The Back Room The Back Room: Testing, Testing This week: a London auctions recap, David Kordansky loses a star, Duncan McCormick’s curious auction rise, and much more By Artnet News, Mar 10, 2023
Auctions ‘It Was Amazing to Use These Works to Tell a Story About Myself’: Adam Lindemann’s Collection Rakes in $32 Million in an Unusual Christie’s Auction Lindemann sold works by Koons, Warhol, Hirst, and more. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 10, 2023
Art Fairs TEFAF Maastricht Bounces Back From Last Year’s Heist With an Encyclopedic Array of Precious Art and Strong Museum Interest The Dutch art fair is back to its normal self—mostly. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 10, 2023
Auctions The Final Sale of Masterworks From the Collection of Late Microsoft Founder Paul Allen Could Fetch $43 Million at Christie’s The seven works are by Georgia O'Keeffe, David Hockney, and Edward Hopper. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 10, 2023
Wet Paint Your Guide to the NYC Art World’s Top-Secret Hotspots, a Coveted Artist Decamps From David Kordansky, and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, what art dealer was spotted wearing the red MSCHF boots? Which gallery director just sold a movie plot? By Annie Armstrong, Mar 9, 2023
Auctions For Years, a Family Hung What They Thought Was a Fake Brueghel Behind a Door. It Turned Out to Be Real—and Could Fetch $800,000 at Auction The artwork was spotted by an auctioneer during a routine appraisal trip. By Artnet News, Mar 9, 2023
NFTs LACMA Is Inviting Digital Artists to Put Tech-Powered Spins on Works in Its Collection as Part of a New Blockchain Initiative The works will be released for sale in limited digital editions. By Min Chen, Mar 9, 2023
Auctions How the French Auction Market Expanded and Diversified in 2022 to Hit a Spectacular $4.6 Billion in Sales Paris, in particular, is becoming more appealing to buyers and consignors. By Vivienne Chow, Mar 8, 2023
The Gray Market New York’s New Art Map: What 9 Years of Data About Gallery Openings Reveal About the Shifting Geography of Cool Which neighborhoods are rising—and which have dramatically fallen from grace (with charts!). By Tim Schneider, Mar 7, 2023
Artnet News Pro Hot Lots: 5 Works That Completely Upended Expectations During the 2023 March Day Sales in London Works by Michaela Yearwood-Dan, Karin Mamma Andersson, George Rouy, Philip Tsiaras, and Duncan McCormick shattered their estimates this season. By Artnet News, Mar 7, 2023
NFTs Digital Artist Siebren Versteeg Is Debuting a Collection of Time-Based Generative NFTs That Critiques… NFTs The series is dropping on Arsnl Art on March 13. By Min Chen, Mar 7, 2023
Auctions Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova Is Curating an Auction of Feminist Works to Benefit Reproductive Healthcare 'My Body My Business' will include works by Marina Abramović, Cindy Sherman, and Sarah Meyohas, among others. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 6, 2023
Art Detective A Wall Street Billionaire Shot Himself in His Family Office. His Death Is Reverberating in the Museum World, and the Art Market The legacy of the late buyout tycoon and philanthropist Thomas H. Lee is in the process of being written. By Katya Kazakina, Mar 3, 2023
Auctions A Painting by a One-Eared Dog Named Van Gogh Just Sold for $10,000 at an Animal Rescue Benefit Auction The charity auction runs through the end of the month. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 3, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: The Doig Defection This week: a different type of Peter Doig solo show, a job posting for the ages, the quick COVID recovery of California's creative class, and much more. By Artnet News, Mar 3, 2023