And what gallerist won a Wet Paint hat through last week's Casting Call game? By Annie Armstrong, Mar 30, 2023
Auctions Phillips Inaugurated Its New Asia Headquarters With a Lukewarm Evening Sale in Hong Kong That Raked in $45 Million The result represents an upward trend of the region's market following Hong Kong Art Week. By Vivienne Chow, Mar 30, 2023
Auctions A Home Appraiser Spotted a 500-Year-Old Brueghel Painting in a Family’s T.V. Room. They Just Sold It for $845,000 For generations, the family that owned the artwork believed it was a cheap knockoff. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 29, 2023
Galleries Nan Goldin, the U.S. Artist Whose Salient Activism Took Down the Sacklers, Has Ditched Dealer Marian Goodman to Work With Gagosian The move is another blow for Goldin's former New York gallery. By Katya Kazakina, Mar 29, 2023
The Gray Market How an Upstart Magazine Grew Into One of This Century’s Best Talent-Spotting Galleries Our columnist unwinds the tale of Loyal, the connoisseurial culture magazine that transformed into a tastemaking Swedish gallery. By Tim Schneider, Mar 29, 2023
Market How Spanish Artist Edgar Plans Built a World Full of Adorable Characters—and Tapped Into an Insatiable Market for Cuteness The artist's "animal heroes" have been a runaway success with collectors in Asia. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Mar 28, 2023
Auctions A Spectacular 1937 Patek Philippe Wristwatch, Owned by the Last Emperor of China, Has Resurfaced at Auction Aisin-Giro Puyi wore the luxury timepiece while he was detained in Siberia for five years. By Lee Carter, Mar 28, 2023
