The Art Detective Asian Collectors Were on the Bleeding Edge of the Recent Art-Market Boom. Now, They’re Pumping the Brakes The most recent contemporary-art evening sales in Hong Kong were down a combined 30 percent from a year earlier. By Katya Kazakina, Jul 7, 2022
Ask an Art Advisor How Long Do I Need to Hold an Artwork Before Selling It to Avoid Being Labeled a Flipper? + Other Art-Trade Questions, Answered Plus, when is the best time to work with an art advisor, and should a painting match the curtains? By Wendy Goldsmith, Jul 6, 2022
Kenny Schachter Kenny Schachter on Kindness and Cruelty at Art Basel, and Why He’s a Fan of the Great Crypto Disappearing Act Our columnist returns from his second life as an NFT artist to deliver some primo intel from Art Basel, the art market, and the thunderous crypto crash. By Kenny Schachter, Jul 6, 2022
The Gray Market Corporations Are Writing the Rules of the Metaverse as We Speak. If the Art World Wants a Say, It Needs to Hurry Up (and Other Insights) Our columnist unmasks the risks to culture hidden in the dominant vision of the metaverse now being sold to the public. By Tim Schneider, Jul 5, 2022
The Appraisal Stanley Whitney’s Lyrical Grid Paintings Struck a Chord With Collectors During Lockdown. Can His Market Spike Survive the Downturn? On the heels of Stanley Whitney's move to Gagosian, we investigated what has been driving the painter's belated market rise. By Naomi Rea, Jul 5, 2022
The Art Detective Young Female Artists Are Finally Getting Some Art-Market Traction—But Their Predecessors Remain Scandalously Undervalued Work by female artists born between 1930 and 1975 accounted for just 5.3 percent of the $16.7 billion in auction sales in the past five years. By Katya Kazakina, Jul 4, 2022
Artnet News Pro As Dealers Set Up Outposts in Paris, Mathieu Templon Explains Why His French Gallery Is Going Against the Flow and Heading to New York After 56 years, the Parisian stalwart is expanding to the U.S. By Devorah Lauter, Jul 4, 2022
Wet Paint The Orlando Museum of Art Was About to Show a Questionable Pollock, Tali Lennox Lands at Almine Rech, and More Art-World Gossip Plus, who showed up to the late Virgil Abloh's Brooklyn Museum show? What artist had his Twitch account suspended? Read on for answers. By Annie Armstrong, Jul 1, 2022
Wet Paint Wet Paint in the Wild: Writer Janelle Zara Takes Us to the Greek Island Hydra for the Deste Foundation’s Jeff Koons Show We gave the Los Angeles-based arts writer a disposable camera to record a week in her life. By Annie Armstrong, Jul 1, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Stiff Upper Lip London’s eye-of-the-beholder auctions, Aboudia’s serious fanbase, crypto art’s next rising star, and much more By Tim Schneider & Julia Halperin, Jul 1, 2022
Artnet News Pro Leading Collector Marguerite Hoffman on How Acquiring Art Sustained Her Through Grief—and Led Her Back Toward Herself The Dallas collector opens up about her drive to possess, the sometimes-icky contemporary art world, and her favorite art experience ever. By Julia Halperin, Jun 28, 2022
The Gray Market How Former G.E. CEO Jack Welch Altered the Art Market for Better and for Worse (and Other Insights) Our columnist examines the impact of a ruthless corporate titan on the modern economy, wealth distribution, and the business of art. By Tim Schneider, Jun 28, 2022
Artnet News Pro Revealed: The Biggest Consignors to London’s $700 Million Summer Auctions, From a Billionaire Retailer to the Son of an Ex-President We've identified the seller behind the season's largest consignment, and many more. By Colin Gleadell, Jun 26, 2022
The Art Detective I’ve Seen a Lot of Money Grabs in My Career as an Art Market Reporter. NFT.NYC Topped Them All The crypto world and the art world are both built on a desire for access. What happens when they collide? By Katya Kazakina, Jun 24, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Has the Art Market Peaked? This week: How to tell if the market is headed for recession, a collector’s battle with a fruit company, the Asian market’s newest darling, and more. By Julia Halperin, Jun 24, 2022
