Analysis 6 Questions With Fanny Lakoubay, Founder of LAL ART Advisory, About the Future of the Digital Art Market The nascent field offers collectors an opportunity to get into the market before prices go sky-high. By Min Chen, Aug 28, 2023
The Art Detective Billionaire Financier Thomas H. Lee’s Heirs Are Selling His Art Privately After His Suicide. Public Filings Show He Leveraged the Heck Out of It, Too The late leveraged-buyout tycoon's loan agreements show he was a pioneer in leveraging art as well, almost from the beginning. By Katya Kazakina, Aug 25, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Dirty Dealings Delving into the case that could undo the Wildenstein dynasty, which nepo babies are teaming up, where art sales were most sluggish, and more. By Artnet News, Aug 25, 2023
Analysis What’s Really Happened in the Art Market This Year? See Which Segments Are Going Strong—and Which Are in Serious Trouble Data from the mid-year Intelligence Report reveals what's really going on in the art market. By Julia Halperin, Aug 25, 2023
Art Fairs ‘I Thought I’d Hung My Art-Fair Hat Up’: Helen Toomer on Her New Role with Photofairs New York and How to Foster Real Support for Artists Toomer is directing Photofairs New York, debuting at the Javits Center alongside the Armory Show in September. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 25, 2023
Wet Paint Two Art World Nepo Babies Join Forces, East Hampton Law Enforcement Targets the Ranch, and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, which Hollywood A-lister is picking up a painting hobby? Who should play Larry Gagosian in a biopic? By Annie Armstrong, Aug 24, 2023
Auctions François Meyer Photographed Iconic Artists and Scooped Up Their Work, Too. Now, His Storied Collection Heads to Sotheby’s Sotheby’s Paris will hold a dedicated auction of Meyer’s art collection on September 26. By Lee Carter, Aug 24, 2023
Art Fairs London’s Fall Frieze Week Has a New Addition With a Mission: An Art Fair Dedicated to Promoting Women Artists The Women in Art Fair will exclusively feature work by women-identifying artists. By Artnet News, Aug 23, 2023
Analysis Here Are the Most Bankable Artists of the Year, So Far Find out which artists' work make the best investments. By Artnet News, Aug 23, 2023
Galleries For One Heartwarming Day, Dealer Richard Beavers Turned His Brooklyn Gallery Into a Portrait Studio Offering Photos to Families in the Community The event marked the inaugural Bedstuy Family Photo Day. By Min Chen, Aug 22, 2023
Auctions The Billionaire Founders of China’s Long Museum Plan to Sell Off an Estimated $150 Million Worth of Art at Sotheby’s This Fall It is not yet clear what has spurred the Long Museum's founder Liu Yiqian and his wife Wang Wei to sell off a part of their collection. By Vivienne Chow & Katya Kazakina, Aug 22, 2023
Auctions Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Treatise on Painting’ and Other Ultra-Rare Renaissance Books Could Fetch $25 Million at Auction The collection of 16th-century books is considered the finest such library to exist outside Europe. By Lee Carter, Aug 21, 2023
NFTs ‘People in My World Thought It a Little Crazy’: Artist Yue Minjun on Launching His Million-Dollar NFT Collection in a Flagging Crypto Market The Chinese artist's first NFT series, "Boundless," sold out in two hours. By Min Chen, Aug 21, 2023
Analysis 6 Questions with Art Advisor Saara Pritchard About the Fate of the Post-War and Contemporary Art Market The New York art advisor also weighs in on the new vogue for American Realism. By Katya Kazakina, Aug 21, 2023
The Art Detective Once Celebrated and Then Forgotten, the French Artist Marie Laurencin Is About to Step Into the Limelight Again, Seven Decades After Her Death With a sensational biography fit for Hollywood and an artistic style that feels utterly today, the Modernist painter is poised to have a big moment. By Katya Kazakina, Aug 18, 2023