Art Collectors What I Buy and Why: French Entrepreneur Garance Primat Dots the Grounds of Her Family’s Chateau With Works in Dialogue With the Elements She just launched her summer exhibition on the estate, featuring works by Olafur Eliasson and Sissel Tolaas. By Lee Carter, Jun 26, 2023
NFTs Christie’s Is Selling Mind-Bending NFTs by Artists Mad Dog Jones, Nadya Tolokonnikova, and More to Benefit Psychedelic Research The sale hopes to raise $600,000 for the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies. By Richard Whiddington, Jun 23, 2023
Galleries Market Star Painter Flora Yukhnovich, Known for Her Contemporary Take on French Rococo, Joins Mega Gallery Hauser and Wirth The artist graduated art school in 2017, and was making seven-figure sales at auction within four years. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 23, 2023
Auctions A Highly Coveted Banksy Painting Offered by Fashion Icon Paul Smith Could Rake in $2.3 Million at Auction The modified thrift store canvas will hit the block at Bonhams London. By Artnet News, Jun 22, 2023
Art Fairs Treasure House Fair, Hastily Launched to Replace the Abruptly Canceled Masterpiece London, Is Off to a Promising Start Exhibitors lauded the fair's organizers for putting together the new event in just four months. By Vivienne Chow, Jun 22, 2023
Galleries Lynsey Addario, Known for her Searing Images of Conflict, Is the First Photojournalist to Join Lyles and King The artist has covered war and humanitarian crises in the Middle East and around the world. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 22, 2023
Auctions A Collector Clinched a Rare 17th-Century Terracotta Sculpture for a Record $2.85 Million at a French Auction. Now, the Louvre Is Snatching It The Paris museum already has the final marble version of the work in its collection. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 22, 2023
Auctions An Anne Vallayer-Coster Still Life, Thought Lost for 200 Years, Fetches a Record-Smashing $2.8 Million at Auction The impressive still life had only been exhibited once, in 1783. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 22, 2023
Galleries Months After Adding Nan Goldin to Its Roster, Gagosian Hires a Veteran Photography Curator in Newly Created Director Role The mega-gallery's new hire points to the increasing importance of the medium. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 22, 2023
Auctions Rubens Painting Lost For 300 Years and Misidentified When Last Sold at Auction Will Star At Upcoming Sotheby’s Sale in London Research and x-ray analysis revealed that the painting is far more important than previously thought. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 19, 2023
Art Collectors What I Buy and Why: Art and Design Go Hand in Hand for George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg, Who Once Convinced Yayoi Kusama to Make Them a Pumpkin A recent trip to Japan yielded a sculpture shaped like a 'volcanic cauliflower.' By Lee Carter, Jun 19, 2023
Auctions A One-of-a-Kind Handmade Pocket Watch Added $4.9 Million to Phillips’s Timepieces Sale, While Sotheby’s Sold a Rolex Daytona Owned by Paul Newman Phillips set multiple records, thanks to a legendary piece of horology by Roger Smith. By Artnet News, Jun 16, 2023
NFTs A Crypto Spring? Sotheby’s $11 Million NFT Sale Renews Hope for the Battered Market—But There Are Caveats A single work from Dmitri Cherniak made up half the sale's total. By Richard Whiddington, Jun 16, 2023
Art Fairs Design Miami’s Downscaled Fair in Basel Comes With Confirmation of an Upcoming Paris Edition This year's fair has a heavy French accent, reflecting its ambitions for Paris in October 2023. By Lee Carter, Jun 15, 2023
Art Fairs Art Basel Stops Requiring Candidates to Submit Full-Body Photos in Job Applications After a Feminist Artist’s Complaints The policy had been in place for years. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 15, 2023
