Artnet News Pro ‘Woo-Hoo!’: A Global Hunger for Hot Young Figurative Art Propelled Phillips and Poly’s Hong Kong Sales to a ‘White Glove’ $90 Million Records abound for buzzed-about stars. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 9, 2021
Artnet News Pro NFTs Are Perfectly Designed to Turbo-Charge Concerns About Money Laundering and Art—and Regulators Are Already Taking Notice What happens when the opaque world of art and the opaque world of crytocurrency merge? Things could get really dark. By Amy Castor, Jun 7, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Counting Galleries’ Money This week in the Back Room: Dealer salaries, surveyed; Marlborough Gallery, resurrected; U.S. museums, stabilized(?); and much more. By Tim Schneider, Jun 4, 2021
Artnet News Pro If You Had $3 Million, Would You Buy a Jonas Wood Painting or a Matisse Cutout? We Asked an Expert to Choose In the first installment of a new series, art advisor Allan Schwartzman considers two very different artworks. By Rachel Corbett, Jun 4, 2021
Artnet News Pro Here Are the 300 Most-Searched Artists on Artnet’s Price Database in May 2021—and the Rising Talents Poised to Break in Soon See who is up, who is down... and who is up next. By Julia Halperin, Jun 3, 2021
Artnet News Pro Sotheby’s Returns to Germany With a New Cologne Office as It Seeks to Recapture the Country’s Expanding Market Sotheby's will face stiff competition from the country's well-established regional auction houses. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 1, 2021
Artnet News Pro A New Fair in Paris Spotlights Art From the Middle East and North Africa. Here’s Our Pick of 5 Hot Artists to Watch at Menart The new fair formed as an alternative to the recently canceled Beirut Art Fair By Anna Sansom, Jun 1, 2021
Artnet News Pro How Much Does an Art Dealer Really Make? We Asked a Few Hundred of Them—Here’s What We Found Given the stark income gap, some are asking why trade organizations have not taken a closer look. By Zachary Small & Eileen Kinsella, Jun 1, 2021
Artnet News Pro Why Are High-End Galleries Jumping Into Bed With Luxury Hotels? The union of luxury hotels and blue-chip art began 20 years ago—but the latest resurgence of high-end travel is taking it to new heights. By Maïa Morgensztern, May 31, 2021
Artnet News Pro Which Artists Have Generated the Most Money at Auction So Far This Year? What if I told you that Mad Dog Jones generated more money at auction in the first four months of 2020 than Rodin or Murakami? By Julia Halperin, May 27, 2021
Artnet News Pro Why Did the Star Lot of a Christie’s Single-Lot Sale in Hong Kong Flop This Week? That’s the $58 Million Question No one took home Xu Beihong's painting 'Slave and Lion.' By Eileen Kinsella, May 26, 2021
Artnet News Pro Christie’s Hong Kong Auction Week Kicks Off With a $204 Million Evening Sale, Led by Yet Another Blockbuster Basquiat The wide-ranging sale was met with intense demand in Asia. By Eileen Kinsella, May 25, 2021
Artnet News Pro Art Businesses Are Uniquely Susceptible to Cybercrime. Here Are a Few Simple Ways to Protect Yours, According to Top Experts As an industry that still finalizes multimillion-dollar deals over email, the art trade has special vulnerabilities. By Ivan Macquisten, May 25, 2021
Artnet News Pro Signaling Growing Consolidation, London’s Fine Art Group Acquires One of America’s Largest Art Advisories The newly expanded Fine Art Group will grow its presence in the U.S. By Katya Kazakina, May 24, 2021
Artnet News Pro Here Are the 15 Most Expensive Artworks That Sold at Auction Around the World in April 2021 We combed through the results to bring you the top 15 lots of April 2021. By Artnet News, May 21, 2021