The Back Room The Back Room: Ghana’s Gameplan This week: Ghana's hottest talents blaze a new trail, details on a billion-dollar divorce, flippers keep on flipping, and much more. By Artnet News, Apr 14, 2023
Wet Paint A Mega-Collector Will Pay a Billion Dollars After ‘Terrorizing’ His Ex (and Dominique Lévy), and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, where did L.A.'s art stars celebrate Passover? What auction house had a break in this week? By Annie Armstrong, Apr 13, 2023
Art Fairs 5 Standout Artists at Expo Chicago 2023, From Patrick Eugène’s Stirring Portraits of Immigrants to Annie Lapin’s Otherworldly Landscapes Here are our top picks to watch out for in Chicago this weekend. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 13, 2023
NFTs How Artists Jennifer and Kevin McCoy’s First Joint NFT Series Reimagines American Landscapes With A.I. 'Land Sea and Sky' features collages of photographs generated by Stable Diffusion. By Richard Whiddington, Apr 13, 2023
Auctions A 19th-Century William B. T. Trego Painting Was Long Thought Lost Until a Public Library Put It Up for Auction. It Fetched More Than $14,000 The painting sold for 190 percent of its high estimate. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 12, 2023
Auctions An 18th-Century Bowl Made From One of the Rarest Porcelains in the World Sold for $25 Million at Sotheby’s Hong Kong It’s a striking example of Falangcai porcelain, which is now considered to be among the rarest and most valuable materials of the Qing dynasty. By Artnet News, Apr 12, 2023
The Gray Market Donald Trump Is Leading the News Again. Get Ready to See Him All Over the Art World Again, Too Our columnist fears that what's powering Trump back to the top of the news cycle will also power his image back into the art market. By Tim Schneider, Apr 11, 2023
Analysis ‘This Is a Moment They Have to Grab’: How Ghana’s Art Stars Are Building a Movement to Outlast the Speculators and Market Frenzies Cornelius Annor is among a group of Ghanaian painters who have taken the market by storm in recent years—and now are giving back. By Julie Baumgardner, Apr 11, 2023
Auctions The Shoes That Led Michael Jordan to Victory in the 1998 NBA Finals Have Sold at Auction for a Record $2.2 Million The sneakers, signed in silver, are from the basketball legend's final year with the Chicago Bulls. By Artnet News, Apr 11, 2023
Auctions A Newly Rediscovered Artemisia Gentileschi Painting Comes to Auction—Along With Work by Three Other Women Old Masters The auction also includes works by Fede Galizia, Orsola Maddalena Caccia, and Diana De Rosa. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 11, 2023
Auctions Late Record Exec Mo Ostin’s $120 Million Art Collection Is Headed to Auction, Including Works by Magritte, Basquiat, and Picasso An industry legend, Ostin oversaw the signing of Jimi Hendrix, Madonna, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. By Artnet News, Apr 11, 2023
The Art Detective How Collector Alexander DiPersia Went From Being a C-Level Hollywood Actor to Making ‘Grownup, Big-Boy’ Moves in the Art Market A real-estate scion linked to a string of glamorous love interests, DiPersia is making an unexpectedly serious name for himself in the art business. By Katya Kazakina, Apr 7, 2023
Wet Paint Inside Andre Sakhai’s Legal Troubles Over an Anna Weyant Painting, a Satanic Artist Protests Palm Sunday in L.A., and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, what dealer was spotted reading a classic book on salesmanship on the subway? And what gallery is opening at an Atlantis resort in Dubai? By Annie Armstrong, Apr 7, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Store of Value This week: an art-market logistics mystery, big trouble at big auction houses and museums, extra-sunny buyer psychology, and much more. By Artnet News, Apr 7, 2023
Auctions A TikToker Bought a Vintage Purse for $1. It Turned Out to Be a 1920s Cartier Bag That Sold for $9,450 at Auction Chandler West's stunning discovery has gone viral on TikTok. By Artnet News, Apr 7, 2023
