Artnet News Pro How Do You Spot a Recession in the Art Market? 9 Market Experts Weigh In From counting the underbidders at auction to watching the speculative bubbles burst, here’s what to look out for. By Artnet News, Nov 29, 2022
Artnet News Pro How Much Art Is Really, Truly Available at an Art Fair? Dealer Thaddaeus Ropac on the Myth, Machinations, and Methods Behind Pre-Selling We caught up with the Austrian dealer ahead of Art Basel Miami Beach. By Naomi Rea, Nov 29, 2022
The Hammer Simon de Pury on What Weathering Past Recessions Has Taught Him About Navigating the Challenging Times Ahead Despite foreboding financial headwinds, the veteran auctioneer remains optimistic about the prospects for the art market. By Simon de Pury, Nov 28, 2022
Artnet News Pro See How 11 Red-Hot Artists’ Primary Market Prices Compare With Their Auction Results Here's what the data shows. By Eileen Kinsella & Katya Kazakina, Nov 25, 2022
Wet Paint Wet Paint in the Wild: Artist Rachel Rossin Takes Us on a Tour of Dunkunsthalle, Her New Art Space in an Abandoned Dunkin’ Donuts The New York artist takes us through a week in her life. By Annie Armstrong, Nov 24, 2022
Artnet News Pro Smart Contracts Are Artists’ Best Weapon in the Fight Against Flippers. Here’s How They Work Here is everything you need to know to understand smart contracts—and how they can make the market more equitable. By Tim Schneider, Nov 22, 2022
Artnet News Pro Hot Lots and Top Flops: 9 Works That Shattered Expectations, for Good or Ill, During New York’s November Day Sales We look at the lots that overperformed and underperformed—and consider what it tells us about the state of the market. By Artnet News, Nov 22, 2022
Artnet News Pro A No-Nonsense Accounting Shows That Last Week’s $1.6 Billion New York Fall Auctions Were… Kind of a Dud It's fair to say a correction to the speculative bonanza has arrived. By Tim Schneider, Nov 21, 2022
Artnet News Pro Who Won Auction Week? Here Are 16 Key Takeaways From New York’s $3.2 Billion Fall Sales From the priciest work to the biggest flop (and more), here are our parting observations from New York's marquee auctions this November. By Artnet News, Nov 21, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: The Gavel Grind This week: assessing the auction cycle’s end, counting other people’s money, Betye Saar’s latest milestone, and much more. By Tim Schneider & Julia Halperin, Nov 18, 2022
Wet Paint Unmasking the Man Who Made a 20,000 Percent Profit on an Amy Sherald, an Oral History of the Jane Hotel, and More Juicy Art-World Gossip Plus, who in the art world paid Elon Musk for a blue check mark? And why was Urs Fischer's sculpture pulled from a charity sale? By Annie Armstrong, Nov 18, 2022
Wet Paint Wet Paint in the Wild: Dealer Bridget Finn Travels From Detroit to New York to Watch Her Charity Auction at Christie’s Finn captures the artists who helped make it happen, and what it feels like to see months of organizing pay off in under a minute. By Annie Armstrong, Nov 17, 2022
The Gray Market What the Gagosian-LVMH Rumor—and the Art World’s Obsession With It—Tells Us About the Future of the Industry Our columnist reassesses the hottest art-world rumor of 2022 to show that merging luxury retail with mega-galleries is harder than it looks. By Tim Schneider, Nov 15, 2022
Artnet News Pro ‘It’s Movie-Star Money From the 1980s’: Stefan Simchowitz, the Original Art Flipper, on How Artists Are Cashing In on Speculation The man who ushered in the flipping craze in the 2010s reflects on how the practice has changed—and metastasized. By Katya Kazakina, Nov 14, 2022
Artnet News Pro Here Are the 15 Most Expensive Artworks Sold at Auction Around the World in October 2022 See the full results from the Artnet Price Database. By Caroline Goldstein, Nov 14, 2022
