Wet Paint Pornhub Deletes Hardcore Art-Historical Pornography, Collectors Forge Vaccine Cards, and More Juicy Art-World Gossip Which auction house chased away patrons with fake vaccine cards? Which collector's golf club is an art haven? Read on for answers. By Annie Armstrong, Aug 13, 2021
The Art Detective Inside the Epic Auction-House Battle to Win Divorcing Couple Harry and Linda Macklowe’s Peerless $700 Million Art Collection Find out which auction house has the edge on selling off the collection that has set art-market tongues wagging for years. By Katya Kazakina, Aug 11, 2021
Artnet News Pro Here Are the 15 Most Expensive Artworks Sold at Auction Around the World in July 2021 We combed through the data to bring you the top lots sold around the world last month. By Artnet News, Aug 11, 2021
The Gray Market Why Real Art Market Innovation Has Been Shamefully Scarce Even in the Face of the Pandemic (and Other Insights) Our columnist looks at the post-shutdown landscape and finds too many players too satisfied with making just enough changes to get by. By Tim Schneider, Aug 10, 2021
Artnet News Pro An NFT Startup Is Selling What It Calls a Genuine Claude Monet for $2 Million. The Problem? It May Not Be Real The work's provenance can allegedly be traced from Northern Ireland to Cuba to Mexico to Miami. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 10, 2021
Artnet News Pro Traveling to Art Basel This Fall? Here Are the Latest Health Requirements for Visitors From Around the World Check this list again for updates. By Kate Brown, Aug 10, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Rocky Mountain High This week in the Back Room: Aspen’s ascent, Phillips’s private sales peak, a museum board’s reckoning, and much more By Tim Schneider, Aug 6, 2021
Wet Paint Wet Paint: Emily Ratajkowski Actually Commissioned That Richard Prince Portrait She Said Was ‘Taken From Me,’ and More Art World Gossip Which former SNL star was at California's newest cultural hub? Which artists are getting in on the World Series of Poker? Read on for answers. By Annie Armstrong, Aug 5, 2021
The Art Detective ‘You Go Where the Money Is’: How Wealthy Collectors Led Top Art Dealers to Aspen, the Industry’s Newest Haven “This is without a doubt the busiest it’s ever been,” one dealer told Arnet News. By Katya Kazakina, Aug 5, 2021
Artnet News Pro Art Dealers at Intersect Aspen Say the Pop-Up Fair Was a Roaring Success—and a Great Chance to Finally See Collectors Again "Where better to be than Aspen?” one dealer asked. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 3, 2021
The Gray Market How France’s Plan to Give Teens Free Cash to Spend on Culture Exposes the Art World’s Deepest Anxieties (and Other Insights) Our columnist surveys the French government's Culture Pass initiative to discover what it can tell us about snobbery in the art world. By Tim Schneider, Aug 3, 2021
Artnet News Pro Running a Famous Artist’s Estate Is a Maze of Infighting and Deal-Making. Here’s How the Rothkos and Other Families Do It Children weigh in on dealing with their famous parents’ cultural heritage. By Maïa Morgensztern, Aug 2, 2021
Artnet News Pro Simon de Pury on How Trailblazing Hip Hop Stars Kanye West, Pharrell Williams and Jay-Z Built Bridges Between the Worlds of Music and Art The auctioneer charts the unlikely melding of these two worlds. By Simon de Pury, Aug 1, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Once Upon a Time in the West A former LA textile mill churns out art stars, the law catches up to a scandalous SoCal dealer, Gagosian goes big online (again), and more. By Tim Schneider, Jul 30, 2021
Artnet News Pro Art Dealers Are Repping Their Local Roots at Felix L.A. and the City’s First Gallery Weekend—and Sales Are Coming in ‘Like a Firehose’ Los Angeles, the U.S. art epicenter that's been slowest to reopen, is back in business. By Nate Freeman, Jul 30, 2021