Auctions Meet the Sellers of $407 Million Worth of Art Hitting the Block in London A $25 million Francis Bacon painting and a $500,000 Alex Katz are just a few of the trophies on offer this week. By Colin Gleadell, Mar 4, 2024
The Art Detective A Mysterious Brice Marden Painting Is Auction-Bound, and the Art Detective Is on the Case Unknown to experts, the canvas could soon sell for a record $50 million. Who has consigned it? By Katya Kazakina, Mar 2, 2024
Art Fairs At Art Dubai, Collectors Are Buying But ‘Cautious’ The city 'is booming again,' a local art patron said. Many artworks at the fair allude to global challenges, particularly ongoing struggles in the Middle East. By Rebecca Anne Proctor, Mar 1, 2024
Market 5 Questions for Felix Art Fair Cofounder Dean Valentine About Los Angeles’s Buzzy Art Market The collector and art fair leader discusses the energy coursing through LA as the city’s art world infrastructure catches up with its abundance of creativity. By Annie Armstrong, Mar 1, 2024
Wet Paint Inside Jimmy Iovine’s Star-Studded Charity Art Sale, Poolside Chatter at the Felix Art Fair, and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, which powerhouse art couple has split? And who was behind the now-retired Instagram account @whos___who? By Annie Armstrong, Feb 29, 2024
Analysis How Auctions Became the Ultimate Form of Art Market Theater The auction market has always been theatrical—but now, it’s more stage-managed than ever. Here’s what that means for buyers and sellers. By Katya Kazakina, Feb 29, 2024
The Back Room Work of the Week: Sarah Ball’s ‘Elliot’ The British artist's secondary market has been on the rise since 2022. By Vivienne Chow, Feb 28, 2024
The Hammer We’re (Nearly) Ready to Automate the Art Industry Plus, why we should expect more consolidation among art advisors. By Simon de Pury, Feb 26, 2024
The Back Room Paint Drippings: Everything You Missed in the Art Industry Last Week Get caught up on the latest market moves, fast. By Annie Armstrong, Feb 26, 2024
The Art Detective Jeff Koons’s Art Is on the Moon, but His Prices Have Cratered. Can Power Players Reignite His Market? Major shows will soon hit Hong Kong, New York, and London. Will a collector pay more than $50 million for his sculpture of Michael Jackson and Bubbles? By Katya Kazakina, Feb 23, 2024
Wet Paint Jeffrey Epstein-Commissioned Painting Heads to Auction, Clearing Directors Squabble Over Brussels Branch, and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, who showed up at the Met's opening for their Harlem Renaissance show? What notorious "good guy" of the art world threw the party of the week? By Annie Armstrong, Feb 22, 2024
Artnet News Pro The View From: Soo Choi Alternative business models and a collaborative spirit are key for next-generation galleries, the Seoul dealer says. By Soo Choi, Feb 21, 2024
The Back Room Work of the Week: Joan Semmel’s ‘Hold Tight’ Lust was in the air during this Valentine's Day sale, which more than doubled the nonagenarian feminist painter's auction record. By Margaret Carrigan, Feb 20, 2024
The Back Room Paint Drippings: Everything You Missed in the Art Industry Last Week Get caught up on the latest market moves, fast. By Annie Armstrong, Feb 19, 2024
The Art Detective Should Museums Show Art Owned by Patrons? It’s Tempting. It Can Also Blow Up As the Brooklyn Museum prepared to present the collection of a trustee, Swizz Beatz, it aimed to avoid controversy. By Katya Kazakina, Feb 16, 2024
