The Art Detective Information Is the Most Valuable Currency in the Art Business. So Is It Any Surprise That Art Galleries Bend the Truth? Information is the most valuable currency in the art world—and dealers know it. By Katya Kazakina, May 16, 2022
Artnet News Pro Takashi Murakami Has Rapidly Become One of the World’s Most Sought-After NFT Artists. Here’s How He Did It Since his first NFT launch went bust, the artist's digital works have traded for $41 million. By Dorian Batycka, May 16, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Pivot Point This week: auction week’s emerging themes, an art-fair flurry, Mike Bidlo’s surprise rise, and much more—all in a 7-minute read. By Tim Schneider, May 13, 2022
Wet Paint Wet Paint In the Wild: Art Advisor Dan Oglander Photographs His Way Through New York Art Week With His Trusty Dog In this week's edition, Oglander takes his pet around town and hits the fairs. By Annie Armstrong, May 12, 2022
Wet Paint Investors in Loïc Gouzer’s NFT Startup Should Read the Fine Print, Lucien Gets Its First Art Show, and More Juicy Art-World Gossip Plus, Canada gallery is opening two new spaces and James Franco makes an appearance at NADA in New York. By Annie Armstrong, May 12, 2022
The Appraisal It’s Raining Monet at the New York Auctions This Season—Will Demand Meet the Generous Supply? We took to artnet's price database to investigate. By Naomi Rea, May 11, 2022
The Gray Market Why (and How) Global Economic Chaos Will Hit the Art Market in Ways You Might Not Expect (and Other Insights) Our columnist examines how multiple asset markets in free fall might impact an art market fixated on its own business. By Tim Schneider, May 10, 2022
Artnet News Pro Who Actually Buys Fractional Art? We Spoke With 3 Investors: a Real-Estate Exec, a Podcaster, and a Corporate Lawyer These everyday professionals are betting on bite-size pieces of cultural assets. By Annie Armstrong, May 9, 2022
Artnet News Pro Looking for the Next Big Thing? Here Are 5 Rising Artists to Know From New York Art Week 2022 A guide to who's hot, why you should pay attention, and where to get your hands on their work (or at least try). By Artnet News, May 9, 2022
Artnet News Pro With $600,000 to Spend, Would You Bet on an Obscure Gerhard Richter or a New Shara Hughes? We Asked an Art Advisor to Choose In the latest installment of “This or That,” art advisor Sibylle Rochat weighs two artworks going up for sale at Christie’s this week. By Naomi Rea, May 9, 2022
Artnet News Pro Rising Star Anna Weyant Has Joined Gagosian, Adding Momentum to Market Drama Playing Out Behind the Scenes The millennial artist and the megadealer have been in a relationship for about a year. By Katya Kazakina, May 6, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Auctioneers Unleashed This week: deregulating NYC's auctions, an online sales surge, dumpster-diving for greatness, and much more. By Tim Schneider, May 6, 2022
The Art Detective Revealed: The Biggest Consignors to New York’s $2 Billion Spring Auctions, From a Divorcing Heir to a Mexican Financier Plus, who is offloading a load of work because he's "just done" with art after 15 years of dedicated collecting? By Katya Kazakina, May 6, 2022
Wet Paint Wet Paint in the Wild: NADA Head Honcho Heather Hubbs’s Photo Diary of Christmas in April in Dimes Square and Prepping for the Big Fair Hubbs takes us to her favorite restaurant and her favorite parks, and offers a glimpse of the NADA New York install. By Annie Armstrong, May 5, 2022
Artnet News Pro Meet 5 Young Collectors Shaping the Future of the Indian Art Market, From an Interior Designer to a Cosmetics Industry Mogul A new generation of art collectors is encouraging the rise of young and marginalized voices in Indian art. By Avantika Shankar, May 5, 2022
