Analysis Demonstrating Its Resilience, the Market for Chinese Art and Antiques Reaped $5.7 Billion Last Year, Our Report Found Sales remained solid in mainland China, but dropped in other regions across the globe. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 22, 2021
Gallery Network 5 New Artistic Talents That the Artnet Gallery Network Is Watching in November This month were watching artists with shows in Mexico City, Berlin, and beyond. By Artnet Gallery Network, Nov 19, 2021
The Art Detective How Murky Financial Wizardry Put ConstitutionDAO, and Many Other Bidders, at a Disadvantage During This Week's Auctions A mysterious thing happened to a number of top lots this season: the final price was less than the auction house initially recorded. By Katya Kazakina, Nov 19, 2021
Art World From the Macklowe Trove’s Mega-Million-Dollar Sale to a Banksy Ripped From a Wall: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week Catch up on this week's news, fast. By Artnet News, Nov 19, 2021
Buyer's Guide 3 Curatorial Projects You Won’t Want to Miss at This Year’s Untitled Art Fair in Miami Beach The largest-ever edition of the fair to date will include presentations curated by Natasha Becker, Miguel A. López, and Estrellita Brodsky with José Falconi. By Artnet Gallery Network, Nov 19, 2021
People ‘No One Who Hears Them Is Left Unaffected’: Musician and Ecologist Bernie Krause on Turning the Sounds of Nature Into Art The soundscape ecologist is behind 'The Great Animal Orchestra,' an audio-visual experience from the Cartier Foundation in Paris, now opening in the U.S. By Christine Ajudua, Nov 19, 2021
Auctions Kenneth Griffin, Finance Titan and Retail-Investor Bogeyman, Beat Out the DAO to Buy the U.S. Constitution at Sotheby’s Goliath beats David. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 19, 2021
Archaeology This Is the Story of the Artist Who Has Made a Career Tattooing Herself Like Europe’s Famed ‘Iceman’ Mummy The artist used her own blood. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 19, 2021
Art Fairs Despite the Threat of a Lockdown, Art Cologne Prevails With Steady Sales, Leaning on Its Strong Regional Loyalty The fair opened this week with a congenial—if quieter—atmosphere. By Kate Brown, Nov 19, 2021
Galleries A Massachusetts Man Bought a Drawing for $30 at an Estate Sale. It May Be an Authentic Dürer Worth $50 Million The artwork is on view now at Agnews Gallery in London, which is seeking potential buyers. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 19, 2021
Archaeology Archaeologists Just Discovered the World’s Oldest Jewelry: This Set of 150,000-Year-Old Snail-Shell Beads in Morocco Archaeologists found 33 snail shell beads in Morocco's Bizmoune Cave. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 19, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: A Taste for the Finer Things This week: everybody wins in auction week's sequel, the results of Art Basel’s solidarity fund, Giacometti meets the metaverse, and more. By Tim Schneider, Nov 19, 2021
Wet Paint David and Libbie Mugrabi Move On, Christie’s Staff Scouts for Private Sale on Discord, and More Juicy Art-World Gossip Plus, which dealer extraordinaire got outbid on the Macklowes' Picasso sculpture? And what Hollywood celebrity came out to fete David Salle? By Annie Armstrong, Nov 19, 2021
Museums Museums in Austria Will Close Beginning Monday as the Country Heads Back Into Lockdown Financial aid for institutions and artists will be extended into 2022, the culture minister said. By Vivienne Chow, Nov 19, 2021
Art World Art Industry News: KAWS Files a $10 Million Lawsuit Against an Online Retailer for Selling ‘Deliberate Fakes’ of His Work + Other Stories Plus, Abu Dhabi plans two more museums for Saadiyat Island and Blum & Poe will represent the Thornton Dial estate. By Artnet News, Nov 19, 2021
