Artnet News Pro ‘Inequalities Are Never Bad for the Art Market’: Economist Françoise Benhamou on What the Financial Headwinds Portend for the Industry From the pandemic to "wokeism," the French economist weighs in on the most pressing issues in today's art market. By Anna Sansom, Nov 6, 2022
The Art Detective The Rumor That LVMH Is Buying Gagosian Just Won’t Die. There May Be Something to It—But Not What You Think People inquiring about whether the world's largest art gallery is for sale may be asking the wrong question. By Katya Kazakina, Nov 4, 2022
NFTs Instagram Is Trying Out a New Feature Allowing Users to Mint and Sell NFTs. Here’s How One OG Creator Is Using It "This is a step in the right direction," says Olive Allen, one of the crypto creators testing Instagram's new NFT function. By Richard Whiddington, Nov 4, 2022
Wet Paint The Skinny on Anna Weyant’s Primary Market Prices, Art Job Salaries Laid Bare, and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, which galleries piqued Michelle Obama's interest last week? And who got a proposal at the Crystal Bridges Museum of Art? By Annie Armstrong, Nov 4, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Fighting the Flippers This week: new resistance against rapid resales, a national shakeup at auction, Henry Taylor gets down to earth, and much more. By Tim Schneider & Naomi Rea, Nov 4, 2022
Market As Travel Restrictions Ease, Art Week Tokyo Flipped the Script by Bussing in VIPs Direct to Galleries. Many Dealers Preferred It Tokyo galleries were happy go make new contacts and sales to overseas collectors, without having to take on a costly fair amid the weak yen. By Vivienne Chow, Nov 3, 2022
Art Fairs 7 Must-See Works to Seek Out at the ADAA Art Show, From Remedios Varo’s Surrealist Scenery to Pacita Abad’s Stunning Sun Goddess The ADAA celebrates its 60th anniversary with its largest Art Show yet. By Eileen Kinsella & Katya Kazakina, Nov 3, 2022
Analysis From the Studio to the Auction Block: How the Path Between These Two Poles Shrank in the 21st Century—and What It Means for the Art Market A primer on how the sales cycle sped up in the 21st century. By Artnet News and Morgan Stanley, Nov 3, 2022
Market What Recession? Wealthy Art Collectors Are Spending More Than Ever—and 3 More Takeaways From the New Art Basel and UBS Report Art trading is rebounding strongly across the world, so too are the prices wealthy collectors are willing to pay. By Richard Whiddington, Nov 3, 2022
Wet Paint Wet Paint in the Wild: Ursula Von Rydingsvard Plays With Chainsaws and Sees Her Sculptures Transformed Into Cookies The octogenarian sharpens her blades as she prepares for an exhibition at Galerie Lelong & Co. By Annie Armstrong, Nov 3, 2022
Market A New Blockchain Company From Art Basel and the Luma Foundation Gives Artists and Galleries the Chance to Benefit From Skyrocketing Resale Prices Arcual, as the company is called, calls itself a “blockchain ecosystem built for the art community, by the art community.” By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 3, 2022
Galleries Mega-Gallery Hauser & Wirth Is Getting Into the Auction Business—Temporarily, and for a Good Cause The charitable sale will support the UN Refugee Agency and is part of the gallery's philanthropic efforts. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 3, 2022
Auctions In Pictures: See What $1 Billion Worth of Art Looks Like, Courtesy of the Paul Allen Collection Sale at Christie’s All 156 lots from the sale are now on public view at Christie’s Rockefeller Center gallery, through November 8. By Vittoria Benzine, Nov 2, 2022
Auctions A French Auction of a Royal Bronze Dragon Seal Has Been Halted by the Vietnamese Government The object belonged to Vietnamese emperors Minh Mang and Bao Dai. By Caroline Goldstein, Nov 2, 2022
Analysis ‘I’ll Have Terrific Shows Posthumously,’ Hedda Sterne Said. She Was Right—and Now the Late Artist Is Getting the Recognition She Deserved Victoria Miro now represents the artist’s estate. By Karen Chernick, Nov 2, 2022
