Artnet News Pro Phillips Executive David Norman Joins the Wave of Auction-House Veterans Leaving to Become Independent Art Advisors Norman worked at Phillips for three years after a long chapter at Sotheby's. By Katya Kazakina, Jul 11, 2022
The Art Detective Asian Collectors Were on the Bleeding Edge of the Recent Art-Market Boom. Now, They’re Pumping the Brakes The most recent contemporary-art evening sales in Hong Kong were down a combined 30 percent from a year earlier. By Katya Kazakina, Jul 8, 2022
The Art Detective Young Female Artists Are Finally Getting Some Art-Market Traction—But Their Predecessors Remain Scandalously Undervalued Work by female artists born between 1930 and 1975 accounted for just 5.3 percent of the $16.7 billion in auction sales in the past five years. By Katya Kazakina, Jul 5, 2022
Auctions Phillips’s Trim Summer London Sale Generates $21.3 Million, Less Than Half the 2019 Total, as the Art Market Enters a Phase of Caution The market for work by young artists appears to be getting more choosy. By Katya Kazakina, Jun 30, 2022
The Art Detective I’ve Seen a Lot of Money Grabs in My Career as an Art Market Reporter. NFT.NYC Topped Them All The crypto world and the art world are both built on a desire for access. What happens when they collide? By Katya Kazakina, Jun 24, 2022
The Art Detective Has the Art Market Peaked? Here Are 3 Signs Experts Are Watching for as a Recession Looms It’s not a matter of if, but when and how bad it’s going to hit. By Katya Kazakina, Jun 17, 2022
Art World The Brooklyn Museum Sold a Francis Bacon Pope in 2019 for $6.6 Million. Helly Nahmad Is Selling It at Art Basel for More Than Twice That The 1958 canvas was offered for $15 million. By Katya Kazakina, Jun 14, 2022
Art Fairs A $40 Million Spider Sculpture by Louise Bourgeois Is the Priciest Sale Reported During Art Basel’s Bustling VIP Preview The preview drew top collectors including Leon Black, Uli Sigg, and Richard Chang. By Katya Kazakina, Jun 14, 2022
The Art Detective When Power Advisor Allan Schwartzman Left Sotheby’s, Everyone Wondered What Was Next. Now He’s Ready for the Big Reveal The advisor unveils his vision for a new kind of art advisory that caters not only to collectors, but to artists and museums. By Katya Kazakina, Jun 10, 2022
The Art Detective At the Peak of His Career, Simon Hantaï Stopped Selling His Art. Now, A Powerful Network Wants to Rebuild His Market The Fondation Louis Vuitton opened a centenary Hantaï exhibition in Paris last week. By Katya Kazakina, May 27, 2022
The Art Detective The Surprising New Record for Ernie Barnes Didn’t Come From Left Field. We Deconstruct the Playbook for Selling ‘The Sugar Shack’ How the players pulled off a jaw-dropping sale that is already reshaping the artist's market. By Katya Kazakina, May 20, 2022
NFTs ‘I Thought It Was a Good Time to Buy’: Adam Lindemann on Why He Snapped Up the Beeple Madonna NFT During the Crypto Crash "Madonna is still Madonna," he told Artnet News. By Katya Kazakina, May 20, 2022
Auctions The $922 Million Macklowe Sale at Sotheby’s Displaces the Rockefeller Estate as the Priciest Private Art Trove in Auction History The second chapter of the divorced couple's collection made $246.1 million, exceeding pre-sale expectations. By Katya Kazakina, May 16, 2022
The Art Detective Information Is the Most Valuable Currency in the Art Business. So Is It Any Surprise That Art Galleries Bend the Truth? Information is the most valuable currency in the art world—and dealers know it. By Katya Kazakina, May 16, 2022
Auctions Bidders From Asia and Works by Young Artists Propel Christie’s $103.1 Million 21st-Century Art Auction Ten new records for works by artists including Ewa Juszkiewicz and Joel Mesler were also set. By Katya Kazakina, May 11, 2022