The Back Room The Back Room: From Publisher to Market Player This week: Loyal gallery’s unusual path to longevity, Patrick Drahi’s unsentimental approach to art financing, Edgar Plans’s market moment, and much more. By Artnet News, 2 hours ago
Wet Paint Meet the Famed Video Game Artist Who’s About to Power Up in the Art World, the Case of the Lightning-Fast Flipper, and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, who flipped their Lauren Quin painting after holding it for less than two years? And what gallerist won a Wet Paint hat through last week's Casting Call game? By Annie Armstrong, 20 hours ago
The Gray Market How an Upstart Magazine Grew Into One of This Century’s Best Talent-Spotting Galleries Our columnist unwinds the tale of Loyal, the connoisseurial culture magazine that transformed into a tastemaking Swedish gallery. By Tim Schneider, 2 days ago
Artnet News Pro Here Are the 15 Most Expensive Artworks Sold at Auction Around the World in February 2023 We scoured Artnet's Price Database to most expensive works sold at auction last month. By Artnet News, 3 days ago
The Hammer Had Enough FOMO From Art Basel Hong Kong? Simon de Pury on How the City Came Back With a Bang The veteran auctioneer returns to Hong Kong for the first time since 2019. By Simon de Pury, Mar 28, 2023
Artnet News Pro Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and for How Much—at Art Basel Hong Kong 2023 Here's what dealers say they sold at the first fully fledged edition of the fair since 2019. By Artnet News, Mar 27, 2023
The Art Detective What Makes the Property-Brokering, Painting-Hoovering Art King of Tribeca so Unusual? He’s a Genuinely Good Guy Working at the intersection of art and real estate, you'd expect Jonathan Travis to be a cut-throat wheeler-dealer. Not this time. By Katya Kazakina, Mar 24, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Answering Hong Kong’s Riddle This week: the intrigue around ABHK’s return, a new art-world power couple emerges, the rise of single-owner auction action, and much more. By Artnet News, Mar 24, 2023
Wet Paint Hark! A New Art World Power Couple Emerges, the Adderall Shortage Keeps Artists and Dealers on Their Toes, and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, a new game with a prize of a free Wet Paint hat, and which millionaire NFT artist is moving to Marfa, Texas? By Annie Armstrong, Mar 23, 2023
The Gray Market Here’s Who Financial Turmoil Is Likely to Hit Hardest in the Art Industry—and the Unlikely Type of Business It May Accelerate Our columnist wargames out how turmoil at global banks translates to both good and bad news for art-market lending and borrowing. By Tim Schneider, Mar 22, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Silicon Valley Split This week: the art-market lesson in Silicon Valley Bank’s demise, Canadian art crime runs rampant, big auction losses follow big auction publicity, and much more. By Artnet News, Mar 17, 2023
The Gray Market Progress Helped Destroy Silicon Valley Bank. Stasis Should Shield the Art Market Our columnist explains why the death of Silicon Valley Bank makes the art market's traditionalism look wise for once. By Tim Schneider, Mar 15, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Testing, Testing This week: a London auctions recap, David Kordansky loses a star, Duncan McCormick’s curious auction rise, and much more By Artnet News, Mar 10, 2023
Wet Paint Your Guide to the NYC Art World’s Top-Secret Hotspots, a Coveted Artist Decamps From David Kordansky, and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, what art dealer was spotted wearing the red MSCHF boots? Which gallery director just sold a movie plot? By Annie Armstrong, Mar 9, 2023
The Gray Market New York’s New Art Map: What 9 Years of Data About Gallery Openings Reveal About the Shifting Geography of Cool Which neighborhoods are rising—and which have dramatically fallen from grace (with charts!). By Tim Schneider, Mar 8, 2023
