Studio Visit Artist Anton Van Dalen Takes Us Inside His East Village Studio, Where He Rears Pigeons and Paints Them Into His Work The artist has lived in his East Village home and studio since 1968. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 10, 2023
Auctions Who Were the Best-Selling Artists at Auction in 2022? See the Top 20 Names and Find Out What They Reveal About the Market The three highest-ranking artists each brought in over $500 million in sales last year. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 9, 2023
Galleries Sukanya Rajaratnam, a Change-Making Dealer Who Brought Overlooked Artists to Mnuchin Gallery, Is Departing After 15 Years The veteran dealer brought previously marginalized black and female artists into the gallery's blue-chip fold. By Katya Kazakina, Jan 8, 2023
The Art Detective The High-Flying Basquiat Market Fell Off a Cliff Last Year. Why? The artist's auction market plummeted 50 percent in 2022, a dizzying fall from its much-ballyhooed peak of a year prior. By Katya Kazakina, Jan 5, 2023
Crime The Man Who Allegedly Stabbed Two MoMA Staffers Has Been Extradited to New York and Charged With Assault Police arrested Gary Cabana three days after the shocking attack. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 4, 2023
Museums & Institutions London’s National Portrait Gallery Has Acquired a $3.6 Million Public Toilet. (They Must Have Been Feeling Flush) Flush with cash, the museum will convert the Victorian-era restroom into an annex. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 4, 2023
Crime The Man Accused of Attempting to Steal a Banksy Mural in Ukraine Could Face Up to 12 Years in Prison The accused thief claims he was planning to sell the street artist's work to benefit the Ukrainian Army. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 3, 2023
Art Collectors What I Buy and Why: How Collector and Art Advisor Jeanne Masel Has Learned to Know What She Wants When She Sees It We caught up with the collector at her home in Brooklyn. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 1, 2023
Museums & Institutions 12 Must-See U.S. Museum Exhibitions in 2023, From LACMA’s Look at the Dawn of Computer Art to a Georgia O’Keeffe Revelation at MoMA A few of the U.S. museum shows we're most looking forward to in 2023. By Artnet News, Jan 1, 2023
Auctions Here Are the 10 Most Expensive Works Sold at Auction in 2022—and Why They Fetched the Prices They Did From a $195 million Warhol to an $80 million Magritte, the 10 top lots sold at auction this year totaled more than $1.1 billion. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 28, 2022
Pop Culture In Pictures: See Original Animations and New Works Inspired by the Fantasy Film ‘The Last Unicorn’ in a Show Marking Its 40th Anniversary The exhibition is at Corey Helford Gallery in Los Angeles. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 27, 2022
Art World Here Are the 9 Biggest Art-World Controversies of 2022, From Climate Activists Attacking Masterworks to A.I. Replacing Artists So much outrage. By Eileen Kinsella & Taylor Dafoe, Dec 26, 2022
Art World An Artist Traveled Across the U.S. to Ask 1,000 Strangers for Advice on Life. He Shared the Photos of His Epic Road Trip With Us The Chicago-based photographer Imran Nuri hopes to turn the ambitious project into a book. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 20, 2022
Auctions Christie’s Generated $8.4 Billion in Global Art Sales for 2022, Marking Its Best Year Yet The Paul Allen collection added a whopping $1.6 billion to its bottom line. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 19, 2022
NFTs Donald Trump’s Surreal Line of NFT Portraits Sold Out Within a Day—and Are Now Trading for as Much as $44,000 The former president sold the NFT portraits, designed by artist Clark Mitchell, for $99 each. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 19, 2022