Artnet News Pro The Gagosian Farm Team? How the Fabled Mega-Dealer Is Leaning on Smaller Gallerists to Scout Fresh Talent for His Stable Two artists in particular may point towards the future of programming at the world's most famous mega-gallery. By Nate Freeman, Jun 14, 2021
Artnet News Pro We Analyzed May Auction Sales Around the Globe to See How They Compared to Their Pre-Lockdown Equivalents. Here’s the Breakdown We read the tea leaves in data from the Artnet Price Database to give you a sense of what's in store. By Julia Halperin, Jun 11, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Crypto Ain’t Dead Yet This week: An NFT market correction, Kenny Schachter radios in from the crypto frontier, mega-galleries jostle for supremacy, and more. By Tim Schneider, Jun 11, 2021
Wet Paint Buyer of $1.4 Million Emily Mae Smith Unmasked, Jeffrey Epstein’s Brother Spotted Upstate, & More Art-World Gossip What artist got a visit from LeBron James? What's the latest Chelsea gallery to open an Aspen outpost? Read on for answers. By Nate Freeman, Jun 11, 2021
Artnet News Pro 7 Common Misconceptions About How the U.K.’s Anti-Money-Laundering Rules Apply to the Art Market—Debunked Today is the last day for businesses to register with the government. By Naomi Rea, Jun 10, 2021
Artnet News Pro Here Are 5 Alluring Lots to Watch in Germany’s Summer Auctions, From A.R. Penck’s Childhood Sketchbook to a Lost Kandinsky We combed through the auction catalogues and picked out some of the hottest items on sale. By Kate Brown, Jun 10, 2021
The Art Detective What Is the World’s Top Mega-Gallery? We Crunched the Numbers—and No, It’s Not the One You Think We examined the size of galleries' rosters, their combined square footage, and more to determine who emerged from the pandemic on top. By Katya Kazakina, Jun 10, 2021
Artnet News Pro ‘Woo-Hoo!’: A Global Hunger for Hot Young Figurative Art Propelled Phillips and Poly’s Hong Kong Sales to a ‘White Glove’ $90 Million Records abound for buzzed-about stars. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 9, 2021
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
