The Art Detective The U.S. Dollar Is the Strongest It’s Been in Two Decades. So What Does Its Growing Power Mean for the Art Market? Americans' buying power is growing fast—at least for now. By Katya Kazakina, Jul 29, 2022
The Art Detective Forget the Hamptons. Artists, Dealers, and Advisors Are Congregating in a New Bucolic Contemporary Art Hub: Maine The state has always been a haven for artists. Now, the rest of the art world is starting to catch up. By Katya Kazakina, Jul 22, 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 7, 2022
The Art Detective Young Female Artists Are Finally Getting Some Art-Market Traction—But Their Predecessors Remain Scandalously Undervalued Work by female artists born between 1930 and 1975 accounted for just 5.3 percent of the $16.7 billion in auction sales in the past five years. By Katya Kazakina, Jul 4, 2022
The Art Detective I’ve Seen a Lot of Money Grabs in My Career as an Art Market Reporter. NFT.NYC Topped Them All The crypto world and the art world are both built on a desire for access. What happens when they collide? By Katya Kazakina, Jun 24, 2022
The Art Detective Has the Art Market Peaked? Here Are 3 Signs Experts Are Watching for as a Recession Looms It’s not a matter of if, but when and how bad it’s going to hit. By Katya Kazakina, Jun 17, 2022
The Art Detective When Power Advisor Allan Schwartzman Left Sotheby’s, Everyone Wondered What Was Next. Now He’s Ready for the Big Reveal The advisor unveils his vision for a new kind of art advisory that caters not only to collectors, but to artists and museums. By Katya Kazakina, Jun 10, 2022
The Art Detective At the Peak of His Career, Simon Hantaï Stopped Selling His Art. Now, A Powerful Network Wants to Rebuild His Market The Fondation Louis Vuitton opened a centenary Hantaï exhibition in Paris last week. By Katya Kazakina, May 27, 2022
The Art Detective The Surprising New Record for Ernie Barnes Didn’t Come From Left Field. We Deconstruct the Playbook for Selling ‘The Sugar Shack’ How the players pulled off a jaw-dropping sale that is already reshaping the artist's market. By Katya Kazakina, May 20, 2022
The Art Detective Information Is the Most Valuable Currency in the Art Business. So Is It Any Surprise That Art Galleries Bend the Truth? Information is the most valuable currency in the art world—and dealers know it. By Katya Kazakina, May 16, 2022
The Art Detective Revealed: The Biggest Consignors to New York’s $2 Billion Spring Auctions, From a Divorcing Heir to a Mexican Financier Plus, who is offloading a load of work because he's "just done" with art after 15 years of dedicated collecting? By Katya Kazakina, May 6, 2022
The Art Detective Gallerist Almine Rech Seems to Have the Midas Touch. But Are All Her Artists Worth Their Weight in Gold? Long established in the blue-chip market, the gallery has begun diversifying its portfolio, with surprising results. By Katya Kazakina, Apr 22, 2022
The Art Detective Basquiat, Inc.: How the Artist’s Estate Built a Licensing Empire of Branded Barbies, Dog Hoodies, Coach Backpacks, and More Is it profiteering, or protecting a legacy? By Katya Kazakina, Apr 15, 2022
The Art Detective The Curse of BOGO? Why Forcing Collectors Hungry for Hot New Art to Buy One and Give One (to a Museum) May Be a Very Bad Idea While "buy one, give one" has its advocates, it can create certain problems. By Katya Kazakina, Apr 8, 2022
The Art Detective She Painted for Decades in Obscurity on a Remote Island in Maine. Suddenly, Collectors Can’t Get Enough of Lynne Drexler Drexler sold art to tourists for $50. Earlier this month, one of her paintings fetched over $1 million at Christie's. By Katya Kazakina, Mar 31, 2022
