Auctions Oops! Bill Acquavella Just Blew the Lid on a Multi-Million Basquiat Slated for Christie’s Auction in November You never know where you will find auction intel. By Katya Kazakina, 5 hours ago
The Art Detective A ‘Tsunami of Lawsuits’ Hits the Art World as Money Gets Tight, Regulators Descend, and the Music Finally Stops Why is the art world suddenly airing its dirty laundry? By Katya Kazakina, 2 days ago
The Art Detective Armory Week’s Lackluster Commerce Wasn’t Happy News for the Art Market. But the Real Test Is Yet to Come Despite the New York fairs' effort to put on a brave face, quiet aisles and slow sales were notable across the city. By Katya Kazakina, Sep 15, 2023
The Art Detective In a Jittery Market, a Glut of Art Fairs Is Again Putting Galleries Through the Wringer—With No End in Sight Remember when a crammed calendar of global art fairs drove art dealers to desperation? Well, it's ba-aack. By Katya Kazakina, Sep 8, 2023
Auctions Christie’s Cancels the Heidi Horten Jewelry Sales, Following Months of ‘Intense Scrutiny’ Over the Nazi Roots of the Late Austrian Heiress’s Wealth In May, the auction house sold a record-setting $202 million of Horten’s jewels. By Katya Kazakina, Aug 31, 2023
The Art Detective Billionaire Financier Thomas H. Lee’s Heirs Are Selling His Art Privately After His Suicide. Public Filings Show He Leveraged the Heck Out of It, Too The late leveraged-buyout tycoon's loan agreements show he was a pioneer in leveraging art as well, almost from the beginning. By Katya Kazakina, Aug 25, 2023
Auctions The Billionaire Founders of China’s Long Museum Plan to Sell Off an Estimated $150 Million Worth of Art at Sotheby’s This Fall It is not yet clear what has spurred the Long Museum's founder Liu Yiqian and his wife Wang Wei to sell off a part of their collection. By Vivienne Chow & Katya Kazakina, Aug 22, 2023
Analysis 6 Questions with Art Advisor Saara Pritchard About the Fate of the Post-War and Contemporary Art Market The New York art advisor also weighs in on the new vogue for American Realism. By Katya Kazakina, Aug 21, 2023
The Art Detective Once Celebrated and Then Forgotten, the French Artist Marie Laurencin Is About to Step Into the Limelight Again, Seven Decades After Her Death With a sensational biography fit for Hollywood and an artistic style that feels utterly today, the Modernist painter is poised to have a big moment. By Katya Kazakina, Aug 18, 2023
Art World LGDR Gallery Splits Up After Less than Two Years as Founding Partner Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn Departs Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn will resume operating Salon 94. By Katya Kazakina, Aug 18, 2023
Analysis The Art Market Has Taken a Hit. Are We About to Enter Bargain City? The exuberance that gripped the art trade for the past two years has dissolved. Here’s how to get an edge in the buyer’s market. By Katya Kazakina, Aug 11, 2023
The Art Detective Digging Into David Zwirner’s Messy Chelsea Gallery Development Deal That Wasn’t The developer's LLC connected to the stillborn project filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last week. By Katya Kazakina, Aug 10, 2023
The Art Detective He Was the Legendary Impresario Who Put Jean-Michel Basquiat on the Map. But Now Former Friends Reveal Another, Darker Side of Diego Cortez Years after the events took place, denizens of the art world are still reckoning with the dealer's complex legacy. By Katya Kazakina, Jul 28, 2023
The Art Detective Who Bought the Mysterious Klimt at Sotheby’s? An Equally Enigmatic Hong Kong Power Broker, Some Believe Sold by one shadowy entity and purchased by another, will the masterwork's fate ever truly be known? By Katya Kazakina, Jul 15, 2023
Art World The Tel Aviv Museum of Art Is Reviewing Its $670,000 Donation by Austrian Billionaire Ingrid Flick, Whose Fortune Is Rooted in Nazi Crimes The decade-old donation is receiving fresh scrutiny. By Katya Kazakina, Jul 13, 2023