Artnet News Pro How Crypto Investor Ryan Zurrer Went From Unapologetic NFT Speculator to Fervent Missionary of Digital Art We followed the entrepreneur on a whirlwind year of financial disappointments and intellectual victories. By Naomi Rea, Dec 15, 2022
The Gray Market How Random International, Maker of the Immersive Sensation ‘Rain Room,’ Is Bringing the Experiential Art Business Into the 21st Century The 'Living Room' appears 10 years after Random International's breakout 'Rain Room'. By Tim Schneider, Dec 13, 2022
Artnet News Pro London’s $56 Million Old Master Evening Sales Suggest That Experiments to Reinvent the Category May Be Paying Off Amid dwindling interest and low supply of top masterpieces, the efforts to expand the category's typical offerings are beginning to bear fruit. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 12, 2022
Artnet News Pro Here Are the 15 Most Expensive Works Sold at Auction Around the World in November 2022 The vast majority of the most expensive artworks sold at auction in November 2022 came from Christie's sale of Paul Allen's treasure trove. By Caroline Goldstein, Dec 11, 2022
Wet Paint Auction Rainmaker Loic Gouzer Quietly Pivots, Fresh Details on the Fall of Downs & Ross, and More Art-World Gossip Plus, which artist did Kim Kardashian deem "so Kourtney" at ABMB? And which crypto fraudster was spotted in Soho? Read on for answers. By Annie Armstrong, Dec 9, 2022
The Art Detective Someone Pretended to Be a Mexican Media Mogul in Order to Buy In-Demand Contemporary Art—and Almost Duped Top Dealers It's really hard to get access to the most coveted contemporary art. That's why someone posed as a top collector—and almost got away with it. By Katya Kazakina, Dec 9, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Initial Descent? This week in the Back Room: sorting through South Florida, a rookie sensation at the Rubell, a Hong Kong competition-stoker, and much more. By Tim Schneider & Naomi Rea, Dec 9, 2022
Wet Paint Wet Paint in the Wild: Restaurateur Michael Chow Shows Off His Little-Known Painting Practice During a Whirlwind Opening Week in London The Mr. Chow restaurateur is breaking a 50-year "sabbatical" from his art career. By Annie Armstrong, Dec 8, 2022
Artnet News Pro Hot Lots: 5 Female Artists Art Buyers Adored at Hong Kong’s Autumn Day Sales Works by emerging women artists from Asia and the west achieved auction prices well above the presale estimates. By Vivienne Chow, Dec 7, 2022
The Gray Market Why the Crypto Winter Could Actually Be a Good Thing for Digital Art Our columnist analyzes two new nonprofit digital projects to try and chart a path out of tech's boom-and-bust cycle. By Tim Schneider, Dec 7, 2022
Artnet News Pro Stars in the Making? Here Are 7 Breakout Artists to Watch From Art Basel Miami Beach 2022 and the Surrounding Fairs We scoured the aisles of Art Basel, Untitled Art, and Art Miami to bring you a list of artists who are going places. By Artnet News, Dec 6, 2022
Artnet News Pro Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and for How Much—at Art Basel Miami Beach 2022 Here's what dealers say they sold at the 20th edition of the fair. By Artnet News, Dec 5, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Recession Ready This week: how to know when the art market is headed for a recession, early sales from Art Basel Miami Beach, a speculative bubble bursts, and much more. By Naomi Rea & Julia Halperin, Dec 4, 2022
Wet Paint The Rubells Show Off Their Shiny New Prodigy, Downs & Ross’s Director Steps Back, and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, which rapper-producer touched the art at Untitled? Which mega-dealer might need to buy more underwear before the weekend? Read on for answers. By Annie Armstrong, Dec 2, 2022
The Gray Market What the Colossal Failure of FTX Means for Art Basel’s Efforts to Thrust the Art Industry Into Its Crypto Era The fair is inaugurating its new blockchain-based platform Arcual while recently bankrupted FTX plunges crypto into infamy. What's the way forward? By Tim Schneider, Dec 1, 2022
