The Gray Market Why Beeple’s ‘Everydays’ Could Be the $69.3 Million Key to Lucrative Venture Capital Investments (and Other Insights) Our columnist explains how Vignesh Sundaresan (AKA Metakovan) may be following an old path for turning art collecting into business growth. By Tim Schneider, Jun 9, 2021
Analysis Sure, NFT Sales Are Slipping—But a Closer Look at the Data Shows the Market Hasn’t Imploded (Yet) A recent report only tells half the story of what's going on. By Amy Castor, Jun 9, 2021
Kenny Schachter Is the NFT Moment Over? Far From It. Kenny Schachter Surveys an Art World Remade by NFTs (and Damien Hirst’s Elusive New Money Man) Our columnist is undaunted by the market drop for his crypto obsession, and instead sees glimmers of possibilities everywhere. By Kenny Schachter, Jun 8, 2021
Artnet News Pro NFTs Are Perfectly Designed to Turbo-Charge Concerns About Money Laundering and Art—and Regulators Are Already Taking Notice What happens when the opaque world of art and the opaque world of crytocurrency merge? Things could get really dark. By Amy Castor, Jun 7, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Counting Galleries’ Money This week in the Back Room: Dealer salaries, surveyed; Marlborough Gallery, resurrected; U.S. museums, stabilized(?); and much more. By Tim Schneider, Jun 4, 2021
Artnet News Pro If You Had $3 Million, Would You Buy a Jonas Wood Painting or a Matisse Cutout? We Asked an Expert to Choose In the first installment of a new series, art advisor Allan Schwartzman considers two very different artworks. By Rachel Corbett, Jun 4, 2021
Wet Paint Lawsuit Alleges Leon Black Used a Fake Museum Gig as Bait in Abusive Relationship, Galas Go Back to IRL, & More Art-World Gossip Which downtown hotspot did Met director Max Hollein hit up? What upstate gallery is opening a new Manhattan outpost? Read on for answers. By Nate Freeman, Jun 4, 2021
The Art Detective Marlborough Reborn? How New York’s Most Troubled Art Gallery May Be Clawing Its Way Out of the Grave Infighting nearly brought the gallery to the brink of extinction. But now, a new C.E.O. may breathe life back into the legendary gallery. By Katya Kazakina, Jun 3, 2021
Artnet News Pro Here Are the 300 Most-Searched Artists on Artnet’s Price Database in May 2021—and the Rising Talents Poised to Break in Soon See who is up, who is down... and who is up next. By Julia Halperin, Jun 3, 2021
The Gray Market What a Travel Company’s ‘Decolonization Project’ Can Teach Us About the Limits of Equity in the Art Market, Too (and Other Insights) Our columnist equates Atlas Obscura's sweeping review of its travel writing to the art trade's diversity, equity, and inclusion drive. By Tim Schneider, Jun 2, 2021
Artnet News Pro Sotheby’s Returns to Germany With a New Cologne Office as It Seeks to Recapture the Country’s Expanding Market Sotheby's will face stiff competition from the country's well-established regional auction houses. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 1, 2021
Artnet News Pro A New Fair in Paris Spotlights Art From the Middle East and North Africa. Here’s Our Pick of 5 Hot Artists to Watch at Menart The new fair formed as an alternative to the recently canceled Beirut Art Fair By Anna Sansom, Jun 1, 2021
Artnet News Pro How Much Does an Art Dealer Really Make? We Asked a Few Hundred of Them—Here’s What We Found Given the stark income gap, some are asking why trade organizations have not taken a closer look. By Zachary Small & Eileen Kinsella, Jun 1, 2021
Artnet News Pro Why Are High-End Galleries Jumping Into Bed With Luxury Hotels? The union of luxury hotels and blue-chip art began 20 years ago—but the latest resurgence of high-end travel is taking it to new heights. By Maïa Morgensztern, May 31, 2021
Wet Paint Wet Paint: NFT Collective Whines Over Cryptopunks Sale, Coveted Young Artist Joins Hauser & Wirth, & More Art-World Gossip Which art dealer is sitting courtside at Knicks playoff games? What famed artist-made house hit the market? Read on for answers. By Nate Freeman, May 28, 2021