Wet Paint Hark! A New Art World Power Couple Emerges, the Adderall Shortage Keeps Artists and Dealers on Their Toes, and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, a new game with a prize of a free Wet Paint hat, and which millionaire NFT artist is moving to Marfa, Texas? By Annie Armstrong, Mar 23, 2023
NFTs Sculptor Maya Lin Will Release Her First NFT Project, a Generative Art Series Based on the Root Systems of Trees, This Spring The series, alongside projects by Trevor Paglen and John Gerrard, will be released by Pace Verso and Art Blocks. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 23, 2023
NFTs Painter Lee Mullican’s Computer Works From 1987 Are Part of a New NFT Collection, Dropping on the Digital Art Space Feral File This latest series follows a 2021 sale of the artist's digital works that he created on an IBM 5170. By Min Chen, Mar 23, 2023
The Gray Market Here’s Who Financial Turmoil Is Likely to Hit Hardest in the Art Industry—and the Unlikely Type of Business It May Accelerate Our columnist wargames out how turmoil at global banks translates to both good and bad news for art-market lending and borrowing. By Tim Schneider, Mar 21, 2023
Art Fairs ‘Hong Kong Is Rolling Out the Red Carpet’: Art Basel Returns With an Inflatable King Tut and Collectors Still Hungry for Ultra-Contemporary Art A major Asian museum snapped up an Elizabeth Peyton painting for $2.2 million on the first day of the fair. By Frederik Balfour, Mar 21, 2023
Auctions An Extremely Rare, Centuries-Old Italian Violin Hit a High Note at Auction, Selling for a Whopping $9.44 Million The 292-year-old violin is the third most expensive instrument to sell at auction. By Lee Carter, Mar 20, 2023
Art Fairs Hong Kong’s Art Scene Is Booming Despite Its COVID Nightmare and Political Turmoil. As Art Basel Returns, Can the City Shine Again? The international art crowd has high expectations, while local players are hoping for the best. By Vivienne Chow, Mar 20, 2023
Auctions More Than 200 Artworks From the Collection of Gerald Fineberg Could Net $270 Million When They Hit the Block at Christie’s in May The late real estate magnate’s collection includes paintings by Gerhard Richter, Christopher Wool, and Alice Neel. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 20, 2023
Art Fairs Here Are 9 Treasures That Caught Our Eye at TEFAF Maastricht—From Antique Playing Cards to a Rediscovered Ambrosi Sculpture Our selections from 7,000 years of art. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 17, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Silicon Valley Split This week: the art-market lesson in Silicon Valley Bank’s demise, Canadian art crime runs rampant, big auction losses follow big auction publicity, and much more. By Artnet News, Mar 17, 2023
Auctions Sotheby’s Surrealism Sale Fails to Meet Expectations, Pulling in an Under-Estimate $18 Million With Several Blue-Chip Works Going Unsold The sale was led by Magritte's homage to Vermeer, which sold for $3.2 million. By Vivienne Chow, Mar 16, 2023
NFTs Despite the NFT Crash, a New Book Argues That the Technology Still Has the Power to Build a Better Digital Art Future Read an excerpt from the new book 'The Story of NFTs: Artists, Technology, and Democracy.' By Amy Whitaker & Nora Burnett Abrams, Mar 15, 2023
The Gray Market Progress Helped Destroy Silicon Valley Bank. Stasis Should Shield the Art Market Our columnist explains why the death of Silicon Valley Bank makes the art market's traditionalism look wise for once. By Tim Schneider, Mar 14, 2023
Galleries What Does It Take to Build a Successful Gallery in London? Two Generations of Emerging Dealers Hash It Out Vanessa Carlos and Freddie Powell on the trials and tribulations of pulling off an atypical commercial space. By Louise Benson, Mar 13, 2023
Auctions The ‘Mona Lisa of the Deep’ and Hundreds of Other Treasures From a Gold Rush-Era Shipwreck Just Pulled In $1.1 Million at Auction The ship sank in 1857 while hauling gold from San Francisco to New York at the height of the California Gold Rush. By Lee Carter, Mar 13, 2023
