Artnet News Pro With $2 Million to Spend, Should You Buy a George Condo Head or an Enchanting Marc Chagall? We Asked an Art Advisor to Choose In the latest instalment of “This or That,” art advisor Wendy Goldsmith weighs up two artworks going up for sale at Sotheby’s this week. By Naomi Rea, Mar 1, 2022
The Appraisal Cecily Brown’s Market Is on Fire. Will This Scandal-Ridden Painting Generate Even More Heat on the Auction Block—or Get Burned? We took to the Artnet Price Database to assess. By Naomi Rea, Feb 28, 2022
Artnet News Pro Revealed: We Identified the Seller of Freud’s ‘Girl With Eyes Closed’ and 6 More Top Consignors to This Week’s London Auctions We bring you the inside scoop on who is selling what. By Colin Gleadell, Feb 27, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: How the West Was Won This week: Frieze L.A. in a flash, rising star Kandis Williams on the move, museums still in pandemic-induced peril, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Feb 25, 2022
The Art Detective From Barbies to Blockbuster Shows, Jean-Michel Basquiat Is Big Business. But Can the Artist’s Market Ride the Hype Forever? The artist was prolific during his short career. Since his death, he's spawned a cottage industry of products, exhibitions, and productions. By Katya Kazakina, Feb 24, 2022
Artnet News Pro It’s Springtime in Spain as Dealers at ARCO Madrid Fair Say the Art Market Is Emerging From the Pandemic Healthier Than Ever The fair, which is said to expect 70,000 visitors before it closes this week, was busy on its opening day. By Benjamin Kemper, Feb 24, 2022
Wet Paint In-Demand Star Kandis Williams Picks a New Gallery, a Top Music Producer Clues Us Into His Collection, and More Art-World Gossip Plus, which artists got together for the World Series of Art Poker? Which dealer is having trouble with his collectors? Read on for answers. By Annie Armstrong, Feb 24, 2022
The Gray Market A Deeper Look at How Advocates for the Art Industry Lobby Differently Than Other Interest Groups in Washington (and Other Insights) Our columnist explains how arts organizations lobby lawmakers in the nation's capital, and why the process is here to stay. By Tim Schneider, Feb 22, 2022
Artnet News Pro Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and for How Much—at Frieze Los Angeles 2022 Here's what gallerists say they sold. By Caroline Goldstein, Feb 22, 2022
Artnet News Pro Not Done Star Spotting? Here Are 5 Exciting Artists at the Los Angeles Fairs Whose Careers Are About to Take Off We scoured the aisles of Frieze, Felix, and Spring/Break Art Show to bring you the artists most worth watching. By Artnet News, Feb 22, 2022
The Appraisal Christie’s Hopes to Shatter a Decade-Old Photography Record With This Major Man Ray Lot. Here’s What Makes It Special We plunged into the Artnet Price Database to figure out the artist's auction history. By Naomi Rea, Feb 21, 2022
The Hammer Simon de Pury on How the Photographic Medium Will Survive the Proliferation of NFTs and Moving Image Work The auctioneer reflects on the perennial appeal of the still image. By Simon de Pury, Feb 20, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Up, Up, and Away This week: inflation's effects on the art market, a painting that can't stop flipping, millions spent on Washington lobbyists, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Feb 18, 2022
The Art Detective The Macklowe Collection Is Back for an Encore at Sotheby’s in May. Can the $200 Million Trove Ignite the Same Fireworks? The first sale of the epic collection assembled by Linda and Harry Macklowe delivered more than $675 million. By Katya Kazakina, Feb 18, 2022
Wet Paint Michael Xufu Huang’s Cecily Brown Gets Flipped (Again!), a Dealer Who Hates NFTs Is Making $$$ on NFTs, and More Art-World Gossip Plus, which Hauser and Wirth employee got to enjoy the Super Bowl live? And Sarah Hoover takes us on a tour of her life. By Annie Armstrong, Feb 17, 2022
