The Back Room The Back Room: A Tsunami of Lawsuits A tidal wave of lawsuits crashes on the art world, international galleries set up shop in the U.S. to skip the art fair circus, and more. By Artnet News, Sep 29, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Legal Lessons A look back at Inigo Philbrick's swindle as his accomplice is sentenced, how Gagosian poaches artists, and much more. By Artnet News, Sep 22, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Consolidation Conundrum A look at the art-fair landscape post-Armory, the Long Museum’s marvelous Modigliani, and much more. By Artnet News, Sep 15, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Seoul Survivor This week: the state of Seoul’s art-fair landscape, a sleeper Guercino unveiled, and much more. By Artnet News, Sep 8, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Dirty Dealings Delving into the case that could undo the Wildenstein dynasty, which nepo babies are teaming up, where art sales were most sluggish, and more. By Artnet News, Aug 25, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Buyer’s Market The upside of a down market, a brazen art theft on the Lower East Side, a work from Picasso’s "annus mirabilis,” and more. By Artnet News, Aug 18, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Deep-Pocketed Ding Yixiao The latest collector who can't (or won't) pay, Martha Rosler’s feminist musings, when boxers become artists, and much more. By Artnet News, Aug 11, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Deconstructing Diego Cortez This week, lessons from a legendary impresario/ art thief, Lisa Yuskavage on mammary matters, the $100 million sale that wasn’t, and more. By Artnet News, Aug 4, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: It’s Gogo Time This week: Larry’s life and legacy, Zwirner on Zwirner, cultural infrastructure accounting, and much more. By Artnet News, Jul 28, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: The Klimt Connection This week: the intrigue swirling around Dame mit Fächer, the flood-proof Hamptons art trade, the fairs getting small to get ahead, and much more. By Artnet News, Jul 21, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Great American Frieze This week: Frieze’s bold U.S. expansion, breaking up (a gallery) is hard to do, and much more. By Artnet News, Jul 14, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Value vs. Values This week: a retroactive wrinkle in a major market controversy, Dakis Joannou does not need a bigger boat, and China goes bonkers for Botticelli. By Artnet News, Jul 7, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Klimt in Context This week: looking at London's June auction week's mixed signals, how are Henry Street galleries holding up, Kennedy Yanko’s so-called paint skins, and much more. By Artnet News, Jun 30, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Private Parties This week, Perrotin's private equity partnership, Jordan Wolfson's lonely view of success, where private museums proliferate, and much more. By Artnet News, Jun 23, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Split Decision? This week: our debrief on Art Basel and what it portends for the art market, the appalling accommodations at Les Trois Rois, Steve Wynn shops a Rothko for $60 million, and much more. By Artnet News, Jun 16, 2023