Artnet News Pro Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and for How Much—at Art Basel Miami Beach 2022 Here's what dealers say they sold at the 20th edition of the fair. By Artnet News, Dec 5, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Recession Ready This week: how to know when the art market is headed for a recession, early sales from Art Basel Miami Beach, a speculative bubble bursts, and much more. By Naomi Rea & Julia Halperin, Dec 4, 2022
Innovators List The Innovators: Alvaro Barrington on Gratitude, Bad Faith, and Why It Takes Eight Galleries to Raise an Artist "My most expensive mistakes are when I don't rely on community," Barrington says. By Tobi Onabolu, Dec 4, 2022
Auctions Elvis Presley’s Dilapidated Private Jet Will Go Up for Auction and Is Not Likely to Fetch a Kingly Sum It was recently rescued from 30 years sitting on an uncovered tarmac in Roswell, New Mexico. By Vittoria Benzine, Dec 2, 2022
Art Fairs Three Generations of Feminist Artists Convened in Miami to Launch a Participatory NFT Project and a Reproductive Rights Protest Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnikova teamed up with Judy Chicago and Michele Pred on a pair of empowering Miami Art Week events. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 2, 2022
Galleries Fearless Art Lovers Trekked by Boat to Half Gallery’s Pop-Up in a House on Stilts in Biscayne Bay. It Was Worth It The exclusive painting event was held 1.5 miles offshore at one of the historic Stiltsville homes. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 2, 2022
Auctions This Symbolist Masterpiece Was Expected to Be the Priciest Painting Ever Sold in Poland. Now, Police Are Trying (and Failing) to Seize It Authorities believe the work may have been stolen. So far the seizure has been thwarted by a lack of proper packing materials. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 2, 2022
Auctions Phillips’ New Partnership With a Beijing Auction House Brings in a Modest $33.6 Million During Its First Evening Sale in Hong Kong The sale is a collaboration with Yongle auction house and follows Phillips' partnership with Poly Auction. By Vivienne Chow, Dec 2, 2022
Auctions A $22 Million Max Beckmann Painting Sets a Staggering Record at a German Auction House in a Lively Night of Drama and Intrigue A work by Kandinsky, which the Polish government alleges was stolen, was also included in the sale. By Kate Brown, Dec 2, 2022
Wet Paint The Rubells Show Off Their Shiny New Prodigy, Downs & Ross’s Director Steps Back, and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, which rapper-producer touched the art at Untitled? Which mega-dealer might need to buy more underwear before the weekend? Read on for answers. By Annie Armstrong, Dec 2, 2022
Art Fairs At Art Basel Miami Beach, a Tale of Two Markets: Lean at the Top, But Robust on the Lower End Galleries found success with smaller-scale and more modestly priced work. By Katya Kazakina, Dec 1, 2022
Art Fairs 5 Must-See Booths at Art Basel Miami Beach 2022, From a Fully Functioning Casino to a Gutsy Presentation by a Rising Star Galleries were looking to sell more than they were looking to surprise. But we found a few memorable stands. By Julia Halperin, Dec 1, 2022
Art Fairs ‘Relaxed Friendly People Wearing Cool Shoes’ Rushed NADA Miami to Buy Up Art in the Lower and Mid Price Ranges Buying was brisk as collectors warmed to new work at lower price points than at Art Basel. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 1, 2022
Art Fairs The Pérez Art Museum Miami Snaps Up a Mixed-Media Work by Indigenous Artist Patrick Dean Hubbell at the NADA Fair The purchase was made possible by the NADA Acquisition Gift, now in its fifth iteration. By Caroline Goldstein, Dec 1, 2022
The Gray Market What the Colossal Failure of FTX Means for Art Basel’s Efforts to Thrust the Art Industry Into Its Crypto Era The fair is inaugurating its new blockchain-based platform Arcual while recently bankrupted FTX plunges crypto into infamy. What's the way forward? By Tim Schneider, Dec 1, 2022