Market James Murdoch Is Backing a Start-Up That Will Allow Collectors to Buy NFT Art From Galleries Using Old-Fashioned Fiat Blockchain.art seeks to provide a seamless and happy marriage for NFTs and the art world. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 21, 2021
Art Fairs Volta Has Canceled Its Debut Miami Fair After Pandemic-Related Travel and Event Restrictions Caused Too Many Scheduling Snafus Restrictions on international travelers confounded organizers plans. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 20, 2021
Artnet News Pro Couldn’t Make It to Basel? Here Are 6 Rising-Star Artists That Were Creating Serious Buzz at the Fairs We scoured the main fair and its edgier sisters Liste and June for the most exciting up-and-coming talent. By Naomi Rea & Eileen Kinsella, Sep 27, 2021
Art Fairs ‘Now It’s Just the Real People’: Art Basel Opens Its First Fair in 18 Months With an Among-Friends Vibe (and Steady Sales, Too) There was nary an American collector in sight. By Eileen Kinsella & Naomi Rea, Sep 21, 2021
Events and Parties The Owner of Beeple’s $69 Million NFT Is Turning the Artwork Into an Immersive Party—You Just Have to Pay $150 to Attend The first authorized display of the record-setting work will anchor a daylong exhibition of NFTs by 150 artists. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 13, 2021
The Big Interview ‘I’ve Learned to Lean on God’: Rising Artist Genesis Tramaine on How She Channels Her Christian Faith Into Ecstatic Portraits Tramaine recently sat down with the Art Angle podcast to take about faith and art. By Katie White, Sep 10, 2021
Analysis High Net Worth Millennial Women Are Powering a Gallery Recovery and 7 Other Takeaways From Art Basel’s Latest Market Report Dealers emphasized the importance of maintaining relationships with collectors and attending art fairs By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 9, 2021
Artnet News Pro As Health and Administrative Hurdles Mount, Some Participants Worry That This Year’s Art Basel Could Become a Very Costly Flop New travel and vaccine guidelines have thrown a curveball at the Swiss fair's plans. By Naomi Rea & Eileen Kinsella, Sep 3, 2021
Artnet News Pro ‘What’s the Rush?’: Art-Industry Pros Are Ambivalent About Returning to the Art-Fair Traveling Circus This Fall Collectors and advisors are largely avoiding international travel, even as art fairs return in force. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 30, 2021
Art Fairs Rebecca Ann Siegel, a Top Executive at Frieze, Will Leave Her Post as Staff Shakeups Continue Across the Art-Fair Sector Siegel is the second high-level fair executive to announce her departure in as many weeks. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 21, 2021
Art Fairs Who’s in and Who’s Out at the 2021 Art Basel Fair in Switzerland This September? Here’s the Full List Two-dozen galleries from around the world will make their Art Basel debut this fall. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 20, 2021
Artnet News Pro Art Shipping in the Age of COVID Is More Expensive and Complicated Than Ever—and a Return to ‘Normal’ Remains Very Far Away Advisors and art dealers are facing new logistical challenges as shippers urge patience. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 19, 2021
Artnet News Pro Art Basel’s Noah Horowitz Is Stepping Down After Six Years as Director of Americas for the Fair Horowitz will remain in his role until August. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 7, 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 5, 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