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11/03/2025

Legendary art dealer Larry Gagosian sees a fine line between inventory and collection.

During a candid chat at Puck’s Art of Influence conference, he discussed the slow but broadening market, working with Jeff Koons, and why everything has a price.

Head to the link in bio to read more from the conversation with Marion Maneker.

11/01/2025

10/31/2025

🍳 A $1,500 countertop robot that makes creamy Tuscan chicken—no human required.

Inside Posha, the A.I. “private chef” aiming to revolutionize your kitchen—and why, for once, it actually works.

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10/27/2025

Before he ruled Russia, Vladimir Putin ruled his marriage.⁠
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In Julia Ioffe’s 'Motherland, a feminist history of modern Russia,' Lyudmila Putin’s story unfolds as both a love affair and a warning—a study in control, silence, and the making of an autocrat.⁠
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The personal becomes political. And the politics start at home.⁠
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Swipe for a glimpse at the National Book Award finalist, and read the full excerpt at the link in the comments.
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Photo: Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images

10/23/2025

“If you’re a fan of college football…Life has never been better.”

Last week, Fox Sports C.E.O. Eric Shanks joined Puck’s ‘In The Arena’ live summit to unpack the business behind the game—and why he thinks college football has never been stronger.

10/10/2025

The A.I. boom is powered by chips, data—and an astonishing amount of water.

After months of FOIA requests, one small town in Washington finally revealed what the industry wouldn’t: its data centers, including Microsoft, Vantage, and BlackRock-owned CyrusOne, consumed more than 540 million gallons of water in just two years.

In Quincy, that’s about 12% of the city’s total water supply. Nationwide, two-thirds of new data centers are being built in water-stressed regions.

The future of A.I. isn’t just about computing—it’s also about resources.

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10/09/2025

She started on the sales floor. Now she’s calling the shots.

For months, Ulta chased an exclusive deal with Mikayla Nogueira’s viral skincare line, Point of View. But insiders say Sephora may have won the battle instead.

The offers were nearly identical, but the deciding factor wasn’t money — it was merchandising. Sephora’s betting that Mikayla’s outsider appeal, as a self-taught artist with 17 million followers, can stand next to pros like Mario and Vanngo. Ulta, meanwhile, is left wondering how they might have lost one of their own.

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09/18/2025

On Monday, Puck and the Flag Art Foundation held “The Art of Influence,” our inaugural art world summit. Art enthusiasts gathered in New York for a day of panel discussions with industry leaders, led by Puck’s Marion Maneker and Flag Art founder Glenn Fuhrman.

Speakers included superstar collectors, Michael Ovitz, Dasha Zhukova Niarchos, J. Tomlinson Hill, and Glenn Fuhrman; prominent art advisors Brett Gorvy, Wentworth Beaumont, and Patti Wong; artist Nicolas Party; Sotheby’s C.E.O. Charles Stewart; museum directors Anne Pasternak of the Brooklyn Museum, and Scott Rothkopf of the Whitney; and the inimitable Larry Gagosian.

Swipe through to see photos from the event, and find Marion’s recap of the art world inner circle gathering at the link in bio.

07/08/2025

Sotheby’s Science and Technology, or “sci-tech,” department is relatively new. It was founded by Cassandra Hatton in 2021 to take advantage of growing market demand for natural objects—which, these days, often means dinosaur fossils.

“Currently, the U.S. is one of the only countries where it’s legal to dig up dinosaur fossils on private land and sell them for profit,” Puck’s Julie Brener Davich explains. “It’s also a relatively new and low-volume market, without the sort of price discovery that typifies other categories…”

Read the full story here: https://puck.news/inside-sothebys-geek-week-dinosaur-sales/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=1&utm_content=inside-sothebys-geek-week-dinosaur-sales

Photos: Matthew Sherman/Courtesy of Sotheby’s

07/08/2025

“Sam Altman, unlike Elon Musk, his former partner in OpenAI, has always had a chameleonic talent for telling people what they want to hear. And yet the subtext of what Altman was saying was unmistakable. His testimony grabbed the attention of at least two people: Senator Peter Welch—who said he couldn’t remember a time ‘when we’ve had companies come before us and plead with us to regulate them’—and me…”

Puck’s new A.I. correspondent, Ian Krietzberg, tells us what brought him into the world of A.I. reporting, and what his Puck Private Email “The Hidden Layer” will focus on.

Read Ian’s full dispatch here: https://puck.news/ian-krietzberg-ai-hidden-layer-why-i-joined-puck/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=1&utm_content=ian-krietzberg-ai-hidden-layer-why-i-joined-puck

Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

07/08/2025

Sotheby’s is auctioning the original Birkin prototype this week, and Puck’s Julie Brener Davich has details.

Read her full dispatch here: https://puck.news/newsletter_content/the-og-birkin-sale-yuskavage-in-full-ken-griffins-18-million-freedom-haul-3/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=1&utm_content=the-og-birkin-sale-yuskavage-in-full-ken-griffins-18-million-freedom-haul-3

Photos: Courtesy of Sotheby’s, Foc Kan/WireImage