Auctions The Best-Seller Lists: See the Top Ten Lots Sold in Every Major Category in 2023 From Ultra-Contemporary to Old Masters, these are the works that made the cut. By Artnet News, Mar 11, 2024
The Art Detective Undervalued Pop Legend James Rosenquist Is Having a Moment MoMA and a Michelin-starred restaurant are spotlighting the artist, as Phillips readies a special sale of his prints. By Katya Kazakina, Feb 2, 2024
Art History 3 Things You Should Know About ‘Island of the Dead,’ a Once Wildly Famous Now Obscure Painting Full of Mystery Created by Swiss painter Arnold Böcklin, the haunting work still has some secrets. By Annikka Olsen, Dec 29, 2023
Auctions Here Are the 10 Most Expensive Works Sold at Auction in 2023—and Why They Fetched the Prices They Did Despite talk of a softening market, multiple records were set during this year. By Artnet News, Dec 27, 2023
Auctions A Golden Rothko Shines at Christie’s as Passion for Abstract Expressionism Endures Mark Rothko's sublime canvas is one of the highlights of the auction season. By Raquel Laneri, Nov 13, 2023
Law & Politics A French Court Has Sentenced Artist-Provocateur Pyotr Pavlensky to Prison for Leaking Private Footage of a Paris Mayoral Candidate Benjamin Griveaux ended his mayoral campaign after footage of him appeared on the Russian artist’s website in 2020. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 13, 2023
Auctions Phillips Reports a Sharp Drop in Global Sales, With Private Sales Slumping to One-Third of Last Year’s Total Coming off a peak year, the newly challening environment has hit auction houses hard. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 10, 2023
People Ilya Kabakov, the Ukrainian American Conceptual Artist Who Lived Through Totalitarianism But Dreamed of Utopia, Has Died at 89 The artist died peacefully during the night on Saturday, surrounded by his family. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 30, 2023
Auctions The Codex Sassoon, an Ancient Hebrew Bible, Raked in $33.5 Million at Sotheby’s, Making It One of the Most Valuable Manuscripts Ever Sold The result, though, lands in the lower end of the estimate. By Richard Whiddington, May 17, 2023
The Gray Market Government Regulators Are Zeroing in on the Metaverse. Digital Art Could Get Caught in the Middle Our columnist explains why art could be forced to contend with more regulatory headaches in the metaverse than anywhere else before. By Tim Schneider, Jan 11, 2023
Politics Feminist Artists Marched for Reproductive Freedom in New York—and Are Taking the Message to Voters in Red States With a Billboard Campaign Michele Pred's latest feminist parade is accompanied by a billboard art campaign in support of abortion rights staged in 12 states. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 24, 2022
Reviews In Mexico City, an Immersive Frida Kahlo Extravaganza Is Running on the Fumes of Her Legend, Trading Art History for Pure Vibes It's like watching the 2002 Hollywood movie 'Frida,' only even less accurate and without plot, characters, or setting. By Ben Davis, Jul 21, 2022
Art & Exhibitions NFT Pioneer Olive Allen Wants to Introduce the Art World to the Metaverse. Her Vision of the Future Looks Nothing Like Mark Zuckerberg’s Her first IRL solo show is on view at Postmasters Gallery in New York. By Taylor Dafoe, May 17, 2022
Museums & Institutions A Former Gas Station in Berlin Has Been Revamped Into a Museum Dedicated to the Celebrated Weimar Artist George Grosz The German artist captured the harsh realities of life in Berlin in vivid color. By Hili Perlson, May 11, 2022
Politics ‘I Am Afraid. But I Can’t Stop’: Despite Fear of Reprisal, Russian and Belarusian Artists Have Found Ways to Stand Against the War in Ukraine With metaphors, pseudonyms, or from exile, dissenting artists are finding ways to resist. By Paula Erizanu, Mar 30, 2022