Auctions Sotheby’s Latest ‘Natively Digital’ Sale, Featuring Old-School Digital Artists, Squeaks by Its Low Estimate to Bring in $2.3 Million The curated sale embraced the history of digital art and included both NFTs and physical works. By Eileen Kinsella, May 1, 2022
Auctions For the Next Two Weeks, Christie’s Will Project Andy Warhol’s Portrait of Marilyn Monroe Onto the Facade of Rockefeller Center The projection is part of an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink marketing campaign around the auction house’s May 9 sale of the painting. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 29, 2022
Auctions Sotheby’s Hong Kong’s $164.2 Million Modern and Contemporary Evening Sales Set New Records, Despite Market Uncertainties Works by Pablo Picasso, Louise Bourgeois, Yoshitomo Nara, and Wu Guanzhong powered the auctions. By Vivienne Chow, Apr 27, 2022
Auctions A French Curator Is Auctioning His Collection of Works by Les Lalanne to Fund the Renovation of the Musee d’Orsay’s New Building The proceeds are part of Daniel Marchesseau's $5.3 million gift to the museum. By Caroline Goldstein, Apr 27, 2022
Auctions Christie’s Is Sending a Hologram of a $20 Million Edgar Degas Ballerina on a World Tour to Avoid the Cost and Complexity of Shipping Is this the future of auction-house previews? By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 25, 2022
Auctions The ‘World’s Leading’ Purveyor of Tiki Decor Is Going Out of Business With a Fire-Sale Auction of Props, Mugs, and All Kinds of Knick Knacks Oceanic Arts, a California business that has been selling Tiki decor for nearly 70 years, is closing as its owners retire. By Artnet News, Apr 20, 2022
Auctions Artnet Auctions Is Teaming Up With Poly Auction to Stage an Online Sale of Blue-Chip Art in China This Summer The sale will appear on the Poly Auction platform. By Artnet News, Apr 20, 2022
Auctions This Jackson Pollock Painting Could Become One of the Priciest Works by the Artist Ever Sold at Auction The painting, estimated to sell for $45 million, measures just 31 by 22 inches. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 19, 2022
Auctions Sotheby’s Is Auctioning Off a Rare Trove of Drawings by Gérald Genta, the ‘Picasso of Watchmaking’ Genta's luxury watches, such as the Patek Philippe Nautilus, helped modernize the industry. By Artnet News, Apr 18, 2022
Auctions Sotheby’s Digital Art Sale Will Offer New NFTs From Some of the OGs of Computer-Generated Art Historic and brand new works by several nonagenarian artists are at the heart of the sale, which takes place later this month. By Artnet News, Apr 14, 2022
Auctions To Honor Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee, Sotheby’s Will Sell British Art and Show Historic Portraits in a Month-Long Program in London The auction house will also sell contemporary tiaras. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 13, 2022
Auctions The Toledo Museum of Art Will Deaccession Three Impressionist Paintings That Could Fetch More Than $60 Million at Sotheby’s The museum will divest itself of a Cézanne, a Matisse, and a Renoir to double its acquisition funds. By Katya Kazakina, Apr 13, 2022
Auctions Sotheby’s Hong Kong Hopes to Nab Up to $20 Million This Month With a Rare, Wall-Mounted Louise Bourgeois Spider Sculpture Sotheby's hopes the rare sculpture appeals to Asian collectors' growing appetite for work by Western artists. By Vivienne Chow, Apr 12, 2022
Auctions For the Third Time in Its History, Christie’s Will Sell One of the World’s Largest Diamonds to Benefit the Red Cross Proceeds from the sale of the 205-carat Red Cross Diamond at Christie's will go toward the humanitarian organization. By Artnet News, Apr 12, 2022
Auctions A Rare $10 Gold Coin Designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens at Teddy Roosevelt’s Insistence Fetches $1.1 Million at Auction This version of the Indian Eagle $10 was put into production by mistake, hence its rarity. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 8, 2022
