The Back Room The Back Room: Tiny Slices of Art, Big Business This week: Fractionalized art ownership, David Zwirner loses a star, a Venetian Monet, and much more. By Naomi Rea, Apr 4, 2022
Artnet News Pro How Much Does It Cost to Acquire a Viral Yayoi Kusama Infinity Room? Is Money Even Enough? The Answers May Surprise You The works' complexity requires a major commitment from owners. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 3, 2022
The Art Detective She Painted for Decades in Obscurity on a Remote Island in Maine. Suddenly, Collectors Can’t Get Enough of Lynne Drexler Drexler sold art to tourists for $50. Earlier this month, one of her paintings fetched over $1 million at Christie's. By Katya Kazakina, Mar 31, 2022
Wet Paint David Zwirner and a Star Artist Part Ways, Guerrilla Artists Stink-Bomb the Whitney Biennial Party, and More Art-World Gossip Plus, what rock stars showed up to the Whitney? Which artist is backing billionaire Rick Caruso for L.A. mayor? Read on for answers. By Annie Armstrong, Mar 31, 2022
The Appraisal Surrealist Artist Francis Picabia Was the Ultimate Shapeshifter. Did All That Experimentation Stunt His Market? Despite his reputation as an artist's artist, demand for works by Francis Picabia trails that of his Surrealist peers. By Julia Halperin, Mar 28, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: End of an Era This week: Russian patrons’ long retreat, Mary Boone’s nonprofit penance, Yves Klein’s proto-NFT, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Mar 25, 2022
Artnet News Pro Are Collectors Still Buying as Much Art Online as They Were During Lockdown? We Crunched the Numbers to Find Out We examined data from the Artnet Price Database to break down what's actually going on in the market. By Julia Halperin, Mar 24, 2022
Wet Paint Mary Boone Is Serving Her Debt to Society at This Nonprofit, a Carroll Dunham Fake Gets Yanked From Sale, and More Art-World Gossip Plus, what East Village haunt is Patti Smith dining at? What artist is looking for a studio assistant who can comfortably lift 50 pounds? By Annie Armstrong, Mar 23, 2022
The Gray Market What the Art Industry Stands to Learn From the Brewing Anxiety Over Epic Games’ Acquisition of Bandcamp (and Other Insights) Our columnist unpacks the deal and its implications to reveal that innovation isn't necessarily the key to business success. By Tim Schneider, Mar 22, 2022
The Appraisal What to Know About Toyen—the Under-the-Radar Surrealist Genius Whose Market Is Rapidly Gaining Traction In the wake of a major sale—and with a Venice Biennale bow on the horizon—we took to the Artnet Price Database to investigate. By Naomi Rea, Mar 21, 2022
Artnet News Pro Here Are The 15 Most Expensive Artworks Sold At Auction Around the World in February 2022 The list would've been dominated by Sotheby's CryptoPunk sale, but the 104-Punk-lot was withdrawn. By Caroline Goldstein, Mar 21, 2022
Artnet News Pro How to Shop the Venice Biennale: A Buyer’s Guide to the Hottest Artists Included This Year, and Where to Find Their Work We highlight seven artists who have been tapped to represent their countries at the art-world olympics. By Artnet News, Mar 20, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Mass Movement This week: NFTs try to break big, Robert Indiana's auction troubles, Lynne Drexler goes supersonic, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Mar 18, 2022
The Art Detective Russian Mega-Collectors Are Now Shut Out of the Art Market. But Their Influence Was Dwindling Long Before the War Sanctions are likely to have a minimal effect on the art market at large. But that doesn't mean they won't hit oligarchs where it hurts. By Katya Kazakina, Mar 18, 2022
Artnet News Pro The Co-Founders of SuperRare Tell Us How and Why Their Incredibly Successful NFT Platform Became a DAO We spoke to the brains behind the company about its genesis four years ago and its massive growth. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 16, 2022
