Auctions Casual Vibes and an Absence of Fireworks Marked Christie’s $82.2 Million Evening Sale of Modern and Contemporary Art in London David Hockney’s muted landscape fetched the highest price of the night. By Naomi Rea, Oct 13, 2022
Art Fairs Has the Figuration Bubble Burst? Abstract Painting Dominates the Booths at Frieze London "People are a bit fed up—they want more freedom to interpret as they wish," one dealer said. By Julia Halperin, Oct 13, 2022
Wet Paint Wet Paint in the Wild: Sebastian Gladstone Shows Off His New Gallery and Bops Around L.A. With His Dog Mustard A week in the life, featuring the bar from Swingers, a brand new gallery, and a dog named Mustard. By Annie Armstrong, Oct 13, 2022
Art Fairs In Times of Uncertainty, Younger Collectors Turn to Time-Tested Works of Modern and Classical Art at Frieze Masters Among the VIP opening crowd was the 43-year-old Mando-Pop king and avid art collector, Jay Chou, who traveled to London from Taiwan with his entourage. By Vivienne Chow, Oct 12, 2022
Art Fairs Frieze Opens to a Flood of Hungry Collectors, Calming Fears That Competition From Art Basel’s New Paris Fair Would Tank Attendance Americans, largely absent at last year's fair, were taking advantage of the dollar's strength before heading to Paris. By Naomi Rea, Oct 12, 2022
Art Fairs The PAD Design-and-Art Fair Returns to London After a Two-Year Break—Bigger and Better-Looking Than Ever The 14th edition of PAD London opened to the public today, with 62 exhibitors on Berkeley Square. By Osman Can Yerebakan, Oct 12, 2022
Art Fairs Music Legend Lionel Richie Bought a Trio of Works by Calida Rawles About the Overturning of Roe v. Wade at Frieze London Little is known about the art collection of the music star, who is on the board of LACMA. By Kate Brown, Oct 12, 2022
The Gray Market Why Artists Getting Involved With Shared Virtual Worlds May Do Well to Look Beyond the Zuckerverse Our columnist combs through reams of recent press on Meta to chart the struggles and dangers of its shared virtual world to art and culture. By Tim Schneider, Oct 11, 2022
NFTs Damien Hirst Just Burned Millions of Dollars Worth of His Art in Front of Gleeful Onlookers. Here’s What His Collectors Had to Say About It We braved the furnace flames so you didn't have to. By Naomi Rea, Oct 11, 2022
Auctions Are You Sitting Down? A Ming Dynasty Chair Just Sold for $16 Million at Sotheby’s Hong Kong—Nearly 10 Times Its Estimate The sale marks the third-highest price ever paid for a chair at auction. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 11, 2022
Artnet News Pro What Can a Major Museum Show of Lucian Freud Tell Us About His Market? As It Turns Out, Quite a Lot We took the National Gallery’s centenary tribute to Freud as a prompt for a market deep dive. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 10, 2022
Auctions Millennial Buyers and Online Bidding Drive Sotheby’s Hong Kong Art Sales to a Respectable $151.3 Million Totals were down from previous seasons, suggesting a more measured approach to buying. By Vivienne Chow, Oct 10, 2022
Artnet News Pro ‘Like Getting a 20 Percent Discount’: For U.S. Collectors at European Art Fairs, the Strong Dollar Means Everything Is on Sale Stateside art-world players are celebrating, but others are feeling the pinch. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 10, 2022
Artnet News Pro Paris + Is Entering a Packed Art-Fair Landscape. Is There Enough Business to Go Around? Some veteran art-market figures fear the arrival for Paris + par Art Basel will have a ripple effect on fairs they have come to rely on. By Anna Sansom, Oct 9, 2022
Auctions Botticelli’s Exquisite Madonna, a Treasure of the Paul Allen Collection, Could Sell for $40 Million at Christie’s The 'Madonna of the Magnificat' will go on public view as part of the sale. By Vittoria Benzine, Oct 7, 2022