The Art Detective Billionaire Financier Thomas H. Lee’s Heirs Are Selling His Art Privately After His Suicide. Public Filings Show He Leveraged the Heck Out of It, Too The late leveraged-buyout tycoon's loan agreements show he was a pioneer in leveraging art as well, almost from the beginning. By Katya Kazakina, Aug 25, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Dirty Dealings Delving into the case that could undo the Wildenstein dynasty, which nepo babies are teaming up, where art sales were most sluggish, and more. By Artnet News, Aug 25, 2023
Wet Paint Two Art World Nepo Babies Join Forces, East Hampton Law Enforcement Targets the Ranch, and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, which Hollywood A-lister is picking up a painting hobby? Who should play Larry Gagosian in a biopic? By Annie Armstrong, Aug 24, 2023
The Art Detective Once Celebrated and Then Forgotten, the French Artist Marie Laurencin Is About to Step Into the Limelight Again, Seven Decades After Her Death With a sensational biography fit for Hollywood and an artistic style that feels utterly today, the Modernist painter is poised to have a big moment. By Katya Kazakina, Aug 18, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Buyer’s Market The upside of a down market, a brazen art theft on the Lower East Side, a work from Picasso’s "annus mirabilis,” and more. By Artnet News, Aug 18, 2023
Wet Paint A Star JTT Artist Finds a New Home, Rachel Uffner Gallery Gets Heisted on the Lower East Side, and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, what artist has been named editor-in-chief of Elephant Magazine? Who was spotted at the opening of O'Flaherty's "Café" group show? By Annie Armstrong, Aug 17, 2023
The Hammer Simon de Pury on How Larry Gagosian Created the Sexiest Brand in the Art Market, and His Theory on the Much-Debated Plans for Succession The veteran auctioneer voices in on the future of the mega-dealer's empire. By Simon de Pury, Aug 15, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Deep-Pocketed Ding Yixiao The latest collector who can't (or won't) pay, Martha Rosler’s feminist musings, when boxers become artists, and much more. By Artnet News, Aug 11, 2023
The Art Detective Digging Into David Zwirner’s Messy Chelsea Gallery Development Deal That Wasn’t The developer's LLC connected to the stillborn project filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last week. By Katya Kazakina, Aug 10, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Deconstructing Diego Cortez This week, lessons from a legendary impresario/ art thief, Lisa Yuskavage on mammary matters, the $100 million sale that wasn’t, and more. By Artnet News, Aug 4, 2023
The Gray Market What Have I Learned About the Art Market Since January 2018? A Look Back and a Farewell As he rides off into the sunset, our columnist looks back on more than a half decade of eerily circular art-business news. By Tim Schneider, Aug 2, 2023
The Art Detective He Was the Legendary Impresario Who Put Jean-Michel Basquiat on the Map. But Now Former Friends Reveal Another, Darker Side of Diego Cortez Years after the events took place, denizens of the art world are still reckoning with the dealer's complex legacy. By Katya Kazakina, Jul 28, 2023
Wet Paint Has the Art World Forgotten How to Take Summer Off? Plus, The Famous Art Dealers Behind These Mystery Artworks, and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, what artist worked as Tom Holland's hand double in a recent tv show? Which systems-loving artist shut down a party in NoLIta? By Annie Armstrong, Jul 28, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: It’s Gogo Time This week: Larry’s life and legacy, Zwirner on Zwirner, cultural infrastructure accounting, and much more. By Artnet News, Jul 28, 2023
The Gray Market Europe and the U.S. Will Probably Regulate A.I. Differently. That Will Have Long-Term Consequences for the Global Art Market Our columnist looks at the implications of differing legal approaches to A.I. By Tim Schneider, Jul 26, 2023
