Artnet News Pro Christie’s Came Out of the Pandemic to Have Its Most Lucrative First Half in Years. Here, Execs at the Auction House Explain How They Did It The sales thus far have amounted to $3.5 billion. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 13, 2021
Artnet News Pro Speculation Threatened to Derail Dana Schutz’s Market. Here’s How She and Her Dealers Rebuilt It on Solid Ground Dana Schutz's market offers an object lesson in how to survive speculation. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 5, 2021
Artnet News Pro How Will Art Basel Pull Off a Full-Scale Fair in September? Here’s How Organizers Are Getting Creative to Get It Done The physical edition of Art Basel boasts some novel new options for exhibitors. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 4, 2021
Artnet News Pro ‘Fierce’ Demand From Collectors in Asia Propelled Sotheby’s $217 Million Sales of British and Contemporary Art in London The night was marked by respectable, but not frothy, bidding. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 29, 2021
Market Sotheby’s Is Opening a Pop-Up Sales Gallery in Monaco as the French Riviera Art Scene Continues to Heat Up This Summer Hauser and Wirth and Johann König have also recently opened spaces there. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 24, 2021
Law & Politics An E.U. Panel Has Stripped Banksy of Two More Trademarks in His Ongoing Battle With a Greeting Card Company This marks the fourth image for which the artist's trademark has been canceled. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 21, 2021
Auctions Sotheby’s ‘Natively Digital’ NFT Sale Lands at $17.1 Million, With More Than Half the Total Racked Up in the Final Minutes Sillytuna was active on both the buy and sell sides of the sale. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 10, 2021
Kenny Schachter Is the NFT Moment Over? Far From It. Kenny Schachter Surveys an Art World Remade by NFTs (and Damien Hirst’s Elusive New Money Man) Our columnist is undaunted by the market drop for his crypto obsession, and instead sees glimmers of possibilities everywhere. By Kenny Schachter, Jun 7, 2021
Artnet News Pro Sotheby’s Returns to Germany With a New Cologne Office as It Seeks to Recapture the Country’s Expanding Market Sotheby's will face stiff competition from the country's well-established regional auction houses. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 1, 2021
Galleries Most Art Gallery Assistants Earn Far Less Than a Living Wage, According to Our Exclusive Dealer Salary Survey Artnet News surveyed over 300 gallerists about what it takes to make a living in the art world. By Zachary Small & Eileen Kinsella, May 31, 2021
Artnet News Pro Why Did the Star Lot of a Christie’s Single-Lot Sale in Hong Kong Flop This Week? That’s the $58 Million Question No one took home Xu Beihong's painting 'Slave and Lion.' By Eileen Kinsella, May 26, 2021
Artnet News Pro Christie’s Hong Kong Auction Week Kicks Off With a $204 Million Evening Sale, Led by Yet Another Blockbuster Basquiat The wide-ranging sale was met with intense demand in Asia. By Eileen Kinsella, May 25, 2021
Art Collectors Can the Pandemic Home-Improvement Boom Boost the Market? An Auction Veteran’s New Company Targets Interior Designers Liz Beaman Delman has big plans for Above the Sofa. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 29, 2021
Analysis Think Everyone Is Getting Rich Off NFTs? Most Sales Are Actually $200 or Less, According to One Report And that's before fees. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 28, 2021
Art Fairs Are the Brisk Sales at a Tiny Marfa Art Fair the Harbinger of a Post-Pandemic Buying Frenzy to Come? Some Dealers Think So Among the attendees this year were Bill Powers, Nino Mier, and Yvonne Force Villareal. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 27, 2021
