Artnet News Pro Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and for How Much—at Frieze’s Debut Fair in Seoul Here's what dealers say they sold at the new South Korea fair. By Artnet News, Sep 6, 2022
Auctions You Can Bid for a Chance to Play Chess With Andrea Bocelli as Part of a Charity Auction for the Italian Maestro’s Foundation The unusual sale offers art and opportunities to meet the Italian tenor. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Sep 6, 2022
NFTs Owners of Justin Aversano’s ‘Cognition’ NFTs Can Claim the Physical Paintings Their Works Are Based on at a One-Night Pop-Up Show The NFTs, based on original paintings and priced at 1 ETH each, sold out as soon as they dropped in August. By Dorian Batycka, Sep 6, 2022
Galleries 13 Buzzy Back-to-School Gallery Shows to See in New York This September, From a Red-Hot Group Show to Rick Lowe’s Gagosian Debut It's "back to school" for the art world—here's a guide to the best openings on tap this week. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 5, 2022
NFTs Metakovan and Twobadour Joined Forces to Buy the $69.3 Million Beeple. Here’s What Their Split Tells Us About the Future of the NFT Market Metapurse has had to change course amid the bear market for NFTs. By Dorian Batycka, Sep 5, 2022
Ask an Art Advisor When Is It O.K. to Ask for a Discount? A Professional Art Advisor on What You Really Need to Know About Art World Dealmaking Plus, is it better to buy at auctions or privately, and what time of year will I get the best deal? By Wendy Goldsmith, Sep 5, 2022
Art Fairs Your Go-To Guide to All the Art Fairs Taking Place in New York During the 2022 Edition of Armory Week For the first time in years, these events will take place largely without mandatory health and safety requirements. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 5, 2022
Art Fairs The Inaugural Frieze Seoul Opens With Multimillion-Dollar Sales, a New Generation of Collectors, and a Cameo From a K-Pop Legend Here's what it felt like on the ground on opening day of the highly anticipated fair at a key moment for Asia's art market. By Naomi Rea, Sep 2, 2022
Art Fairs With a Little Help From Frieze Seoul, Longstanding Korean Art Fair KIAF Comes Roaring Back Players in the market hope to make Seoul into the art world's new Hong Kong. By Vivienne Chow, Sep 2, 2022
Auctions A Banksy Mural in L.A. Is Hitting the Auction Block—With the Whole Building It Was Painted on Attached—for as Much as $30 Million But insiders worry the painting could be removed and sold separately. By Dorian Batycka, Sep 2, 2022
The Art Detective 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
Wet Paint Beyoncé’s Favorite Photographer Gets a New Gallery, Jerry Saltz Gets Into a Social Media Dust-Up, and More Art-World Gossip Plus, what artist got a commission from one of the Spice Girls? Who owns the art world's cutest-ever dog? Read on for answers. By Annie Armstrong, Sep 1, 2022
Auctions The Rapper Skepta Is Helping Curate an Upcoming Sotheby’s Sale in London—and He’s Including His First-Ever Painting The British-Nigerian grime star has chosen a group of 8 to 12 paintings to include in the auction house’s Contemporary Curated sale. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 1, 2022
Wet Paint Wet Paint in the Wild: Rapper and Curator Vic Mensa Hits the Studio With Thundercat and Hangs Out at His Kavi Gupta Group Show The rapper had his curatorial debut, "SKIN + MASKS", in Chicago this summer. By Annie Armstrong, Aug 31, 2022
NFTs OpenSea, One of the Top NFT Platforms, Has Seen Trading Volume Fall by More Than 90 Percent Since January A representative for OpenSea said the method of measurement was not accurate—but by any measure, sales are down. By Vittoria Benzine, Aug 31, 2022