Wet Paint Michael Xufu Huang’s Cecily Brown Gets Flipped (Again!), a Dealer Who Hates NFTs Is Making $$$ on NFTs, and More Art-World Gossip Plus, which Hauser and Wirth employee got to enjoy the Super Bowl live? And Sarah Hoover takes us on a tour of her life. By Annie Armstrong, Feb 17, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: From Paris to the Pacific This week: Art Basel takes France, Kusama wins the volume game, Christ returns (to auction), and much more. By Tim Schneider, Jan 28, 2022
Art World Art Industry News: Fewocious, the Delightful Teenage NFT Sensation, Now Has a Market Worth $26 Million + Other Stories Plus, Robert Blumenthal Gallery and Derek Fordjour settle a lawsuit over undelivered artworks and Spain investigates collector Paloma BotĂn. By Artnet News, Jan 27, 2022
Wet Paint A Scammer Is Posing as Cindy Sherman’s CEO, Dua Lipa Is Actually a Legit Art Collector, and More Art-World Gossip Plus, what product is Jeff Koons really, really into right now? And our loyal readers pick their favorite restrooms in Chelsea. By Annie Armstrong, Jan 27, 2022
Wet Paint Artists Slap Dealer With Suit for Missing Payments, Brooklyn Museum Prez Tries to Block Bad Press, and More Juicy Art-World Gossip Plus, what party drew Rob Storr and Alison Roman? What art-adjacent restaurant just got shut down for health reasons? Read on for answers. By Annie Armstrong, Dec 17, 2021
Kenny Schachter Kenny Schachter Wades Through the Booze-Soaked NFT Mecca of Miami Beach—and Wishes He Could Escape to the Metaverse Rumor has it that Larry Gagosian turned down Beeple. By Kenny Schachter, Dec 14, 2021
The Art Detective NFT Collectors and Museums Have a Novel Problem: How Do You Deal With Art That an Artist Can Change at Will? The allure of Beeple's latest work is that he can makes alterations to it whenever he likes. That can be a problem for some. By Katya Kazakina, Dec 10, 2021
Wet Paint Collectors Abandon Art Basel Miami Beach for NFT Fairs, Kennedy Yanko Gets a New Gallery, and More Juicy Art-World Gossip Plus, what beloved actor spied an Anna Weyant work at Gagosian's booth? What mega-collector bumped into a Calder work? Read on for answers. By Annie Armstrong, Dec 3, 2021
The Gray Market Art and NFTs Are Wooing Each Other in Miami. But Whether the Romance Lasts Is Far From a Given (and Other Insights) Our columnist surveys the art world's relationship to crypto since its previous peak in 2018, and reminds us linear progress is not promised. By Tim Schneider, Dec 1, 2021
Artnet News Pro Who Won Auction Week? Here Are 12 Key Takeaways From New York’s Mind-Melting $2.3 Billion Fall Sales From the priciest work to the top flop, here are our parting observations from two weeks of primetime New York auctions. By Artnet News, Nov 22, 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
Artnet News Pro Julian Schnabel’s Plate Paintings Captured the ’80s Zeitgeist—and Then Disappeared. Here’s Why Collectors Are Reconsidering Them Now A new batch are the subject of an exhibition at the Brant Foundation in New York. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 19, 2021
Wet Paint Who’s Opting Out of Art Basel Miami Beach, Inside Hunter Biden’s Top-Secret L.A. Art Show, and More Juicy Art-World Gossip Plus, who attended Hunter Biden's secret Los Angeles opening? And which famous artist got snubbed by Jasper Johns? Read on for answers. By Annie Armstrong, Oct 7, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Changing the Game Art whales splash into sports memorabilia, information (and NFTs) don’t want to be free, Dana Schutz’s market conquers all, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Jul 9, 2021
Art World Wet Paint: Inside the Trouble That Sank Frieze LA 2021, Zwirner to Open Gallery in Hollywood, & More Juicy Art-World Gossip Which power curator departed from a major LA museum? What big art-slash-politics couple got turned away at a SoHo boite? Read on for answers. By Nate Freeman, Apr 16, 2021