Art World Art Industry News: A Suspected Old Master Forger Wanted by European Authorities Has Disappeared + Other Stories Plus, part-time faculty at the New School are on strike, and Anonymous Was a Woman names the winners of its 2022 grants. By Artnet News, Nov 17, 2022
Market Meet Albert Willem, the Self-Taught Belgian Painter Whose Jokey Tableaux Are Suddenly Netting Six Figures at Auction Although he only made his auction debut this year, Willem's works are selling for ten times above their high estimates. By Annie Armstrong, Nov 17, 2022
Market Tokyo Is Expanding Its Footprint in the Global Art Market. Here Are 7 Power Players Leading the Way Japan's art market has struggled in the years since the 1991 economic crash. These figures aim to change that. By Vivienne Chow, Nov 17, 2022
Auctions Sotheby’s Notches $315 Million in a Fireworks-Free Contemporary Art Evening Sale Double-Header Andy Warhol’s monumental car crash silkscreen from 1963 was the top lot of the night. By Katya Kazakina, Nov 16, 2022
Auctions In a Wildly Successful Auction of Joan Didion’s Belongings, People Paid Thousands for Her Journals, Photographs, and…Trash Cans Fans of the late famed writer Joan Didion have anxiously awaited the first sale of her personal effects. By Vittoria Benzine, Nov 16, 2022
Politics Artist Julia Weist Is Protesting the R Rating of Her New Film by Advertising the Project on a Times Square Billboard The film is inspired by research into historical censorship on the part of New York’s Motion Picture Division. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 16, 2022
Museums Museum Staffs Are Starting to Diversify, Particularly Among Leadership Roles, According to a New Survey A demographic survey from the Mellon Foundation found that POC representation has increased by nine percent in recent years. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 16, 2022
Gallery Network Spotlight: An Exhibition of LGBTQIA+ Artists Testifies to the Art Students League’s History as an Incubator for Radical Talent The group show "We Fancy," guest-curated by Eric Shiner, is currently on view. By Artnet Gallery Network, Nov 16, 2022
NFTs Yuga Labs Has Gifted a CryptoPunk to ICA Miami, Kicking Off the Company’s Initiative to Place Its NFTs in Contemporary Art Museums CryptoPunk #305 will be the third NFT to enter the museum's collection. By Richard Whiddington, Nov 16, 2022
Art History The Uffizi Is Finally Putting a Name on a Trove of Unattributed Paintings: Jona Ostiglio, a Jewish Artist Who Illegally Painted for the Medici Court He was the only Jewish artist at Italy’s prestigious Academy of Fine Arts until the 20th century. By Vittoria Benzine, Nov 16, 2022
Analysis After a Decade-Long Slide, the Chinese Art Market Is on the Upswing Again, Generating $7.4 Billion in Global Sales in 2021 As the market returns to "business as usual," sales of Chinese art and antiquities increased on a global scale. By Artnet News, Nov 16, 2022
Art World What Do a Filmmaker, Hedge Fund Manager, and Tech Company Founder Have in Common? They Are All on Gagosian’s Newly Formed Board of Directors Snap Inc. founder Evan Spiegel and ‘Lost in Translation' director Sofia Coppola are among the board’s inaugural members. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 16, 2022
Market A Hack Has Revealed What Many Long Suspected: The Owners of Auction Houses Are Also Some of Their Best Customers After a leak revealed Sotheby's owner Patrick Drahi's extensive art purchases, some say he should have disclosed them earlier. By Katya Kazakina, Nov 16, 2022
On View David Hockney Put a Personal Touch on the New Immersive Experience Based on His Work Coming to London The journey into the famous artist's work is accompanied by his own spoken commentary. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 16, 2022
Galleries Germany Pumped More Than €30 Million of Public Money Into the Commercial Art Market During the Pandemic. Was It Actually Needed? A report questioned whether galleries like Esther Schipper and Sprüth Magers should have benefited from the government program, which was not based on need. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 16, 2022
