Wet Paint A 26-Year-Old Artist Named Cumwizard69420 Gets a Show at Cheim and Read, a Trendy Tribeca Gallery Is Unamicably Splitting, and More Juicy Art-World Gossip Plus, where is O'Flaherty's new space setting up? And which sandwich boy-turned-art dealer is getting trolled on Twitter? By Annie Armstrong, Dec 22, 2022
The Gray Market Two Buzzy Hybrid Projects Have a Lot to Teach Us About the Uneasy Merger Between Crypto and Physical Art Our columnist weighs in on what recent events in New York suggest about the total convergence of tangible and tokenized art. By Tim Schneider, Sep 14, 2022
The Art Detective Musicians and Movie Stars Have Had Managers Forever. Now, It’s Becoming Big Business to Manage Artists, Too Longtime art advisors say that managing artists has become the fastest-growing segment of their business. By Katya Kazakina, Aug 26, 2022
Law & Politics An ‘Architectural Digest’ Spread About Two Art Collectors Was Photoshopped to Obscure Potentially Looted Cambodian Statues in Their Home A forensics expert confirmed the photo had been airbrushed. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 16, 2022
Analysis In 2020, Blue-Chip Art Businesses Flocked to the Hamptons. Are They in It for the Long Haul? "It's a thing," said one veteran dealer of the newly energized Hamptons art scene. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 3, 2022
Auctions Phillips Announces a Record $746 Million in Auction and Private Sales for First Half of 2022, Another Sign of the Peaking Art Market The auction house also revealed the opening of its first Los Angeles outpost. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 15, 2022
NFTs Madonna’s World of Woman-Sponsored Concert Was a Strange Mix of NFT Pitch and Variety Show I didn't learn a lot about the NFT collection there, but I did catch COVID. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 1, 2022
Events and Parties Editors’ Picks: 11 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From Derrick Adams’s Unicorn Playground to Kiki Kogelnik’s Portraits Plus, Fred Wilson's first large-scale public sculpture. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 28, 2022
Art Fairs Crypto Heavyweights Made Appearances at Art Basel, But NFTs Were Scarce as Bitcoin Continues Its Plunge 'We’re in the midst of the fourth industrial revolution,' said one dealer. By Dorian Batycka, Jun 16, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Cash Over Crypto This week: crypto doesn't pay for paintings, an art-fair ticket-price face-off, Erik Parker heats up, and much more. By Tim Schneider, May 27, 2022
NFTs ‘I Thought It Was a Good Time to Buy’: Adam Lindemann on Why He Snapped Up the Beeple Madonna NFT During the Crypto Crash "Madonna is still Madonna," he told Artnet News. By Katya Kazakina, May 20, 2022
Wet Paint Powerhouse Gallery LGDR Finally Names Its Artists, a ‘Bachelor’ Star Shows Us His NFTs, and More Juicy Art-World Gossip Plus, who was Hans Ulrich Obrist having lunch with in Venice? And curator Daisy Sanchez gives us a peek into her life. By Annie Armstrong, Apr 21, 2022
Wet Paint Jeff Koons’s NFT Artist Son Speaks Out on Dad’s Divorce, New York Gets Hip New Gallery Hood, and More Art-World Gossip Plus, what "Game of Thrones" co-stars were out in Ridgewood, Queens? And scenester-curator Brooke Wise gives us a look into her life. By Annie Armstrong, Apr 7, 2022
Galleries Upper East Side Mainstay Venus Over Manhattan Will Open a New Downtown Location With a Focus on Young Artists The new space marks the gallery's 10th anniversary and opens with a show by Ana Benaroya. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 25, 2022
Auctions A Prized Basquiat Owned by Billionaire Mega-Collector Yusaku Maezawa Could Fetch More Than $70 Million at Auction This Spring Maezawa also revealed he is planning to build a museum to house his collection. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 28, 2022