Tag: Market
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Is Betting on the Art Market a Terrible Idea?
Amid heightened scrutiny over insider trading and state gambling regulations, the prediction market platform Kalshi has ventured into the rarefied space where fine art and big money meet, launching a section dedicated to art markets. In addition to gambling — or engaging in “trading on the outcome of future events,” as Kalshi puts it — read more
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High-End Art Market Not Exclusive Enough For You? Now There’s an Art Show Aboard a 236-Foot Yacht Featuring Marina Abramović and Shirin Neshat
If, unfortunate reader, you’re licking your wounds after being outbid on the $181.2 million Jackson Pollock at the New York auctions last month, take heart: you, too, can still buy access to art that will be seen only by the world’s precious few wealthiest. That’s because now there is a hyper-exclusive, “museum-grade” art show aboard read more
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Bounce Watch: Building the intelligence layer for faster market decisions
Finding information is no longer the main challenge, as most companies today have access to more market data than ever before. Identifying the right signals early enough to act on them is another story. That is the gap Bounce Watch aims to address. Founded in 2023 by Cem Otkun (CEO) and Sedat Yusuf Ergunes (CTO), read more
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At Independent, Joel Mesler’s ‘Death Wish’ Is Part Art Exhibit, Part Market Experiment
At a coffee shop in Little Italy late last month, Joel Mesler leaned back in his chair and started explaining how he used to sell art in New York. Back when he was running galleries in the Lower East Side in the late 2000s and early 2010s, he said, deals often came together late at read more
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Ceramics Are Everywhere, in Museums, Galleries, and Fairs—Has the Market Caught Up?
Lately, art fans in the three biggest cities in the US (and no doubt elsewhere) have found themselves surrounded by ceramics. At museums, galleries, and fairs, artists working in this ancient medium are showing work ranging from classic forms like cups and vases to figurative and abstract sculpture. Allow us to start with a litany read more
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Starling no plans to enter “massively overserved” US retail banking market
Starling Bank has no plans to enter the “massively overserved” US retail banking market, but will focus its US expansion on its business-to-business offering instead, says its chief financial officer. The UK challenger bank is looking to establish itself in the US, to diversify and grow its revenues, and is looking at buying a US read more
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Italy’s venture market finds its rhythm after record 2025
Italy’s venture capital ecosystem is accelerating, with $1.7 billion raised in 2025 and a further $249 million deployed in Q1 2026, according to new Dealroom data released by tech conference Wave by Vento. The 2025 total marks Italy’s second strongest year on record, while Q1 2026 significantly outpaces previous years, up from $109 million in read more
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The Met is Finally Treating Lee Krasner as Pollock’s Equal—Will the Market Follow?
Editor’s Note:This story originally appeared inOn Balance,the ARTnewsnewsletter about the art market and beyond.Sign up hereto receive it every Wednesday. The Metropolitan Museum of Art says its upcoming exhibition, “Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous,” is a “story of equals.” Set to open in October, the survey brings together 120 works by more than 80 lenders, read more
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Beowolff Combines Artsy and Artnet in Digital Art Market Push
Artsy and Artnet are being brought under the same leadership, consolidating two of the art world’s largest online platforms across data, media, auctions, and e-commerce. The companies said Wednesday that they will continue to operate as separate brands, even as they combine their underlying infrastructure and data. The move follows Beowolff Capital’s acquisition of a read more
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Brix raises $5.5M to support the tokenisation of emerging market assets
Brix, a fintech platform focused on bringing emerging market financial assets on-chain, has raised $5.5 million in a funding round. The round included participation from global financial institutions and Web3 investors, including FRWRD Ventures, Circle Ventures, ConsenSys, Webrazzi Ventures, Borderless Capital, and Paribu Ventures. Angel investors Kemal Kaya, Fevzi Güngör, and Sertaç Özinal also participated. read more
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Monzo to exit US market
Monzoisclosing its US banking operations after struggling to gain traction in the market, and will instead focus on its core UK and European business. The UK digital bank, famed for its bright coral cards, will stop onboarding new customers and lay off about 50 employees in the US, according to a report in Bloomberg. US read more
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Private Messages Reveal Lead Up to Canceled Anti-ICE Show at North Texas Uni, Art Market Edges Back to Growth: Morning Links for March 12, 2026
To receiveMorning Linksin your inbox every weekday,signupfor ourBreakfast with ARTnewsnewsletter. The Headlines SORRY, NOT SORRY. Newly revealed text messages and emails shed more light on what happened before University of North Texas (UNT) leaders decided to cancel an anti-ICE exhibition by Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez. Adam Schrader reports for Urgent Matter that the communications, obtained through read more
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After Two Years of Decline, the Art Market Edges Back to Growth, Says 2026 Art Basel UBS Report
The global art market clawed its way back to modest growth in 2025, reaching an estimated$59.6 billion in sales, according to the latestArt Basel and UBS Art Market Report, by economist Clare McAndrew of Arts Economics. The total represents a4 percent increase from the previous year, breaking a two-year slide in sales—though the market still read more
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At Making Their Mark Forum, Art Figures Debate Gender Inequities in the Market and the Museum
Four years ago, when Komal Shah conceived a forum to celebrate female artists and address enduring gender inequities in the art world, she thought she’d be convening attendees in Washington, D.C., in the glow of Kamala Harris’s White House. Instead, the forum took place against a political backdrop openly hostile toward diversity in the arts. read more
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The US Art Market Is Stabilizing—but It’s a Different Market Now, Per New Bank of America Report
The US art market showed signs of life in 2025. Auction sales rose 23 percent from the previous year to about $3.17 billion, according toa new reportfrom Bank of America and the analytics firm ArtTactic. But the rebound did not come from a surge in demand. Instead, it was driven largely by major estate consignments, read more
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Thema secures $6.2M to support mapping of market expansion opportunities for private equity
London-based Thema has secured $6.2 million to address gaps in how private equity firms assess portfolio risk and plan expansion strategy amid shifting software market valuations. The total includes $4.5 million in pre-seed funding from a round led by Stride.vc, with participation from KDX, Capital Allocators, and angel investors with backgrounds in private equity, investment read more
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Newsmakers: Enzo, a Small Art Fair, Could Have a Big Impact on the LA Market
Editor’s Note:This story is part ofNewsmakers, an ARTnews series featuring conversations with the figures shaping how the art world is changing right now. This year sees the introduction of two new major fairs: Art Basel Qatar earlier this month and Frieze Abu Dhabi in November. Those enterprises will almost certainly have an important impact on read more
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US Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump Tariffs That Had a Tumultuous Effect on the Art Market
Last year was marked by the uncertainty and disruption of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, which caused tumult in the art market. Now, just over a year after Trump signed executive orders imposing tariffs on major US trading partners Canada, Mexico, and China, the Supreme Court ruled to to strike down most of them. In read more
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See Frank Lloyd Wright’s Circular Sun House on the Market for $8.8 M.
Frank Lloyd Wright’s so-called Circular Sun House—the last design completed by the famed architect before his death in 1959—is up for sale for $8.8 million. The look is sleek and futuristic, with consummate rhythm and flow. The setting is a hilltop in Phoenix that offers breathtaking views of Palm Canyon and the sun-streaked city below. read more
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Art Market Sentiment Is Up for 2026, But the Recovery Has a Very Specific Shape
The art market is heading into 2026 in a better mood than it’s been in years, according to a newGlobal Art Market Outlookreport from research firm ArtTactic. After a long hangover following the 2022 peak, confidence is back, selectively, cautiously, and with clear favorites. More than half of art market participants now expect the market read more
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