The Art Detective In a Jittery Market, a Glut of Art Fairs Is Again Putting Galleries Through the Wringer—With No End in Sight Remember when a crammed calendar of global art fairs drove art dealers to desperation? Well, it's ba-aack. By Katya Kazakina, Sep 8, 2023
Wet Paint Wet Paint, Armory Week Edition: A Ride-Along Through Gallery Openings With Gaïa Matisse, Photos From Our Kickoff Party, and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, why did one of downtown's most contentious critics cancel himself? Who was spotted modeling Joan Jonas paintings for Rachel Comey? By Annie Armstrong, Sep 8, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Seoul Survivor This week: the state of Seoul’s art-fair landscape, a sleeper Guercino unveiled, and much more. By Artnet News, Sep 8, 2023
Artnet News Pro Ahead of Frieze Seoul, Three Art Lawyers Offer Hints on the Ins and Outs of Selling Art in Korea Take our pop quiz on transacting in the Korean art market. By Charles and Thomas Danziger & Kate Yuhkyoung Rhie, Sep 1, 2023
Wet Paint A Gallery Shuts Down After Its Director Hacks Its Instagram, Karma Comes to Chelsea, and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, what's going on with the former JTT space? What emerging gallerist has caught Serena Williams's eye? By Annie Armstrong, Aug 31, 2023
Artnet News Pro Here Are the 15 Most Expensive Artworks Sold at Auction Around the World in July 2023 An auction of works on paper in Beijing and two of Old Master works in London drove global sales last month. By Caroline Goldstein, Aug 29, 2023
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