Art World ‘I See Pace Taking a Lot of Really Interesting Risks’: Writer and Curator Kimberly Drew on Why She’s Joining the Gallery World After 10 years in arts communications, Drew views her commercial pivot as a chance to work closely with living artists. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 10, 2022
Crime The Alleged Cyber Thief Accused of Laundering $4.5 Billion in Bitcoin Is, Yes, Also an Artist and NFT Collector The self-proclaimed artist and rapper is said to have bought NFTs with the stolen cryptocurrency. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 9, 2022
Art World Art Industry News: UNESCO Warns of ‘Unprecedented Crisis’ as the Culture Sector Loses 10 Million Jobs + Other Stories Plus, the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum names a new director and Hauser & Wirth poaches a rainmaker from Christie's. By Artnet News, Feb 9, 2022
The Gray Market How the Unmasking of the Bored Ape Yacht Club Founders Reveals the True Dangers of Anonymity in the Metaverse Our columnist makes the case that blockchain anonymity, while seductive, ultimately most benefits the rich and powerful. By Tim Schneider, Feb 9, 2022
NFTs The Largest Group of CryptoPunks to Ever Come to Auction Will Be Offered at Sotheby’s. It Could Bring in $30 Million The single-lot sale represents more than 1 percent of all CryptoPunks. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 8, 2022
Artnet News Pro As the Art World’s Gaze Returns to Nigeria, Meet the Local Players Who Are Working to Ensure the Sustainability of Its Market Key players in the Nigerian market are working to convert deep-pocketed buyers into patrons invested in protecting the local ecosystem. By Tobi Onabolu, Feb 8, 2022
NFTs Crypto Investor and NFT Creator Pak on Why They Don’t Identify as an Artist, and Their Recent Collaboration With Julian Assange Proceeds from the new NFT collection will go in part toward Assange's legal defense. By Vivienne Chow, Feb 7, 2022
Law & Politics The U.S. Treasury Department Has Issued a Closely Watched Report on Money Laundering. The Upshot: Nothing to See Here, Folks The U.S. government is taking a risk-based "wait and see" approach to the art market. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 7, 2022
NFTs Buzzfeed Exposed the Identities of Two Bored Ape Yacht Club Creators, Touching Off a Heated Debate About Pseudonymity in Crypto Investors are circling the company behind the trendy collection of NFT avatars, which could be valued north of $4 billion. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 7, 2022
NFTs After Pushback From the Picasso Estate, the Artist’s Great-Grandson’s NFT Sale Is… a Bit of a Flop Buyers may be more interested in the NFTs' links to John Legend and Nas than the blue-chip master. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 7, 2022
Art World Art Industry News: 50 Relatives of the Fabled Outsider Artist Henry Darger Are Suing for Control of His Art + Other Stories Plus, the Feds are cracking down on a George Condo forgery ring, and Sotheby's gets sued over the sale of the first NFT. By Artnet News, Feb 7, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Keys Open Doors This week: the (physical) space race returns, a pay-to-display scheme in Chelsea, new horizons for the Chicago Imagists, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Feb 4, 2022
Art World From the $12 Million Gold Cube to Gwyneth Paltrow’s Pretend Asawa: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week Catch up on this week's news, fast. By Artnet News, Feb 4, 2022
The Art Angle The Art Angle Podcast: Art, Lies, and Instagram: How Catfishing ‘Collectors’ Duped the Art World This week, Kate Brown details the mysterious saga that had her chasing ghosts all over the Internet. By Artnet News, Feb 4, 2022
People Goops! The Stunning ‘Ruth Asawa’ Sculpture in Gwyneth Paltrow’s ‘Architectural Digest’ Home Tour Is Actually a Knockoff The piece is by D'Lisa Creager, a former student of Asawa's daughter. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 3, 2022