Art Criticism How the Many Dilemmas of Hannah Gadsby’s Anti-Picasso Show Feed Our Contemporary Cultural Doom Loop "It's Hannah-matic, Part 2," from a 2-part series on "It's Pablo-matic" at the Brooklyn Museum. By Ben Davis, Jun 22, 2023
Law & Politics Beeple Collector Metakovan Is Suing Twobadour, Claiming His Ex-Partner Is Falsely Taking Credit for Buying the $69 Million NFT At one time, Vignesh Sundaresan and Anand Venkateswaran claimed to have bought the NFT together. By Richard Whiddington, Jun 20, 2023
Artnet News Pro Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and For How Much—at Art Basel 2023 Here's what dealers say they sold at the flagship event. By Artnet News, Jun 20, 2023
Art Criticism The Brooklyn Museum’s Much-Criticized ‘It’s Pablo-matic’ Show Is Actually Weirdly at War With Itself Over Hannah Gadsby’s Art History "It's Hannah-matic," Part 1 of a 2-part series on "It's Pablo-matic" at the Brooklyn Museum. By Ben Davis, Jun 20, 2023
People Art Basel Investor James Murdoch on Why He’s Drawn to the ‘Traveling Circus’ Model of Art Fairs, and His Plans for Evolving the Business of Culture MCH Group's anchor shareholder (finally) breaks his silence ahead of the 2023 edition of Art Basel's flagship fair. By Tim Schneider, Jun 12, 2023
The Art Angle The Art Angle Podcast: What Is Hypersentimentalism? On the New Tendency in Art Artnet's Kate Brown identifies a new trend in the contemporary art scene. By Artnet News, Jun 8, 2023
Reviews Art Duo Komar and Melamid Were Laughed Out of the Soviet Union. Are They Having the Last Laugh on Us? What is the lesson of these proto-postmodern artists for us today? By Ben Davis, Jun 7, 2023
Wet Paint A Famous Artist Plops Down on Henry Street, the Case of Allan Schwartzman and the Delectable Sandwich Mixup, and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, who are the art world's Taylor Swift fans devout enough to trek out to see her perform in New Jersey? What buzzy Dimes Square restaurant is closing? By Annie Armstrong, Jun 1, 2023
Art World Iconic American Artist Jasper Johns’s Auction Record Is $55 Million, But You Can Buy His Rustic Upstate Hideaway for a Mere $600,000 The artist entertained art-world royalty in the cabin-like home and studio. By Artnet News, May 29, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Wellness Check This week: May auction numbers decoded, the fresh faces of the Guggenheim Young Collectors Coalition, and much more. By Artnet News, May 26, 2023
Wet Paint Meet the Young Collectors Calling the Shots at the Guggenheim, a Highly Placed Art Worlder’s Anti-Woke Tweets, and More Art World Gossip Plus, what artwork did Spike Lee buy this week? Which legacy art publication is rumored to be restructuring? By Annie Armstrong, May 25, 2023
Artnet News Pro More Than Meets the Eye: 5 Data-Driven Takeaways From New York’s $1.5 Billion Spring Auctions Our columnist dove deep on auction metrics to locate the market signals in an unusually noisy season. By Tim Schneider, May 25, 2023
Artnet News Pro Who Won Auction Week? Here Are 12 Takeaways From New York’s Nearly $1.5 Billion Spring Sales From the priciest work to the biggest flop (and more), here are our parting observations from New York's marquee auctions this May. By Artnet News, May 23, 2023
Art Fairs Where Does Art Stand Today? Here Are a Few Critical Impressions Gleaned at the Frieze New York Art Fair Takeaways from a frenzied week of art fairs. Plus, "That '70s Show!" By Ben Davis, May 22, 2023
The Hammer Simon de Pury on How the Obsessions of Our Youngest Generation Can Predict Future Trends in Collecting The veteran auctioneer shares what he's learned from observing successive generations of buyers. By Simon de Pury, May 19, 2023