Artnet News Pro This Mega-Collector Bought $100 Million Worth of Art at Last Week’s Auctions, Including Basquiat’s $50 Million Take on the Medicis The same buyer also offloaded a few lower-priced works. By Katya Kazakina, May 20, 2021
The Art Detective The Dawn of the ‘Art Bros’: How Keyed-In Gen Z Investors Are Moving the Markets for Emerging Artists From Their Laptops Against the backdrop of a democratization of the financial world, a new, profit-hungry generation of buyers is betting on art. By Katya Kazakina, May 19, 2021
Artnet News Pro What Is Driving Hong Kong’s Latest Auction Boom? Our Data Provides an Answer We read the tea leaves in data from the Artnet Price Database to give you a sense of what's in store. By Julia Halperin, May 19, 2021
Artnet News Pro The Newark Museum’s Hugely Controversial Sotheby’s Sale Nets the Institution $5.9 Million, Even as Three Works Fail to Meet Expectations The sale was widely criticized by current and former museum directors. By Eileen Kinsella, May 19, 2021
The Gray Market Why the Art Market Is Colliding With Investors’ Biggest, Weirdest New Fixation (and No, It’s Not Crypto) Our columnist connects the dots between SPACs, NFTs, Paul Ryan, Emily Ratajkowski, and, of course, New Jersey’s Hometown Deli. By Tim Schneider, May 18, 2021
Artnet News Pro Meet the New Generation of Young, Obscenely Wealthy, and Totally Obsessed Collectors Who Are Upending Asia’s Art Market Work by young international artists is going gangbusters in Hong Kong. The demand is largely fueled by collectors under 45. By Vivienne Chow, May 18, 2021
Artnet News Pro Who Bought Elizabeth Peyton’s $2.1 Million David Bowie Portrait at Sotheby’s? This NFT Collector Diversifying Into Blue-Chip Art Dealers and auction houses hope that more crypto millionaires will transition into traditional collecting categories. By Katya Kazakina, May 18, 2021
Artnet News Pro Hot Lots: 6 Artworks That Completely Upended Expectations During Last Week’s New York Day Sales The evening sales get all the attention. But it's at the day sales where market stars are born. By Nate Freeman, May 17, 2021
Kenny Schachter Are NFTs a Shrinking Market… or the Next Amazon? Kenny Schachter Wages War With Crypto-Cynics and One Incomprehensible NFT Terrorist Our columnist is back with his first outing on Artnet News Pro—and, don't you know it, he has some thoughts to share on NFTs. By Kenny Schachter, May 16, 2021
Artnet News Pro Who Won New York’s Spring Auction Week? Here Are 9 Important Takeaways From the $1.3 Billion Resurgence of the Art Market From the emergence of a talented new auctioneer, to the biggest flop of the week, here are our parting observations from last week's extravaganza. By Artnet News, May 16, 2021
Wet Paint Wet Paint: West Coast Power Broker David Kordansky Expands to New York, Cryptopunks Buyers Revealed, & More Art-World Gossip What consignor saw their Jonas Wood increase in value by 14,000 percent? What fair has a new Asia edition to reveal next week? Read on for answers. By Nate Freeman, May 14, 2021
The Art Detective Revealed: The Biggest Consignors to This Week’s Spring Auctions, From a Blue-Chip Artist to a Financier Offloading 19 Works We bring you the inside scoop on who is selling what. By Katya Kazakina, May 12, 2021
Artnet News Pro ‘He’s Like a Puppet-Master’: How Frank Bowling Is Directing the Production of His Art—and His Market—in His Twilight Years Bowling's market is expected to reach new benchmarks as he debuts with mega-gallery Hauser & Wirth. By Naomi Rea, May 12, 2021
The Gray Market What Spotify’s Broken Artist-Royalty Model Can Teach Us About Inequities in the Art Market (and Other Insights) Our columnist investigates the British government's dust-up with the music-streaming service and what it can teach the art world. By Tim Schneider, May 11, 2021
Market Which Country’s Art Market Is Bouncing Back From Lockdown Better Than Ever? We Crunched the Numbers We read the tea leaves in data from the Artnet Price Database to give you a sense of what's in store. By Julia Halperin, May 10, 2021
