Art Fairs Here Are the 156 Galleries Participating in Paris+, Art Basel’s First Fair in the French Capital The new event displaced the French fair FIAC from its longtime home in the Grand Palais earlier this year. By Dorian Batycka, Jul 12, 2022
Artnet News Pro Hot Lots: 5 Artworks That Spectacularly Outperformed Expectations During London’s Summer 2022 Day Sales Work by Katherine Bernhardt, Paul Thek, Caroline Walker, and other artists shattered their estimates this season. By Artnet News, Jul 12, 2022
Artnet News Pro What Does Korea Collect? As Seoul’s Art Market Gathers Heat, International Galleries Share What They Know About the Local Ecosystem From Perrotin and Pace to König and Peres Projects, there have been two previous waves of Western galleries opening in the city. By Andy St. Louis, Jul 12, 2022
Art Fairs Art Basel’s Newest Exec, Vincenzo De Bellis, Is a Former Museum Curator. That May Be Just What the Show Needs As the Art Basel brand expands to four international events, a new senior leader is more important than ever. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 11, 2022
NFTs What Does Your Crypto Wallet Say About You? Artist Ian Cheng Is Creating a Series of Algorithm-Based NFT Portraits Each portrait can update with changed behavior, like a metaverse mood ring. By Vittoria Benzine, Jul 11, 2022
NFTs Italy Instructs Museums to Halt Contracts With NFT Companies, Citing ‘Unregulated’ Terms That Could Affect the Country’s Cultural Heritage The move comes after the Uffizi revealed that a tech company took the vast majority of proceeds from the NFT of a Michelangelo masterpiece. By Dorian Batycka, Jul 11, 2022
NFTs A Crypto Hedge Fund Has Moved NFTs Worth Millions to a Single Wallet, Prompting Speculation of a Bankruptcy-Induced Fire Sale Three Arrows Capital, a massive cryptocurrency hedge fund that went bust in June, seems to be consolidating its NFT assets. By Dorian Batycka, Jul 11, 2022
Artnet News Pro Phillips Executive David Norman Joins the Wave of Auction-House Veterans Leaving to Become Independent Art Advisors Norman worked at Phillips for three years after a long chapter at Sotheby's. By Katya Kazakina, Jul 11, 2022
Artnet News Pro Nervous About Buying Art Online? You Can Rent It Instead. Here’s What It Costs and How It Works The rise in art-rental services have offered more flexible options to art collectors and a new revenue stream for independent artists. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jul 11, 2022
Auctions New Analog Recording of Bob Dylan’s ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ Makes Nearly $2 Million at Auction This version of the famous song features a full band, and is the only copy that will ever be manufactured or released. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 8, 2022
Wet Paint Wet Paint in the Wild: Magazzino Italian Art Museum Director Vittorio Calabrese Takes Us From Upstate New York to Houston and Beyond Here's what a week in the museum director's life looks like. By Annie Armstrong, Jul 8, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Generation Gap This week: age-based divides among women artists, Stanley Whitney’s sharp ascent, a Belgian newbie bubbles up, and much more. By Tim Schneider & Naomi Rea, Jul 8, 2022
Wet Paint Miami Politico’s Obsession With Dog Sculptures Draws Ire, a Night Out With Spencer Sweeney in Coney Island, and More Art-World Gossip Plus, what mega-gallery is on a hiring spree? What artist has a feature-length film coming out on Mubi? Read on for answers. By Annie Armstrong, Jul 8, 2022
The Art Detective Asian Collectors Were on the Bleeding Edge of the Recent Art-Market Boom. Now, They’re Pumping the Brakes The most recent contemporary-art evening sales in Hong Kong were down a combined 30 percent from a year earlier. By Katya Kazakina, Jul 8, 2022
Galleries ‘I Don’t Understand the Meaning of the Word Quit’: Magda Sawon Tells Us What’s Next for Postmasters After Closing Its Tribeca Gallery The first gallery to make the move to Tribeca became a victim of the neighborhood's success. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 7, 2022