The Gray Market Why the Wave of Climate-Crisis Art Is More Than Just Virtue-Signaling, Even If It’s Not Enough (and Other Insights) Our columnist asks who will follow the lead of artists confronting collectors with the ecological crisis at even the most commercial events. By Tim Schneider, Sep 22, 2021
Artnet News Pro Here Are the 300 Most-Searched Artists on Artnet’s Price Database in August 2021—and the Fast-Rising Talents Poised to Break in Soon See who's up, who's down, and who's up next. By Julia Halperin, Sep 21, 2021
Artnet News Pro Beyond Amoako Boafo: The Next Emerging Names You Need to Know in Accra, Ghana’s Rapidly Accelerating Art Hub The vibrant art scene that birthed breakout stars Amoako Boafo and Ibrahim Mahama has plenty more in store. By Rebecca Anne Proctor, Sep 20, 2021
The Art Detective Could the Breuer Building Become a ‘Really Ritzy Gym’? Investors Eye the Famed Property as the Whitney Weighs a Sale The clock is ticking to make a decision, and the factors at play are complex. By Katya Kazakina, Sep 20, 2021
Artnet News Pro In Milan, Miart Returns, With Its New Director Doing Everything—Including Sending Poetry—to Lure Galleries. Here’s How It’s Going With Art Basel looming next week, a packed schedule loomed as an issue at the first post-pandemic edition of the fair. By Anna Sansom, Sep 17, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Things Fall Apart This week: the twilight(?) of the art-fair industrial complex, inside MOCA’s executive drama, how to raise an artist from the dead, and more. By Tim Schneider, Sep 17, 2021
Wet Paint Klaus Biesenbach Was Planning to Leave L.A. for a While, Kanye West Taps Artists for His Christian School, and More Art-World Gossip Plus, which art heiress threw a Richard Prince-themed birthday party? And what gallery is doubling down in the East Village? Read on for answers. By Annie Armstrong, Sep 16, 2021
The Gray Market How the ‘Platform Delusion’ of Big Tech Helps Explain Why Galleries Are Finally Turning Away From Big Art Fairs (and Other Insights) Our columnist transports lessons from a new book on Silicon Valley that clarify galleries' growing hesitance around fairs. By Tim Schneider, Sep 15, 2021
Artnet News Pro How Jailed Fraudster Angela Gulbenkian Took Advantage of the Art World’s Love of Power to Turn Scamming Into a Fine Art Here's the backstory on how Gulbenkian tricked her victims into bad deals by relying on the art industry's own weaknesses. By Nick Kochan, Sep 14, 2021
Artnet News Pro Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and for How Much—During the 2021 Armory Show in New York Here's what dealers claim they sold as the art market roared back to life in New York last week. By Artnet News, Sep 13, 2021
Artnet News Pro Georges Mathieu Was a Star of Postwar Art—and Then Disappeared. Here’s Why Top Galleries Are Investing Big to Revive His Market The French painter is now the subject of shows at Perrotin and Nahmad Contemporary in New York. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 13, 2021
Artnet News Pro Want to Get a Jump on the Collecting Competition? Here Are 6 Rising Stars to Seek Out at Armory Week 2021 We trawled the aisles to find the most exciting up-and-coming talent at the Armory Show, Independent, and Future Fair. By Artnet News, Sep 10, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: New Steps in Old Spaces This week in the Back Room: Art Basel’s about-face, August’s unexpected auction king, Hollein holds forth, and much more By Tim Schneider, Sep 10, 2021
The Art Detective ‘The Demand Is Off the Charts’: At the Independent Fair, Young Figurative Painters Steal the Show (and Draw Mile-Long Wait Lists) Independent offered a peek at the dynamics shaping the broader art market today. By Katya Kazakina, Sep 10, 2021
Wet Paint Top Tennis Player Fined Over Gallery Sponsorship, Art Basel’s Last-Ditch Effort to Keep Dealers From Fleeing + More Art-World Gossip Plus, which Silicon Valley art gallery is pivoting to an app? And which top-tier dealer is opening in upstate New York? By Julie Baumgardner, Sep 9, 2021