The Back Room The Back Room: Split Decision? This week: our debrief on Art Basel and what it portends for the art market, the appalling accommodations at Les Trois Rois, Steve Wynn shops a Rothko for $60 million, and much more. By Artnet News, Jun 16, 2023
Auctions A One-of-a-Kind Handmade Pocket Watch Added $4.9 Million to Phillips’s Timepieces Sale, While Sotheby’s Sold a Rolex Daytona Owned by Paul Newman Phillips set multiple records, thanks to a legendary piece of horology by Roger Smith. By Artnet News, Jun 16, 2023
NFTs A Crypto Spring? Sotheby’s $11 Million NFT Sale Renews Hope for the Battered Market—But There Are Caveats A single work from Dmitri Cherniak made up half the sale's total. By Richard Whiddington, Jun 16, 2023
Art Fairs Design Miami’s Downscaled Fair in Basel Comes With Confirmation of an Upcoming Paris Edition This year's fair has a heavy French accent, reflecting its ambitions for Paris in October 2023. By Lee Carter, Jun 15, 2023
Art Fairs Art Basel Stops Requiring Candidates to Submit Full-Body Photos in Job Applications After a Feminist Artist’s Complaints The policy had been in place for years. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 15, 2023
Wet Paint Wet Paint Goes to Basel, Where We Were Tattooed by David Mugrabi, Fleeced for Drinks, and Appalled by the Beds at Les Trois Rois Our columnist reports live from Basel's most exclusive and mythologized hotel. By Annie Armstrong, Jun 15, 2023
Auctions King Charles’s Childhood Drawings of ‘Mummy,’ ‘Papa,’ and the Easter Bunny Are Hitting the Auction Block in England Included are crayon portraits of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 15, 2023
Market 5 Artworks for Every Level of Collector at Art Basel, From an Early Jean-Michel Basquiat to an Intimate Portrait of Louise Bourgeois The fair renowned for eye-watering price tags has a few bargains to offer. By Anna Sansom, Jun 15, 2023
Art Fairs 10 of the Best Artworks at Art Basel 2023, From New Provocations by Anne Imhof to a Bravura $22 Million de Kooning These are the booths that caught the eye of Artnet News's editor-in-chief. By Andrew Goldstein, Jun 15, 2023
The Gray Market Apple’s Hotly Anticipated Mixed-Reality Headset Won’t Disrupt the Art World, But Could Help Optimize the Market Our columnist weighs in on what Apple's Vision Pro will mean for the art world. By Tim Schneider, Jun 14, 2023
Market At a Post-Crypto-Crash Art Basel, Tech-Based Art Is Trying Hard to Blend in and Look Like… Painting? Buyers are more cautious, even as buzz about A.I. and blockchain continue in the background. By Kate Brown, Jun 14, 2023
Art Fairs ‘I Am Just the Host’: Latifa Echakhch Has Devised Precarious Stage-Scapes for an Artist-Curated Concert Series at Art Basel Experimental musicians, including artists Robert Longo and Naama Tsabar, are performing throughout the week. By Annie Armstrong, Jun 14, 2023
Auctions Sotheby’s Will Offer a Rare Klimt Portrait in London With a Whopping $80 Million Estimate—Which Could Set a European Record The painting, made near the end of the artist's life, will lead the Sotheby's London summer sale. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 14, 2023
Artnet News Pro At Art Basel, Asian Collectors Are Back in Force, While Galleries Nudge Asian Artists Into the Spotlight Asian collectors are a bit cautious, despite their enthusiastic return to the Swiss fair. By Vivienne Chow, Jun 13, 2023
Market Art Basel’s Day-One Sales Show Demand for Fresh Work Is Undented, While Secondary Material Receives More Price Scrutiny Economic jitters did not spell doom, but a market recalibration could be at hand. By Naomi Rea, Jun 13, 2023
