NFTs How Digital Artist William Mapan Adapted an Early Paul Klee Abstract Drawing Into a Generative Series of Vivid Aerial Landscapes The collection drops September 12 as part of LACMA's blockchain initiative. By Min Chen, Aug 30, 2023
NFTs Melania Trump Has Released an Apollo 11-Themed NFT That May Violate NASA’s Merchandising Policy The NFT features the iconic image of astronaut Buzz Aldrin walking on the surface of the moon. By Adam Schrader, Jul 20, 2023
Auctions Christie’s Reports Global Sales Dropped 23 Percent in the First Half of the Year To be sure, 2022's stellar line-up was tough to replicate. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 12, 2023
NFTs A Crypto Spring? Sotheby’s $11 Million NFT Sale Renews Hope for the Battered Market—But There Are Caveats A single work from Dmitri Cherniak made up half the sale's total. By Richard Whiddington, Jun 16, 2023
NFTs Generative Artist Emily Xie Has Created a Series of 100 NFTs Based on a 100-Year-Old Quilt in LACMA’s Collection The project is the latest to emerge from the museum's blockchain initiative. By Richard Whiddington, Jun 8, 2023
Art & Tech ‘I Have Sold More Than $30 Million in NFTs’: Iconoclastic Digital Artist Refik Anadol in Conversation With Collector Adam Lindemann The pair discuss NFTs, digital collecting, and the role of A.I. in art futures. By Adam Lindemann, May 2, 2023
Auctions Sotheby’s Hong Kong Evening Sale Brings In a Respectable $85.5 Million, Fueled by a Strong Demand for Ultra-Contemporary Art Artist records were set for Matthew Wong, Pang Jiun, Loie Hollowell, among others. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 5, 2023
Analysis The Latest UBS Art Basel Report Puts the Global Art Market at $67.8 Billion, Indicating Modest Growth Amid Economic Uncertainty The art market, while still top-heavy, defied much of the ongoing global and economic volatility in 2022. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 3, 2023
Law & Politics A U.S. Court Has Handed a Legal Victory to Digital Artist Kevin McCoy in an Ownership Challenge Over the First-Ever NFT The judge called the lawsuit an attempt to 'exploit' questions of open ownership. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 22, 2023
Art World Here Are the 9 Biggest Art-World Controversies of 2022, From Climate Activists Attacking Masterworks to A.I. Replacing Artists So much outrage. By Eileen Kinsella & Taylor Dafoe, Dec 26, 2022
NFTs Is Twitter’s Future Under Elon Musk Filled With NFTs? Its Latest Feature Allows Users to Buy and Sell Crypto Art Via Tweet The platform's new integration may point to where the social media company is headed. By Richard Whiddington, Oct 28, 2022
NFTs With NFT Prices Cratering, Can ‘Phygital’ Art Keep Collectors From Walking Away? Could the noted rise of "phygital art—a contested and even loathed term—mark a renaissance for the battered NFT market? By Dorian Batycka, Sep 26, 2022
NFTs Avid Crowds of Damien Hirst Fans Showed Up for the IRL Conclusion to the Artist’s NFT Experiment. Here’s What They Had to Say Not all were NFT true believers. By Vivienne Chow, Sep 23, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Surreal Season This week: Surrealism surrounds us, art theft meets auto theft, the rise of Danielle Roberts, and much more. By Tim Schneider & Naomi Rea, Sep 16, 2022
NFTs The Boom and the Bust: How NFTs Went the Way of Beanie Babies Have NFTs become the tackiest status symbol? By Amy Castor, Sep 15, 2022
