Auctions Bonhams Buys Boston-Based Skinner Auction House, Accelerating Consolidation of Midlevel Auctions The acquisition 'brings the world to New England,' and creates an entity known as Bonhams Skinner. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 16, 2022
Galleries Lehmann Maupin Goes All in on Tech, Offering NFTs and an Augmented Reality Experience From Ashley Bickerton Less than a year after it started accepting cryptocurrency as payment, Lehmann Maupin is wading further into the digital art world. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 11, 2022
Galleries The Rauschenberg Foundation Is Teaming Up With New Galleries to Bring a Bonanza of Shows to New York and Salzburg The foundation is putting a serious push behind the artist's post-1970s work. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 9, 2022
Law & Politics U.S. Authorities Have Indicted a Superblue Sales Director as an Alleged Conspirator of Disgraced Art Dealer Inigo Philbrick Just weeks before Inigo Phibrick is set to appear in court for sentencing, a new indictment has been made in the art fraud case. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 2, 2022
Market The Financial Community Is Shutting Its Doors to Russia. Will the Art Market Follow? The same conditions that create soaring values are now being used to keep a lid on art being used as an asset. By Katya Kazakina & Eileen Kinsella, Feb 28, 2022
Auctions A Prized Basquiat Owned by Billionaire Mega-Collector Yusaku Maezawa Could Fetch More Than $70 Million at Auction This Spring Maezawa also revealed he is planning to build a museum to house his collection. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 28, 2022
Artnet News Pro Not Done Star Spotting? Here Are 5 Exciting Artists at the Los Angeles Fairs Whose Careers Are About to Take Off We scoured the aisles of Frieze, Felix, and Spring/Break Art Show to bring you the artists most worth watching. By Artnet News, Feb 22, 2022
Art Fairs Los Angeles’s Ultra-Cool Poolside Fair Felix Is Yet Again a Favorite Among Tastemaking Dealers The fair held its third edition last week at the historic Hollywood Roosevelt hotel. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 21, 2022
Artnet News Pro Playful Figuration Is All the Rage. Why Is the Work of the Chicago Imagists a Fraction of the Price of the Artists They Inspired? Supply has been spotty over the years, but the influential artist group is beginning to see their influence reflected in the market. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 31, 2022
Auctions Korean Galleries and Auction Houses May Finally Be Coming to an Agreement After a Long-Simmering Turf War South Korean galleries have fought back against the auction houses' aggressive tactics by holding their own closed-door sale. By Eileen Kinsella & Vivienne Chow, Jan 28, 2022
Artnet News Pro ‘It Felt Like Olden Times’: The Old Masters Market Roars Back to Life at Sotheby’s New York With an Impressive $91 Million Sale Competition was surprisingly intense even on lots that were already pre-sold. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 27, 2022
Art Fairs Sales Were A-Poppin’ at the Fog Design and Art Fair in San Francisco, Showing a Strong Left-Coast Market Ahead of Frieze LA Buyers turned out in droves. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 23, 2022
Auctions A Turf War Between South Korea’s Galleries and Auction Houses Heats Up as a Trade Organization Warns of a ‘Collapsing’ of Market Order Galleries allege that the auction houses have decimated their businesses. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 20, 2022
Auctions Phillips Is Opening a New Business Division for Wealthy Art Collectors in Need of Legal and Financial Advice The new department reflects the increasing sophistication of the booming global art trade. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 18, 2022
Law & Politics A Bombshell Lawsuit Between Two Collectors Exposes How Far Some Will Go to Get Access to the Art They Want Collectors Michael Xufu Huang and Federico Castro Debernardi have settled their lawsuit, but not before revealing the market's inner workings. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 12, 2022
