Analysis African American Artists Are More Visible Than Ever. So Why Are Museums Giving Them Short Shrift? Our research finds that less than three percent of museum acquisitions over the past decade have been of work by African American artists. By Julia Halperin & Charlotte Burns, Sep 20, 2018
Market Yes, Basquiat Is an Art-Market Superstar. But the Work of Other African American Artists Remains Vastly Undervalued The total combined auction value of work by other African American artists is $460.8 million—just 0.26 percent of the global auction market. By Julia Halperin & Charlotte Burns, Sep 20, 2018
Analysis Methodology: How We Gathered and Analyzed Our Data Here's how we gathered and analyzed the data that formed the backbone of our investigation. By Julia Halperin & Charlotte Burns, Sep 20, 2018
Analysis Visualizing the Numbers: See Infographics Tracing the Representation of African American Artists in Museums and the Market See visualizations of our findings. By Julia Halperin & Charlotte Burns, Sep 20, 2018
Galleries White Cube Enters the Great Race for Artist Estates, Announcing Its Representation of the Al Held Foundation To date, the British gallery has exclusively worked with living artists. By Henri Neuendorf, Sep 18, 2018
Analysis Art Basel Cities Is the Global Fair Company’s Portal to the Future. But What the Heck Is It, Anyway? A pricey experiment by an international art-fair organizer descends on a country in crisis. Guess what? This is an upbeat story. By Andrew Goldstein, Sep 17, 2018
Galleries Returning to Its Swiss Roots, Hauser & Wirth Is Opening Its Ninth Gallery in St. Moritz A Louise Bourgeois show will inaugurate the space in December. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 17, 2018
Market 11 Never-Seen Photos From Diane Arbus’s Most Famous Series Will Debut in New York This Fall The show is a product of a unique collaboration between Arbus's longtime dealer, Fraenkel Gallery, and David Zwirner. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 14, 2018
Auctions Will This Painting Make David Hockney the Most Expensive Living Artist When Christie’s Sells It This Fall? The painting could sell for $80 million. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 13, 2018
Art Fairs Frieze Unveils a Power-Packed Exhibitor List and a Star-Studded Host Committee for Its First Los Angeles Edition Dealers are eager to get in on the ground floor of the fair's first Los Angeles edition. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 12, 2018
Auctions Sotheby’s Taps Star Hip-Hop Producer Swizz Beatz to Organize an Upcoming Contemporary Auction The hit-maker selected a rich and varied group of works. By Henri Neuendorf, Sep 12, 2018
Analysis A Decade After Damien Hirst’s Historic ‘Beautiful Inside My Head Forever’ Auction, Resale Prices Are Looking Ugly The single-artist sale brought Hirst $201 million, but a number of those works have since lost millions for their original buyers. By Tim Schneider, Sep 12, 2018
Analysis Who Says Culture Doesn’t Pay? $9.9 Billion Was Spent on New Arts Projects Around the Globe in 2017 The Louvre Abu Dhabi was, unsurprisingly, the priciest building completed last year. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 11, 2018
Galleries With a New Project Space in Taiwan, Sean Kelly Embarks on a More ‘Sensitive’ Expansion to Asia The veteran New York gallerist will launch a project space led by new director Gladys Lin in Taipei in 2019. By Tim Schneider, Sep 6, 2018
Galleries It’s a ‘Leaser’s Market’ With ‘Unheard-Of’ Rents: Why Blue-Chip Galleries Are Doubling Down in New York’s Chelsea Top art dealers are embracing Chelsea's building boom, even as smaller players have been pushed out. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 6, 2018
