Auctions Depressing New Report Finds That Women Artists Accounted for Just 16 Percent of NFT Sales Over the Past 21 Months The numbers are terrible—but are actually better than the traditional fine art market. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 5, 2021
Art Fairs Artissima, the Italian Contemporary Fair, Serves Up Substantial, Risk-Taking Works for Its Target Audience of Art Cognoscenti Curators, collectors, and gallerists reunited after a year of upheaval at the Italian fair known for edgy experimentation. By Vivienne Chow, Nov 5, 2021
Pop Culture Justin Bieber’s Lawyers Tried to Shut Down a Gallery Show by an Artist Impersonating the Pop Star to Sell $100,000 Paintings Brian Whiteley purported to be Bieber for a show at "Harry Gablowisan." By Sarah Cascone, Nov 4, 2021
Art History Why Does George Bellows Matter Today? A New Research Center Argues the Artist Embodies All of America’s Contradictions The new George Bellows Center will support scholarship to bring complexity to his legacy. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 4, 2021
Art Fairs 7 Extraordinary Artworks to Seek Out at the Newly Returned ADAA Art Show in New York Here are the works that caught our eye at the newly-returned and much-loved New York fair. By Artnet News, Nov 4, 2021
Galleries Jónsi, the Lead Singer of Sigur Rós, Aims to Recreate the Sight, Sound, and Smell of a Volcanic Eruption in His New Gallery Show The Icelandic artist fuses music with sound effect and has even created customized scents using a 'perfume organ.' By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 3, 2021
Artnet News Pro A Buyer’s Guide to the Breakout Stars of MoMA PS1’s ‘Greater New York’: Who They Are and Where to Find Them We highlight seven artists in the this year's "Greater New York" quinquennial, whose works engage with everything from street trash to UFOs. By Artnet News, Nov 3, 2021
Art History A Dutch Painting, Once Stolen in an Infamous Art Heist, May Actually Be a Previously Unknown Rembrandt Viewers can decide for themselves in an exhibition currently on view in Gotha, Germany. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 3, 2021
Buyer's Guide Artissima, Italy’s Leading Contemporary Art Fair, Returns With an Unexpected Focus: India The fair's special feature 'Hub India' will showcase work by 65 contemporary artists from the subcontinent. By Artnet Gallery Network, Nov 3, 2021
Studio Visit Japanese ‘Girly Photo’ Artist Mika Ninagawa on Taking Baths When She’s Creatively Blocked The photographer and filmmaker recently debuted a new show of floral-focused imagery with Van Cleef & Arpels. By Artnet News, Nov 2, 2021
Pop Culture Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds Will Face Off as Dueling Art Thieves in the New Heist Flick ‘Red Notice’—Watch the Trailer Here Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson also co-stars. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 2, 2021
Crime In a Shift, Notorious Art Dealer Inigo Philbrick Set to Plead Guilty to Criminal Charges in Federal Court This Week It remains to be seen what type of prison sentence is handed down. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 1, 2021
Museums & Institutions ‘Their Cuteness Allows Them to Speak Truth to Power’: A Museum Show in New York Highlights the Surprising Cultural Influence of Puppets Don't miss the massive puppet costumes from the Village Halloween Parade. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 29, 2021
Auctions A 98-Year-Old Widow Sold a $100 Eames Cabinet She Didn’t Even Like for $48,000, a New Auction Record The rare cabinet may be among fewer than half a dozen surviving examples. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 28, 2021
Museums & Institutions After Six Decades, Judy Chicago Is Finally Getting Her First Retrospective (and ‘The Dinner Party’ Isn’t in It) The show is up now at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 28, 2021
