The Hammer Simon de Pury on What 50 Years of Watching Industry Tastes Evolve Has Taught Him About Investing in Art The veteran auctioneer reflects on why art is a solid investment—even as tastes shift faster than ever. By Simon de Pury, Dec 20, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: A Year That Went Boom This week: art-market acceleration hits a new gear, Sotheby's outsells itself, European gavels get loud too, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Dec 17, 2021
Wet Paint Artists Slap Dealer With Suit for Missing Payments, Brooklyn Museum Prez Tries to Block Bad Press, and More Juicy Art-World Gossip Plus, what party drew Rob Storr and Alison Roman? What art-adjacent restaurant just got shut down for health reasons? Read on for answers. By Annie Armstrong, Dec 17, 2021
The Gray Market How Prices for In-Demand Living Artists Rocketed to Hair-Raising New Heights in 2021 (and Other Insights) Our columnist unpacks why the last eight months of global demand have pushed the art market into new territory. By Tim Schneider, Dec 15, 2021
Artnet News Pro Brexit and Rock-Bottom Interest Rates Are Pushing Central Europe’s Winter Auction Season to Record Highs Totals soared, in spite of ongoing uncertainty and a return of restrictions. By Kate Brown, Dec 14, 2021
Kenny Schachter Kenny Schachter Wades Through the Booze-Soaked NFT Mecca of Miami Beach—and Wishes He Could Escape to the Metaverse Rumor has it that Larry Gagosian turned down Beeple. By Kenny Schachter, Dec 14, 2021
Artnet News Pro Bootstraps and Billionaires: How Upstart Dealers Finance New Galleries in a Notoriously Turbulent Industry Most dealers rely on an odd mix of ingenuity and investors. By Zachary Small, Dec 13, 2021
Artnet News Pro France’s Tribal Art Market Has Survived Macron’s Restitution Politics. Can It Survive the Changing Tastes of a New Generation? Dealers are focused on attracting younger collectors more interested in design and contemporary art. By Anna Sansom, Dec 10, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Freaking Out or Winding Down? This week: an art-market Omicron primer, downtown New York dealers on the move, a coveted Magritte appears under Bonhams’s hammer, and more. By Tim Schneider, Dec 10, 2021
The Art Detective NFT Collectors and Museums Have a Novel Problem: How Do You Deal With Art That an Artist Can Change at Will? The allure of Beeple's latest work is that he can makes alterations to it whenever he likes. That can be a problem for some. By Katya Kazakina, Dec 10, 2021
Wet Paint Downtown New York Galleries Go for Broke With New Spaces, a Mega-Collector Launches Into Space, and More Juicy Art-World Gossip Plus, which artist did Jay Z just invest in? What ultra-hip early-aughts party photographer is planning a comeback? Read on for answers. By Annie Armstrong, Dec 10, 2021
Artnet News Pro Christie’s and Sotheby’s Tepid London Sales Illustrate the Old Master Market’s Novel Problem: Too Much Supply, Too Little Demand Sotheby’s outperformed its rival house as London kicked off Masters Week. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 9, 2021
The Gray Market Why the Art Market Is Unlikely to Be Affected by the Omicron Variant (and Other Insights) Our columnist surfaces from a research binge with insights into how the art market may respond to the latest pandemic twist. By Tim Schneider, Dec 8, 2021
Artnet News Pro Here Are the 15 Most Expensive Artworks Sold at Auction Around the World in November 2021 We scoured the Price Database for the top-selling lots in November. By Caroline Goldstein, Dec 7, 2021
Artnet News Pro Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and for How Much—at Art Basel Miami Beach 2021 Here's what dealers say they sold last week. By Caroline Goldstein, Dec 6, 2021