The Art Detective Crypto-Rich Collectors Are Putting Up Their NFTs as Collateral to Get Cold, Hard Cash. But Is It Actually a Good Deal? Banks have charged clients as little as one percent for art loans. An NFT-backed loan can come with a rate of more than 100 percent. By Katya Kazakina, Jan 23, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Law and Order This week, the uncertain limits of resale restrictions, South Korea blasts off, a shared-custody Kusama, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Jan 21, 2022
Wet Paint Lucas Zwirner Is Looking for Love, Tribeca Dealers Sound Alarm on the Mega-Gallery Moving In, and More Juicy Art-World Gossip Plus, which art-world socialite is hanging out with Venus Williams? Which hospitality king is opening up a new shop in New York? By Annie Armstrong, Jan 21, 2022
Kenny Schachter Kenny Schachter Has a Message for All You NFT Skeptics: Crypto Art Just Paid for My IRL New Apartment Our columnist has a bone to pick with one NFT naysayer in particular. By Kenny Schachter, Jan 19, 2022
Kenny Schachter Bonus: Kenny Schachter’s 10 Daring NFT—and Crypto—Predictions for 2022 Our columnist has some visions of the near future to share. By Kenny Schachter, Jan 19, 2022
The Gray Market 4 Burning Questions About Resale Restrictions Ignited by the Market’s Latest Art-Flipping Scandal (and Other Insights) Our columnist parses the very public legal battle between Michael Xufu Huang and Federico Castro Debernardi. By Tim Schneider, Jan 18, 2022
Artnet News Pro Singapore’s S.E.A. Focus Art Fair Is Trying to Woo Young, Crypto-Rich Collectors. But the Buying Is Slow Going The government-backed fair returns to attract a younger generation with NFTs and artist-made films. By Vivienne Chow, Jan 18, 2022
Artnet News Pro The Appraisal: 5 Reasons Why Sotheby’s Is Betting Big on René Magritte On the heels of Sotheby's $60 million consignment, we took a peek at what's been happening in the market for the Belgian Surrealist. By Artnet News, Jan 17, 2022
Artnet News Pro From a Cosmetics Entrepreneur to a Seasoned Cultural Advisor, Meet Five Under-the-Radar Saudi Art Collectors These collectors have been tirelessly working to capture the modern and contemporary history of Saudi Arabia now on the brink of change. By Rebecca Anne Proctor, Jan 16, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Bright Lights, Big Promises This week: new African art in the limelight, the Artist Pension Trust in shambles, Magritte in the record books, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Jan 14, 2022
The Art Detective Emerging African Artists Have Amassed Nearly $65 Million at Auction Since 2019. Some of Them Don’t Even Have Galleries Yet Artists such as Ismail Isshaq and Emmanuel Taku are igniting bidding wars at auction before they've even had a major New York gallery show. By Katya Kazakina, Jan 13, 2022
Artnet News Pro Here Are the 15 Most Expensive Artworks Sold at Auction Around the World in December 2021 We harvested the Price Database to bring you the freshest crop of top lots. By Caroline Goldstein, Jan 13, 2022
Wet Paint Celebrity Daughter Lands Gig at Gagosian, Paul Chan’s New Show Draws Weirdly Intense Backlash, and More Art-World Gossip Plus, which auctioneer denounced lockdown measures on Instagram? Which artist collaborated with Reese's Puffs cereal? Read on for answers. By Annie Armstrong, Jan 12, 2022
The Gray Market Why One Crypto Critic’s Thought Experiment May Actually Point the Way Forward for Digital Art (and Other Insights) Our columnist addresses whether avant-garde NFTs can be the exception to the rule that the internet's next phase will repeat past mistakes. By Tim Schneider, Jan 11, 2022
Artnet News Pro A Buyer’s Guide to the Breakout Stars of the New Museum Triennial: Who They Are and Where to Find Them Here are six stars who made a splash in the closely watched show. By Artnet News, Jan 10, 2022
