Artnet News Pro Which Country Had the Most Lucrative Art Market in the World Last Month? We Crunched the Numbers—and the Results Are Revealing The results are emblematic of an art market in which the sands of power are shifting fast. By Julia Halperin, Jul 25, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Return to Form This week: the eerie familiarity of the “new normal,” U.S. dealers regain their footing, the Rubells’ always-churning star machine, and more. By Tim Schneider, Jul 23, 2021
Wet Paint The Dark Twisted Story Behind Kanye’s Louise Bourgeois Album Cover, Farewell From Your Wet Paint Scribe, and More Art-World Gossip What a-listers hung out in the Hamptons, Aspen, and Cannes? What artist will be on the jury of the Venice Film Festival? Read on for answers. By Nate Freeman, Jul 23, 2021
The Art Detective A Behind-the-Scenes Look at How the Art World’s Most Coveted Residency Chooses Its Artists—and Who’s Up Next This December, the Rubell Museum of Art will unveil the work created by three sought-after artists during its pandemic-era residency. By Katya Kazakina, Jul 22, 2021
Artnet News Pro ‘The Local Is the New Global’: How Hauser and Wirth’s New Menorca Outpost Offers Clues to the Future of the Art Market The mega-gallery is keen to develop the sleepy Balearic island into an art world destination. By Naomi Rea, Jul 21, 2021
The Gray Market Why U.S. Business Trends Suggest the Pandemic Changed Far Less Than Predicted About the Art Market (and Other Insights) Our columnist shows how 2021 is defying popular predictions about remote work and urban migration in epicenters of U.S. wealth. By Tim Schneider, Jul 20, 2021
Artnet News Pro We Went Behind the Scenes With the Art Dealers Looking to Make Millions in Monaco, the Elite City-State Smaller Than Central Park The annual art fair—plus a wave of new pop-ups—fills a void left by the dearth of museums. By Kate Brown, Jul 20, 2021
Kenny Schachter In the Wild West of NFTs, Kenny Schachter Rubs Shoulders With Jay-Z, Crypto Grifters, Dodgy Doppelgangers, and Some Very Pricey Socks It's getting weirder and more wonderful in crypto-land every minute, and our columnist is along for the ride. By Kenny Schachter, Jul 19, 2021
Artnet News Pro Art Shipping in the Age of COVID Is More Expensive and Complicated Than Ever—and a Return to ‘Normal’ Remains Very Far Away Advisors and art dealers are facing new logistical challenges as shippers urge patience. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 18, 2021
The Back Room The Back Room: Go Figure The flagging(?) market for figurative art, Hunter Biden as artist’s rights case study, Christie’s private-sales surge, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Jul 16, 2021
Wet Paint Francesco Bonami Faces Backlash Over Bizarre Video, Sneakerhead Flips Nikes for Record Price, & More Juicy Art World Gossip What collectors were at Larry Gagosian's starry bash in Capri? Which billionaire bought a $23 million Christopher Wool? Read on for answers. By Nate Freeman, Jul 15, 2021
Artnet News Pro Here Are the 15 Most Expensive Artworks Sold at Auction Around the World in June 2021 We combed the data to find the top 15 lots of June 2021. By Artnet News, Jul 15, 2021
The Art Detective The Lockdown Made Collectors Even Hungrier for Paintings of the Human Form. Is Figuration Fatigue Coming Next? After a year of looking at art on cell-phone screens, advisors and dealers are hoping collectors will broaden their interests. By Katya Kazakina, Jul 15, 2021
Artnet News Pro Phillips London Just Set Nearly 20 Auction Records for Emerging Artists in Its $8.8 Million ‘New Now’ Sale But the top lot of the night—an Andy Warhol flower work—comes as no surprise. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 14, 2021
Artnet News Pro Lehmann Maupin Gallery Has Inked an Exclusive Partnership With the Winklevoss Twins’s Gemini to Accept Cryptocurrency for Art The gallery hopes the move will lure new and younger buyers. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 14, 2021
