Market ‘It’s About Black Art Not Being a Sellable Fad’: How One Curator Is Navigating the Market for a Show of Black British Art at Christie’s London The exhibition coincides with Frieze London and Black History Month in the U.K. By Naomi Rea, Sep 15, 2021
Auctions Restituted Meissen Porcelains Shatter Estimates at Sotheby’s—and One of the Big Buyers Was the Museum That Returned Them The auction of Meissen objects restituted by the Rijksmuseum brought in $15 million, seven times the presale estimate. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 14, 2021
Auctions Artist Dread Scott’s First NFT Is a Video of a White Man Atop an Auction Block. He’s Taking It Straight to Christie’s "This is a really rare opportunity to buy a white male for sale,” said the artist. "They don't come up very often." By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 14, 2021
Auctions More Than 50 Works From the Collection of Late, Keen-Eyed Old Master Dealer Richard Feigen Could Fetch $17 Million at Auction An eclectic mix of works assembled by the dealer is going to Sotheby's. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 13, 2021
Art Fairs See 10 of the Exhilarating Installations at the Spring/Break Art Show, From a Shrine to Giantesses to One Absurdly Big Ham The fair's tenth New York edition delivers more of the over-the-top art installations for which Spring/Break has become known. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 10, 2021
Art Fairs Future Fair Debuts in New York With an Experimental Co-Op Model—and Dealers Say It Has Delivered Going on now through Sunday, Future Fair operates like a co-op, sharing profits with participating galleries. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 10, 2021
Art Fairs In Pictures: The Armory Show 2021 Sees the New York Art World (Almost) Back in Full Swing See what the fair's first Javits Center edition looked like here. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 10, 2021
Auctions Just Two Bored Ape NFT Lots Brought in a Combined $26 Million at Sotheby’s This Week, a New Crypto-Art Record for the Auction House A lot of 101 apes, plus six “mutant serums,” scored $24 million alone. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 10, 2021
Art Fairs The Armory Show Makes a Triumphant Return to New York With Far-Flung Dealers, Six-Figure Sales, and a Can-Do Attitude Doubts about whether it was too early for fairs to return were assuaged by strong sales and attendance. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 9, 2021
Art Fairs You Can Get Your Tarot Cards Read by an Art Witch Channeling the Ghost of Hilma af Klint at the Armory Show The tarot deck is the work of a feminist artist collective inspired by spiritual abstractionist Hilma af Klint. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 9, 2021
Art Fairs The Debut of Eye of the Collector, London’s Latest Boutique Fair, Offers Positive Early Signals for the Returning Art Market Dealers reported collector enthusiasm for the fair's cross-category approach and genteel setting. By Naomi Rea, Sep 9, 2021
Auctions Sotheby’s Will Sell the $600 Million Collection of Divorcing Couple Harry and Linda Macklowe, the Market’s Most Coveted Consignment in Years Sotheby's and Christie's both competed fiercely for the consignment, which represents the biggest test of the market since the pandemic. By Katya Kazakina, Sep 9, 2021
Analysis High Net Worth Millennial Women Are Powering a Gallery Recovery and 7 Other Takeaways From Art Basel’s Latest Market Report Dealers emphasized the importance of maintaining relationships with collectors and attending art fairs By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 9, 2021
Auctions Wong Kar Wai Is Auctioning Off Never-Before-Seen Footage of ‘In the Mood for Love’ as an NFT at Sotheby’s Hong Kong The digital artwork features unreleased footage of Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung from one of the director's most acclaimed films. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 8, 2021
Art Fairs The Local Paris Fair Salon Galeristes Pulls the Plug on Its 2021 Edition as Bigger Art Fairs Power Ahead With Fall Events The niche fair had been slated to run alongside FIAC in October. By Naomi Rea, Sep 7, 2021
