The Gray Market 4 Ways the Crypto Space Is Splintering From the Art World, as Seen at This Week’s Blockbuster NFT Conference (and Other Insights) Our columnist visits NFT.NYC and finds some surprising thoughts on art future in the crypto space. By Tim Schneider, Nov 3, 2021
Art World Editors’ Picks: 14 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From New KAWS Works at Skarstedt to Persian Poetry at the Asia Society It's a big week for gallery shows. By Artnet News, Nov 2, 2021
The Art Detective Christopher Wool Used to Be the Market’s Most-Wanted Artist. Now, His Auction Sales Have Sunk by 85 Percent Seven works by Wool are hitting the block in the upcoming November evening sales in New York. But the correction has already arrived. By Katya Kazakina, Nov 1, 2021
The Art Detective Art Fairs Have Survived Cancellations, Travel Restrictions, and Budget Cuts. Now They’re Facing a New Challenge: Brain Drain Top executives at Art Basel, Frieze, and the Armory Show have decamped this year, adding to concerns about the future of the business model. By Katya Kazakina, Oct 22, 2021
Buyer's Guide A Cultural Theorist Curated Japan’s First-Ever NFT Auction, Featuring Work by 8 Contemporary Artists Cultural theorist Hiroki Yamamoto curated the sale at SBI Art Auctions. By Artnet Gallery Network, Oct 22, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Compare and Contrast This week: a big-picture Frieze breakdown, advisors and dealers form major new alliances, a glaring museum-tech divide, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Oct 15, 2021
Wet Paint Larry Gagosian and Artist Anna Weyant Step Out on the Town, Buyer of Last Week’s $21 Million Basquiat Outed, and More Art-World Gossip Plus, which art-media company just had an epic shakeup at the top of the masthead? And which HBO star had jewelry made by Rashid Johnson? By Annie Armstrong, Oct 14, 2021
Kenny Schachter Who Is Behind Art Forger Wolfgang Beltracchi’s New Crypto Project? Kenny Schachter Unmasks the Top NFT Creator in His First-Ever Interview Hansen Wang, the cocreator of Hashmasks, reveals that he and his team are also behind the new NFT project "The Greats." By Kenny Schachter, Oct 12, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Turn and Face the Change This week in the Back Room: the next generation of art institutions, ultra-contemporary lots outsprint the field, mega-galleries chase crypto cool, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Oct 8, 2021
Kenny Schachter Kenny Schachter Surveys the Highs and Lows of Art Basel and Scolds Art Snobs for Dismissing NFTs (Which He’s Selling a Lot of, by the Way) Our columnist takes stock of a changed Art Basel, and then sells a bunch of NFTs from his hotel room. By Kenny Schachter, Oct 5, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: A Post-American Art World? This week: Euro buying boosts Basel, the young artist with a 196-strong waitlist, the global market’s first-half rebound, and more. By Tim Schneider, Sep 24, 2021
Artnet News Pro Here’s What It Feels Like on the Streets of Basel, Where the Art World Elite Has Agreed to Pretend It’s Still 2019 The art industry found itself again—but at what cost? By Kate Brown, Sep 23, 2021
Auctions A Frida Kahlo Self-Portrait Could Fetch Over $30 Million at Sotheby’s—and Become the Priciest Work by a Female Artist Ever Sold The painting, titled “Diego y yo (Diego and I),” would handily smash the record for Kahlo. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 22, 2021
Art Fairs NFTs Make Their Debut at Art Basel, Where Collectors Are Curious—And a Bit Confused—About the New Art Medium Galerie Nagel Draxler reported strong sales of its NFT offerings, finding workarounds for collectors without crypto wallets. By Kate Brown, Sep 21, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Things Fall Apart This week: the twilight(?) of the art-fair industrial complex, inside MOCA’s executive drama, how to raise an artist from the dead, and more. By Tim Schneider, Sep 17, 2021
