The Art Detective What Went Wrong With Christie’s Fineberg Sale, the Auction That Nearly Drove the Art Market to Despair? Plenty. At first, people were stunned to see art by major names selling for a pittance. Then they got excited. By Katya Kazakina, May 26, 2023
The Art Detective ‘My Assistant Told Me to Slow Down’: How Top Art Collectors Budget Their Money (and Time) During New York’s Big Auction Season With auctions, art fairs, and gallery dinners galore, it's not easy for the well-heeled to stick to a schedule. By Katya Kazakina, May 13, 2023
The Art Detective Revealed: The Mystery Consignors to New York’s $1.3 Billion Spring Auctions, From a Storied Mega-Dealer to the Founder of Cirque de Soleil Who is liquidating art in this season's spring sales? The answers might surprise you (or not). By Katya Kazakina, May 5, 2023
The Art Detective Christie’s Neglected to Reveal the Ugly History Behind Its Sensational Planned Jewelry Auction. Then a Billionaire’s Wife Complained The sparkling treasures of the “The World of Heidi Horten” auction have a sinister backstory if you follow the money. By Katya Kazakina, May 1, 2023
The Art Detective The Whitney Is in Talks With Suitors Who Want to Buy the Breuer Building. Who Will Win the Prize? The landmark's history—and quirks—make it an attractive target for a specific kind of buyer. By Katya Kazakina, Apr 26, 2023
The Art Detective How Many Living Women Artists Have Gotten a Career-Defining Survey at the Met? The Answer Will Surprise You The opening of Cecily Brown's 'Death and the Maid' marks a sea change for women artists. By Katya Kazakina, Apr 14, 2023
The Art Detective How Collector Alexander DiPersia Went From Being a C-Level Hollywood Actor to Making ‘Grownup, Big-Boy’ Moves in the Art Market A real-estate scion linked to a string of glamorous love interests, DiPersia is making an unexpectedly serious name for himself in the art business. By Katya Kazakina, Apr 7, 2023
The Art Detective ‘It’s Sick But It’s True’: Why Art Addicts Go on Shopping Sprees and Then Don’t Pick Up Their New Artworks… for Years Unclaimed art purchases are a widespread phenomenon. Sometimes there's a good reason, but often there just isn't. By Katya Kazakina, Mar 31, 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 Art Detective A Wall Street Billionaire Shot Himself in His Family Office. His Death Is Reverberating in the Museum World, and the Art Market The legacy of the late buyout tycoon and philanthropist Thomas H. Lee is in the process of being written. By Katya Kazakina, Mar 3, 2023
The Art Detective Last Year’s Art Stars Make Way for Even Younger, Cheaper Debutants in London’s Auctions as ‘Voracious’ Speculators Seek New Blood For some flippers, even the hottest artists can have a short shelf life as the hunt for arbitrage opportunities drives them onward. By Katya Kazakina, Feb 24, 2023
The Art Detective Gerhard Richter’s Market Is Abuzz Following His Breakup With Dealer Marian Goodman. Here’s the Story Behind the Art World’s Most Shocking Defection It's a tale of two nonagenarian postwar art titans, the art market, and an unquenchable ambition for greatness. By Katya Kazakina, Feb 17, 2023
The Art Detective High-Flying Charity Auctions Help the Causes the Art World Supports. But Who Do They Actually Benefit? For artists, at least, charity auctions can be a chance for their markets to soar—or fly too high to the sun. By Katya Kazakina, Feb 10, 2023
The Art Detective ‘Gmail Art Advisors’ Are a Pestilence on the Market. Luckily, They Are Starting to Melt Away, One by One Who are these speculative intermediaries who materialize in boom times to make a quick buck? “They appear out of the blue and often vanish into the mist.” By Katya Kazakina, Feb 3, 2023
The Art Detective Her Art Was Once Viewed as “Obscene.” Now Martha Edelheit’s Nudes Are Finally Gaining Acclaim After Decades in Obscurity By Katya Kazakina, Jan 27, 2023
