Alexandra Peers

Alexandra Peers has written extensively on the art world, principally for The Wall Street Journal, but also New York magazine, CNN.com, and Vanity Fair.

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PAYING UP

Who’ll Get the Warhols? The Divorces Behind Art’s Mega-Sales

The $250 million estate sale of Anne Bass goes on the auction block Thursday at Christie’s. It’s not the only uber-monied art collection going up for sale.

Alexandra Peers

LEGENDARY

Tupac Shakur’s Private Life Goes Up for Sale at Sotheby’s

Poetry, love letters, and personal memorabilia owned by Shakur is valued at over $350,000. The Sotheby’s auction seeks to document “the art and influence of hip hop culture.”

Alexandra Peers

‘FREE ANNA DELVEY!’

Anna Sorokin Phones It in to Become an Art World Darling

“I’m making work right now for my solo show,” Anna Sorokin told The Daily Beast from custody, as she called in to an art event held in her name on New York City’s Lower East Side.

Alexandra Peers

FREE TO DRAW

Goodbye Anna Delvey, Scammer. Hello Anna Sorokin, Artist.

A new art show purports to be not just in support of Anna Sorokin, but also feature work of hers created in jail. Does she hope becoming an artist could save her from deportation?

Alexandra Peers

MONEY, MONEY, MONEY

The Mega-Rich Are Doing Some Serious Shopping at Art Basel

At Art Basel Miami Beach, the Black-Friday-meets-spring-break of the art industry, COVID initially chilled the mood—but not sales, and certainly not the event’s sybaritic pursuits.

Alexandra Peers

Alexandra Peers

Who’ll Get the Warhols? The Divorces Behind Art’s Mega-Sales

Tupac Shakur’s Private Life Goes Up for Sale at Sotheby’s

Anna Sorokin Phones It in to Become an Art World Darling

Goodbye Anna Delvey, Scammer. Hello Anna Sorokin, Artist.

The Mega-Rich Are Doing Some Serious Shopping at Art Basel

The Super-Rich Descend on Art Basel Miami, COVID Be Damned

Too Much Marina Abramovic?

Who Won 'The Scream'?

The Art of Friendship

Vermeer's Naughty Milkmaid