Artnet News Pro Here Are the 15 Most Expensive Artworks Sold at Auction Around the World in February 2023 We scoured Artnet's Price Database to find the most expensive works sold at auction last month. By Artnet News, Mar 28, 2023
Auctions Sotheby’s Has Paused Its Latest NFT Auction Following Protests From Artists of the All-Male Line-Up Of the 17 glitch artists curated by Sotheby's, not a single one was female-identifying. By Richard Whiddington, Mar 28, 2023
The Hammer Had Enough FOMO From Art Basel Hong Kong? Simon de Pury on How the City Came Back With a Bang The veteran auctioneer returns to Hong Kong for the first time since 2019. By Simon de Pury, Mar 27, 2023
Artnet News Pro Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and for How Much—at Art Basel Hong Kong 2023 Here's what dealers say they sold at the first fully fledged edition of the fair since 2019. By Artnet News, Mar 27, 2023
The Art Detective What Makes the Property-Brokering, Painting-Hoovering Art King of Tribeca so Unusual? He’s a Genuinely Good Guy Working at the intersection of art and real estate, you'd expect Jonathan Travis to be a cut-throat wheeler-dealer. Not this time. By Katya Kazakina, Mar 24, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Answering Hong Kong’s Riddle This week: the intrigue around ABHK’s return, a new art-world power couple emerges, the rise of single-owner auction action, and much more. By Artnet News, Mar 24, 2023
Auctions New York’s Iconic Flatiron Building Sold for $190 Million in a Bitter Auction on the Steps of a Manhattan Courthouse Bidders battled it out for 40 minutes. By Lee Carter, Mar 24, 2023
Auctions What Defines ‘British Cool’? A Bonhams Sale Surveys the Vibe, With 11 Banksy Works, a Mick Jagger and Warhol Collab, and More The diverse array of offerings celebrates the rich cultural heritage of modern Britain and its enduring sense of cool. By Lee Carter, Mar 23, 2023
Art Fairs ‘Hong Kong Is Back’: Celebrities, Collectors, and A-List Artists Turned Out in Force for the City’s Biggest Art Basel Since 2019 The fair helped let out some pent-up energy in the region. By Vivienne Chow, Mar 23, 2023
Wet Paint Hark! A New Art World Power Couple Emerges, the Adderall Shortage Keeps Artists and Dealers on Their Toes, and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, a new game with a prize of a free Wet Paint hat, and which millionaire NFT artist is moving to Marfa, Texas? By Annie Armstrong, Mar 23, 2023
NFTs Sculptor Maya Lin Will Release Her First NFT Project, a Generative Art Series Based on the Root Systems of Trees, This Spring The series, alongside projects by Trevor Paglen and John Gerrard, will be released by Pace Verso and Art Blocks. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 23, 2023
NFTs Painter Lee Mullican’s Computer Works From 1987 Are Part of a New NFT Collection, Dropping on the Digital Art Space Feral File This latest series follows a 2021 sale of the artist's digital works that he created on an IBM 5170. By Min Chen, Mar 23, 2023
The Gray Market Here’s Who Financial Turmoil Is Likely to Hit Hardest in the Art Industry—and the Unlikely Type of Business It May Accelerate Our columnist wargames out how turmoil at global banks translates to both good and bad news for art-market lending and borrowing. By Tim Schneider, Mar 21, 2023
Art Fairs ‘Hong Kong Is Rolling Out the Red Carpet’: Art Basel Returns With an Inflatable King Tut and Collectors Still Hungry for Ultra-Contemporary Art A major Asian museum snapped up an Elizabeth Peyton painting for $2.2 million on the first day of the fair. By Frederik Balfour, Mar 21, 2023
Auctions An Extremely Rare, Centuries-Old Italian Violin Hit a High Note at Auction, Selling for a Whopping $9.44 Million The 292-year-old violin is the third most expensive instrument to sell at auction. By Lee Carter, Mar 20, 2023
