Knowingly or not, every artist references the history of their craft eventually. Some do it to situate their own work in the lineage of greats, others to question the monolithic …
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6 Questions with Art Advisor Saara Pritchard About the Fate of the Post-War and Contemporary Art Market
This article is part of the Artnet Intelligence Report Mid-Year Review 2023. Marking five years of our biannual Intelligence Reports, this inaugural half-year edition paints a data-driven picture of today’s …
Sotheby’s U.K. Profit Dropped By 24 Percent Last Year, With Brexit the Likely Culprit
Sotheby’s reported a 24 percent year-on-year decline in profit for its U.K. operation in 2022, citing art market and global economic uncertainties, as well as increased red tape as a …
Simon de Pury on How Larry Gagosian Created the Sexiest Brand in the Art Market, and His Theory on the Much-Debated Plans for Succession
Every month in The Hammer, art-industry veteran Simon de Pury lifts the curtain on his life as the ultimate art-world insider, his brushes with celebrity, and his invaluable insight into …
London’s International Slavery Museum Becomes the Latest Institution to Cut Ties With Disgraced Starchitect David Adjaye
Liverpool’s International Slavery Museum is the latest cultural institution to cut ties with Adjaye Associates, more than a month after the Financial Times reported on serious accusations of sexual misconduct …
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A Connecticut Man Has Pleaded Guilty to Forging and Selling 145 Fake Peter Max Paintings
A 29-year-old owner of an estate sales company has pleaded guilty to selling fake Peter Max paintings, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut announced. Between April 2020 …
Can a Digital Artwork Outlast a 19th-Century Painting? The Answer Is Complicated as Artists, Dealers, and Conservators Battle Obsolescence in the Field
At a recent exhibition of digital art by Jake Elwes at Gazelli Art House in London, not every exhibit was in working order. Digital Whispers, programmed in 2016 to pick …
A Former Cashier at the Beyeler Foundation Must Pay Back More Than $1 Million for Embezzlement Scheme
A former cashier at the Fondation Beyeler in Basel, Switzerland, has been convicted of embezzling almost CHF 900,000 ($1 million). An internal investigation showed that the unnamed 54-year old woman …
Frieze buys The Armory Show and Expo Chicago
The London-based franchise expands further into the US market with the acquisition of two of its largest fairs Courtesy The Armory Show The art fair and media franchise Frieze has …