The Art Detective ‘If It Goes to Zero—Fine’: Why Do Collectors Pay Wild Prices for New Art? Wooed by galleries, buyers chase artworks like 'prestige fashion objects.' Do they know what they are doing? By Katya Kazakina, Apr 5, 2024
Analysis How Auctions Became the Ultimate Form of Art Market Theater The auction market has always been theatrical—but now, it’s more stage-managed than ever. Here’s what that means for buyers and sellers. By Katya Kazakina, Feb 29, 2024
Art Fairs Miami Rewards Dealers Who Bring Works Priced to Sell As speculators exit the art buying arena, sales at Art Basel are slow but steady. By Katya Kazakina, Dec 6, 2023
The Art Detective The Horse Trading Behind the Ecstatic, $3 Billion Mark Rothko Exhibition at Fondation Louis Vuitton The show is the "fulfillment of a long-standing personal wish” of Bernard Arnault. No expense was spared. By Katya Kazakina, Oct 27, 2023
Art Fairs The Second Paris+ Started With a Bang. Could Art Basel’s New Venture Unseat Its Flagship Fair One Day? The fair's first day takings had stakeholders wondering whether comparisons to London and FIAC are already feeling stale. By Naomi Rea, Oct 18, 2023
Analysis The Art Market Has Taken a Hit. Are We About to Enter Bargain City? The exuberance that gripped the art trade for the past two years has dissolved. Here’s how to get an edge in the buyer’s market. By Katya Kazakina, Aug 11, 2023
The Art Detective ‘Gmail Art Advisors’ Are a Pestilence on the Market. Luckily, They Are Starting to Melt Away, One by One Who are these speculative intermediaries who materialize in boom times to make a quick buck? “They appear out of the blue and often vanish into the mist.” By Katya Kazakina, Feb 3, 2023
Galleries Prices? Six Figures—at Least. Waitlist? Interminable. Gagosian Is Preparing for Its Highly Anticipated Anna Weyant Solo Debut in November Galleries are trying to figure out how to handle careers of high-profile young stars in an unprecedented market moment. By Katya Kazakina, Sep 7, 2022
The Art Detective Has the Art Market Peaked? Here Are 3 Signs Experts Are Watching for as a Recession Looms It’s not a matter of if, but when and how bad it’s going to hit. By Katya Kazakina, Jun 17, 2022
Auctions Sotheby’s Notched a Solid $408.5 Million Modern Art New York Sale Fueled by the Reliable Churn of Blue-Chip Monets and Picassos The sale set new records for Milton Avery and Leonora Carrington. By Eileen Kinsella, May 18, 2022
Auctions Here’s Your Guide to the Best, Most Desirable Artworks for Sale During New York’s $2.6 Billion Spring Auction Marathon Collections from the likes of the Macklowes, the Ammanns, and Anne Bass represent an almost unprecedented caliber of material. By Eileen Kinsella, May 6, 2022
Artnet News Pro Fractional Ownership Is Turning Art Into Stocks—But Not Everyone Stands to Make a Profit Retail investors are buying bite-size pieces of Banksys and Picassos in the hope of a payday. Are they getting played? By Katya Kazakina, Apr 25, 2022
The Art Detective The Curse of BOGO? Why Forcing Collectors Hungry for Hot New Art to Buy One and Give One (to a Museum) May Be a Very Bad Idea While "buy one, give one" has its advocates, it can create certain problems. By Katya Kazakina, Apr 8, 2022
Auctions Frida Kahlo Sets a New Auction Record for Latin American Art—Beating Out Diego Rivera—at Sotheby’s $283 Million Modern Art Evening Sale Kahlo's 'Diego y Yo' sold for $34.9 million. By Annie Armstrong, Nov 16, 2021
Auctions Everything You Need to Know About New York’s $1.4 Billion Fall Auction Season, From the Trophy-Filled Macklowe Trove to Underrated Gems Here is your guide to the fall auctions in New York at Christie's, Sotheby's, and Phillips. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 9, 2021