Someone Pretended to Be a Mexican Media Mogul in Order to Buy In-Demand Contemporary Art

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Someone Pretended to Be a Mexican Media Mogul in Order to Buy In-Demand Contemporary Art—and Almost Duped Top Dealers

It's really hard to get access to the most coveted contemporary art. That's why someone posed as a top collector—and almost got away with it.

By Katya Kazakina, Dec 9, 2022

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Revealed: The Biggest Consignors to the $2.9 Billion Fall Auctions in New York, From a Greek Shipping Family to a Storied Art Dealer

Here's who's selling what.

By Katya Kazakina, Nov 10, 2022

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The Rumor That LVMH Is Buying Gagosian Just Won’t Die. There May Be Something to It—But Not What You Think

People inquiring about whether the world's largest art gallery is for sale may be asking the wrong question.

By Katya Kazakina, Nov 4, 2022

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Paul Allen’s Collection Is the Most Expensive Ever to Come to Auction—But There’s Even More Where That Came From

The late Microsoft cofounder's art collection is poised to bring in more than $1 billion—but there's at least $500 million worth leftover.

By Katya Kazakina, Oct 28, 2022

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Sculptor Carol Bove Is in High Demand, Now With a Show at Zwirner’s New Gallery in Paris. So Why Aren’t Her Auction Prices Keeping Up?

“She’s one of the most significant and interesting sculptors working today,” says Catherine Craft, who curated Bove's show at the Nasher.

By Katya Kazakina, Oct 21, 2022

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Revealed: The Top Consignors to This Week’s London Auctions, Including a Whitney Trustee and Tech CEO

Here's who's selling what.

By Katya Kazakina, Oct 13, 2022

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Unfairly Imprisoned, He Labored on a Chain Gang for Years. Now Winfred Rembert’s Paintings About That Experience Are Selling for Nearly $300,000

Prices for the visceral art of Winfred Rembert, the late Pulitzer Prize winner, have tripled in six months.

By Katya Kazakina, Sep 30, 2022

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Why Do Artists Leave Their Galleries? It’s About Money—and a Whole Lot More

The announcements of new artist-dealer relationships are coming at an increasingly fast clip. Here's what's driving the musical chairs.

By Katya Kazakina, Sep 23, 2022

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As They Arrive in New York, the Dealers Behind Sprüth Magers Discuss How a Gallery Can Have a ‘Cultural Footprint’

The much-admired dealers of 20th century titans are debuting in New York with an exhibition of work by John Baldessari.

By Katya Kazakina, Sep 1, 2022

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Musicians and Movie Stars Have Had Managers Forever. Now, It’s Becoming Big Business to Manage Artists, Too

Longtime art advisors say that managing artists has become the fastest-growing segment of their business.

By Katya Kazakina, Aug 26, 2022

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A 54-Year-Old History Teacher in Connecticut Just Became One of the Art Market’s Fastest-Rising Stars

It helps that Rob Ober was previously a collector and dealer.

By Katya Kazakina, Aug 4, 2022

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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

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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

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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

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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