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'''Anna Weyant''' (born 1995 |
'''Anna Weyant''' (born 1995) is a Canadian artist based in New York City, whose figurative paintings blend influence from the [[Dutch Golden Age]] with an awareness of contemporary popular culture and social media.<ref name="WSJ writeup" /> |
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Weyant has been represented globally since May 2022 by [[Gagosian Gallery]], owned by [[Larry Gagosian]], whom Weyant was in a relationship with for several years. The artist's relationship to Gagosian has been discussed widely in art publications and news outlets.<ref name="Artnet auction writeup">{{Cite web |last=Kazakina |first=Katya |date=6 May 2022 |title=Rising Star Anna Weyant Has Joined Gagosian, Adding Momentum to Market Drama Playing Out Behind the Scenes |url=https://news.artnet.com/news-pro/anna-weyant-gagosian-auction-2110299 |access-date=30 November 2022 |website=Artnet News |publisher=[[Artnet]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506192244/https://news.artnet.com/news-pro/anna-weyant-gagosian-auction-2110299 |archive-date=6 May 2022|language=en-US|url-access=subscription|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="WSJ writeup">{{Cite web |last=Crow |first=Kelly |date=18 June 2022 |title=Three Years Ago, Her Art Sold for $400 at the Beach. Now It Fetches Up To $1.6 Million at Auction |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/anna-weyant-paintings-larry-gagosian-11655482365 |access-date=30 November 2022 |website=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114141647/https://www.wsj.com/articles/anna-weyant-paintings-larry-gagosian-11655482365 |archive-date=14 November 2022 |language=en-US |url-access=subscription|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Daily Beast writeup" /> |
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== Early life and education == |
== Early life and education == |
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Weyant was born in Calgary, Alberta. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from [[Rhode Island School of Design]] |
Weyant was born in Calgary, Alberta. She graduated with a [[Bachelor of Fine Arts]] from [[Rhode Island School of Design]] in 2017, where she studied painting. She moved to New York where she was joined by her brother, actor Austin Weyant.<ref name="Daily Beast writeup">{{Cite web |last=Holmes |first=Helen |date=May 22, 2022 |title=The Making of Anna Weyant, Art's Hot New Superstar |website=[[The Daily Beast]] |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-making-of-anna-weyant-arts-hot-new-superstar |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108190056/https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-making-of-anna-weyant-arts-hot-new-superstar |archive-date=8 November 2022}}</ref> |
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== Work == |
== Work == |
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Weyant primarily works as figurative painter. Weyant has cited [[Dutch Golden Age painting|Dutch Masters]], as well as contemporary artists like [[John Currin]], as influences. Many of her works depict women rendered in dark, moody scenes.<ref name="ArtNEWS weyant joins gagosian">{{Cite web |last=Greenberger |first=Alex |date=6 May 2022 |title=27-Year-Old Painter Anna Weyant Becomes Youngest Artist to Join Gagosian Amid Rumors of Romantic Relationship |url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/anna-weyant-gagosian-representation-1234627897/ |access-date=30 November 2022 |website=[[ARTnews]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012201418/https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/anna-weyant-gagosian-representation-1234627897/ |archive-date=12 October 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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Among the first works that Weyant exhibited is a sequence of darkly cinematic vignettes depicting a dollhouse and the strange, cloistered lives of its inhabitants. A more recent series deconstructs the representation of American suburbia in made-for-TV movies, casting it as a surreal realm in which violence lurks just beneath the surface. In her still lifes, Weyant depicts flowers and other items in a similarly unsettling light; ''Lily'' (2021), for example, juxtaposes the titular bloom with a revolver bound in gold ribbon.[https://fadmagazine.com/2022/05/06/gagosian-now-represents-painter-anna-weyant/] |
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== Art market == |
== Art market == |
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Weyant was formerly represented by [[Blum & Poe]] but had a falling out with Tim Blum, a director at the gallery, before joining Gagosian Gallery in May 2022.<ref name="WSJ writeup" /> |
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⚫ | In May 2022, Weyant’s ''Falling Woman'' (2020) sold for US$1.62 million at [[Sotheby’s]] in New York.<ref>Scott Reyburn (19 May 2022), [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/19/arts/design/spring-auction-sales-sothebys.html Spring Auction Sales for Two Blockbuster Weeks Top $2.5 Billion] ''[[New York Times]]''.</ref><ref name="Barrons writeup">{{Cite web |last=Schultz |first=Abby |title=Sotheby's Contemporary Sales Break Records, Realizing $283.4 Million |url=https://www.barrons.com/articles/sothebys-contemporary-sales-break-records-realizing-283-4-million-01653010988 |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=www.barrons.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Greenberger |first1=Alex |last2=Villa |first2=Angelica |date=20 May 2022 |title=Women Steal the Show at Sotheby's $283.4 M. Contemporary Art Sales |url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/sothebys-the-now-contemporary-art-sales-may-2022-1234629470/ |access-date=20 May 2022 |website=ARTnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref> ''Falling Woman'' was consigned to sale by Tim Blum, Weyant's former gallerist, in what a reporter for ''[[Artnet|Artnet News]]'' described as a "revenge consignment."<ref name="Artnet auction writeup" /> ''Falling Woman'' is also the featured artwork on the cover of ''[[Big Swiss]]'', a 2023 novel by [[Jen Beagin]]. |
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<big>One Person Exhibitions</big> |
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== Reception and criticism == |
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Discussing the artist's exhibition ''splinter'' (2022) at Blum & Poe, Rae Niwa wrote in ''Flaunt'' that Weyant has a "meticulous approach to color and line," noting that "there is a spaciousness and lightness in the work."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Niwa |first1=Rae |title=ANNA WEYANT - THAT SLIVER IS PAINFUL |url=https://archive.flaunt.com/content/anna-weyant-brave-new-world |website=Flaunt |access-date=30 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130223240/https://archive.flaunt.com/content/anna-weyant-brave-new-world |archive-date=30 November 2022 |date=4 March 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> Conversely, reporter and critic Alex Greenberger, writing for ''[[ARTnews]]'', described Weyant's first solo exhibition with Gagosian Gallery, ''Baby, It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over'' (2022), as "an overly safe dud," labeling the show "just another market-ready figurative painting show in New York by a young painter."<ref name="Artnews Gagosian review">{{cite web |last1=Greenberger |first1=Alex |title=Anna Weyant's Buzzy Gagosian Debut Is an Overly Safe Dud |url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/reviews/anna-weyant-gagosian-review-1234645818/ |website=[[ARTnews]] |access-date=30 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111053219/https://www.artnews.com/art-news/reviews/anna-weyant-gagosian-review-1234645818/ |archive-date=11 November 2022 |date=8 November 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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Prior to joining Gagosian Gallery, the artist's work received very little attention from curators, critics, and the media.<ref name="WSJ writeup" /><ref name="Artnet auction writeup" /> Weyant and her relationship with Larry Gagosian have since been extensively discussed in the media, with several critics connecting the relationship to Weyant's fast rise to prominence and high auction results so early in her career.<ref name="Artnet auction writeup" /><ref name="Daily Beast writeup" /><ref name="WSJ writeup" /> Others, including gallerists and artists supportive of Weyant, have said these claims and criticisms are misogynistic.<ref name="WSJ writeup" /><ref name="Artnet auction writeup" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Marple |first1=Mieke |title=Op-Ed: The Anna Weyant Media Circus Is a Window Into Art World Sexism and Power |url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/opinion/anna-weyant-art-world-sexism-power-larry-gagosian-1234636156/ |website=[[ARTnews]] |access-date=30 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110220619/https://www.artnews.com/art-news/opinion/anna-weyant-art-world-sexism-power-larry-gagosian-1234636156/ |archive-date=10 November 2022 |date=10 August 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Artnet|Artnet News]]'' reported in early 2024 that Weyant and Gagosian had separated, although she continued to be represented by his gallery.<ref name="Artnet break-up">{{cite web |last1=Armstrong |first1=Annie |title=Larry Gagosian and Anna Weyant Call It Quits, Two Dealers Talk N.Y. vs. L.A., and More Juicy Art World Gossip |url=https://news.artnet.com/market/larry-gagosian-anna-weyant-wet-paint-2422951 |website=[[Artnet|Artnet News]] |access-date=15 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125205340/https://news.artnet.com/market/larry-gagosian-anna-weyant-wet-paint-2422951 |archive-date=25 January 2024 |date=25 January 2024 |url-status=live |url-access=limited}}</ref> |
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<big>Group Exhibitions</big> |
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Weyant has been featured in numerous Group Exhibitions between 2017 and 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CV « Anna Weyant « Artists « Blum & Poe |url=https://www.blumandpoe.com/artists/anna_weyant/cv |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=www.blumandpoe.com |language=en}}</ref> Group Exhibitions include: |
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⚫ | Weyant has staged four solo exhibitions: ''Welcome to the Dollhouse'' (2019), [[56 Henry (art gallery)|56 Henry]], New York;<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-04-10|title=Anna Weyant Paints Figures of Playful Rebellion|url=https://www.artofchoice.co/anna-weyant-paints-figures-of-playful-rebellion/|access-date=2020-06-18|website=Art of Choice|language=en-US}}</ref> ''Loose Screw'' (2021), Blum & Poe, [[Los Angeles]];<ref>{{Cite web|title=Loose Screw « Exhibitions « Blum & Poe|url=https://blumandpoe.com/exhibitions/loose_screw|access-date=2021-07-08|website=blumandpoe.com|language=en}}</ref> ''splinter'' (2022), Blum & Poe, [[Tokyo]];<ref>{{Cite web |title=CV « Anna Weyant « Artists « Blum & Poe |url=https://www.blumandpoe.com/artists/anna_weyant/cv |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=www.blumandpoe.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Splinter « Exhibitions « Blum & Poe |url=https://www.blumandpoe.com/exhibitions/anna_weyant |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=www.blumandpoe.com |language=en}}</ref> and ''Baby, It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over'' (2022), Gagosian Gallery, New York.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-09 |title=Anna Weyant: Baby, It Ain't Over Till It's Over, 980 Madison Avenue, New York, November 3–December 23, 2022 |url=https://gagosian.com/exhibitions/2022/anna-weyant-baby-it-aint-over-till-its-over/ |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=Gagosian |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-04 |title=Meet the Youngest Artist Represented by Gagosian |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a41867684/anna-weyants-boticelli-esque-paintings-are-taking-the-art-market-by-storm/ |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=Harper's BAZAAR |language=en-us}}</ref> |
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* ''Women of Now: Dialogues of Memory, Place & Identity'', Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, TX |
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* ''North by Northeast: Contemporary Canadian Painting'', Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY |
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* ''Resurgence'', NYC Culture Club, New York, NY |
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* ''And I Will Wear You in My Heart of Heart'', The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY |
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* ''Friend Zone'', curated by [[Vaughn Spann]], Half Gallery, New York, NY |
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'''2020''' |
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* ''Sympathetic Magic'', Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA |
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* ''Life Still'', C L E A R I N G, Brooklyn, NY |
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* ''Allegory of Painting'', curated by William Leung, WOAW Gallery, Hong Kong, China |
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* ''Sit Still'', curated by Patty Horing and Deborah Brown, Anna Zorina Gallery, New York, NY |
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* ''Intimate Companions'', Mary Heaton Vorse House, Provincetown, MA |
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* ''A Group of More or Less Than 10'', Winter Street Gallery, Edgartown, MA |
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* ''Body in Motion'', Stems Gallery, Brussels, Belgium |
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* ''Works on Paper'', Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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* ''To Paint Is to Love Again'', curated by Olivier Zahm, Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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* ''Humanmakes'', Recharge Foundation, Singapore |
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'''2019''' |
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* ''For Mario'', Tina Kim Gallery, New York, NY |
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* ''Historicity'', Ochi Projects, Los Angeles, CA |
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* ''Figurative Approaches'', East End Culture Club, Southampton, NY |
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* ''Notebook'', curated by Joanne Greenbaum, 56 Henry, New York, NY |
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* ''The Views'', Fisher Parrish Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
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'''2018''' |
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* ''Of Pursism'', Nina Johnson, Miami, FL |
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'''2017''' |
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* ''Circles without Breaks'', Local Project Art Space, Long Island City, NY |
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==External links== |
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*Anna Weyant’s [https://gagosian.com/artists/anna-weyant/ Works] |
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*Anna Weyant Embraces Dark Humor through Realistic Paintings [https://www.artandobject.com/news/anna-weyant-embraces-dark-humor-through-realist-painting] |
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*The Credible Image, an interview with Anna Weyant [https://autre.love/interviewsmain/2021/3/5/anna-weyant] |
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*Painting the Future [https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/louis-fratino-maria-berrio-anna-weyant] |
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*Musings in the Studio [https://cincala.com/annaweyant] |
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*Introducing exceptional Artists, New American Paintings [https://www.newamericanpaintings.com/artists/anna-weyant] |
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* Art Portrait Anna Weyant in conversation with Bill Powers [https://www.musemagazine.it/anna-weyant/] |
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*Anna Weyant is Most Likely a Time Travelling Painter [https://thehundreds.com/blogs/content/artist-series-bandanas-anna-weyant-is-most-likely-a-time-traveling-painter] |
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*After Finding Fame on Instagram, Anna Weyant’s Art Now Sells for Millions <ref>{{Cite web |last1=Magazine |first1=Smithsonian |last2=Djinis |first2=Elizabeth |title=After Finding Fame on Instagram, Anna Weyant's Art Now Sells for Millions |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/anna-weyant-instagram-art-sells-for-millions-180980292/ |access-date=2022-06-24 |website=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en}}</ref> |
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Anna Weyant | |
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Born | 1995 (age 28–29) Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
Education | Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) |
Occupation | Visual Artist |
Anna Weyant (born 1995) is a Canadian artist based in New York City, whose figurative paintings blend influence from the Dutch Golden Age with an awareness of contemporary popular culture and social media.[1]
Weyant has been represented globally since May 2022 by Gagosian Gallery, owned by Larry Gagosian, whom Weyant was in a relationship with for several years. The artist's relationship to Gagosian has been discussed widely in art publications and news outlets.[2][1][3]
Early life and education[edit]
Weyant was born in Calgary, Alberta. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Rhode Island School of Design in 2017, where she studied painting. She moved to New York where she was joined by her brother, actor Austin Weyant.[3]
Work[edit]
Weyant primarily works as figurative painter. Weyant has cited Dutch Masters, as well as contemporary artists like John Currin, as influences. Many of her works depict women rendered in dark, moody scenes.[4]
Art market[edit]
Weyant was formerly represented by Blum & Poe but had a falling out with Tim Blum, a director at the gallery, before joining Gagosian Gallery in May 2022.[1]
In May 2022, Weyant’s Falling Woman (2020) sold for US$1.62 million at Sotheby’s in New York.[5][6][7] Falling Woman was consigned to sale by Tim Blum, Weyant's former gallerist, in what a reporter for Artnet News described as a "revenge consignment."[2] Falling Woman is also the featured artwork on the cover of Big Swiss, a 2023 novel by Jen Beagin.
Reception and criticism[edit]
Discussing the artist's exhibition splinter (2022) at Blum & Poe, Rae Niwa wrote in Flaunt that Weyant has a "meticulous approach to color and line," noting that "there is a spaciousness and lightness in the work."[8] Conversely, reporter and critic Alex Greenberger, writing for ARTnews, described Weyant's first solo exhibition with Gagosian Gallery, Baby, It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over (2022), as "an overly safe dud," labeling the show "just another market-ready figurative painting show in New York by a young painter."[9]
Prior to joining Gagosian Gallery, the artist's work received very little attention from curators, critics, and the media.[1][2] Weyant and her relationship with Larry Gagosian have since been extensively discussed in the media, with several critics connecting the relationship to Weyant's fast rise to prominence and high auction results so early in her career.[2][3][1] Others, including gallerists and artists supportive of Weyant, have said these claims and criticisms are misogynistic.[1][2][10] Artnet News reported in early 2024 that Weyant and Gagosian had separated, although she continued to be represented by his gallery.[11]
Exhibitions[edit]
Weyant has staged four solo exhibitions: Welcome to the Dollhouse (2019), 56 Henry, New York;[12] Loose Screw (2021), Blum & Poe, Los Angeles;[13] splinter (2022), Blum & Poe, Tokyo;[14][15] and Baby, It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over (2022), Gagosian Gallery, New York.[16][17]
Weyant's work has also been featured in several group exhibitions, including Artists Inspired by Music: Interscope Reimagined (2022) at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g Crow, Kelly (June 18, 2022). "Three Years Ago, Her Art Sold for $400 at the Beach. Now It Fetches Up To $1.6 Million at Auction". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on November 14, 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Kazakina, Katya (May 6, 2022). "Rising Star Anna Weyant Has Joined Gagosian, Adding Momentum to Market Drama Playing Out Behind the Scenes". Artnet News. Artnet. Archived from the original on May 6, 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
- ^ a b c Holmes, Helen (May 22, 2022). "The Making of Anna Weyant, Art's Hot New Superstar". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on November 8, 2022.
- ^ Greenberger, Alex (May 6, 2022). "27-Year-Old Painter Anna Weyant Becomes Youngest Artist to Join Gagosian Amid Rumors of Romantic Relationship". ARTnews. Archived from the original on October 12, 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
- ^ Scott Reyburn (19 May 2022), Spring Auction Sales for Two Blockbuster Weeks Top $2.5 Billion New York Times.
- ^ Schultz, Abby. "Sotheby's Contemporary Sales Break Records, Realizing $283.4 Million". www.barrons.com. Retrieved May 20, 2022.
- ^ Greenberger, Alex; Villa, Angelica (May 20, 2022). "Women Steal the Show at Sotheby's $283.4 M. Contemporary Art Sales". ARTnews.com. Retrieved May 20, 2022.
- ^ Niwa, Rae (March 4, 2022). "ANNA WEYANT - THAT SLIVER IS PAINFUL". Flaunt. Archived from the original on November 30, 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
- ^ Greenberger, Alex (November 8, 2022). "Anna Weyant's Buzzy Gagosian Debut Is an Overly Safe Dud". ARTnews. Archived from the original on November 11, 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
- ^ Marple, Mieke (August 10, 2022). "Op-Ed: The Anna Weyant Media Circus Is a Window Into Art World Sexism and Power". ARTnews. Archived from the original on November 10, 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
- ^ Armstrong, Annie (January 25, 2024). "Larry Gagosian and Anna Weyant Call It Quits, Two Dealers Talk N.Y. vs. L.A., and More Juicy Art World Gossip". Artnet News. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
- ^ "Anna Weyant Paints Figures of Playful Rebellion". Art of Choice. April 10, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
- ^ "Loose Screw « Exhibitions « Blum & Poe". blumandpoe.com. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
- ^ "CV « Anna Weyant « Artists « Blum & Poe". www.blumandpoe.com. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
- ^ "Splinter « Exhibitions « Blum & Poe". www.blumandpoe.com. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
- ^ "Anna Weyant: Baby, It Ain't Over Till It's Over, 980 Madison Avenue, New York, November 3–December 23, 2022". Gagosian. September 9, 2022. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
- ^ "Meet the Youngest Artist Represented by Gagosian". Harper's BAZAAR. November 4, 2022. Retrieved November 6, 2022.