Auctions Banksy’s Famed Shredded Artwork, ‘Love Is in the Bin,’ Sells for a Record $25.4 Million at Sotheby’s—18 Times the Non-Shredded Price Sotheby's was careful that Banksy had no more funny business planned, even though the 2018 stunt only enhanced the work's value. By Julia Halperin, Oct 14, 2021
Auctions A Basquiat Painting Picked Up in 1998 for Less Than $400,000 Could Make More Than $40 Million at Christie’s in November The painting, created by the late artist while he was in Italy in 1982, stands to make a 10,222 percent return. By Caroline Goldstein, Oct 13, 2021
Auctions ‘We Found It in Bubble Wrap’: A 17th-Century Tiepolo Drawing Has Been Rediscovered in the Attic of a Historic U.K. Manor The forgotten drawing from Weston Hall will be auctioned by Dreweatts in November. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 12, 2021
Auctions Christie’s Will Sell Works by Dana Schutz, Nicolas Party, and Other Contemporary Art Stars to Benefit the NYC AIDS Memorial The fundraiser marks the memorial's 10th anniversary. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 12, 2021
Auctions Sotheby’s Unveils a $40 Million Botticelli in Hong Kong as Asian Appetite for Old Masters Works Grows Sotheby's has unveiled another Sandro Botticelli work in Hong Kong following an earlier record-breaking sale in January. By Vivienne Chow, Oct 6, 2021
Auctions In Need of Cash, Burning Man Is Selling Art in a Sotheby’s Charity Auction That Includes a $50,000 Rocket Car 'Hamilton' creative director David Korins designed the exhibition. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 5, 2021
Auctions An Irate Collector Is Suing the NFT Platform Nifty Gateway Over the Terms of a Very Weird Beeple Auction Amir Soleymani failed to win 'Abundance.' But he had a surprise waiting for him. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 4, 2021
Auctions The Results of Christie’s Eclectic ‘Postwar to Present’ Auction Shows Today’s Buyers Have a Speculative Eye and a Nose for Novelty Christie's latest live sale saw thriving demand for digital art and rising stars, as well as a selective appetite for blue-chip abstraction. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 4, 2021
Auctions Andy Warhol’s Ghostly Portrait of Jean-Michel Basquiat Is Heading to Christie’s With a $20 Million Estimate The work, from the collection of Peter Brant, is the latest high-profile Warhol to be added to the fall season lineup. By Katya Kazakina, Oct 4, 2021
Auctions Third Time’s a Charm? A Prized Peter Doig Painting Is Returning to the Auction Block This Fall, and Could Break the Artist’s Record The painting previously sold at auction in 2015 and 2002. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 30, 2021
Auctions A Cache of Original Works by Muhammad Ali, Who Turned His Hand to Art Outside the Boxing Ring, Is Hitting the Auction Block The drawings and prints, from the collection of Ali's friend Rodney Hilton Brown, are expected to set a new auction high for the boxer's art. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 29, 2021
Auctions A Hat That Napoleon Wore During the Battle of Jena Just Sold for $1.4 Million at Sotheby’s It’s the first of two hats worn by the emperor appearing at auction this fall. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 23, 2021
Auctions A Frida Kahlo Self-Portrait Could Fetch Over $30 Million at Sotheby’s—and Become the Priciest Work by a Female Artist Ever Sold The painting, titled “Diego y yo (Diego and I),” would handily smash the record for Kahlo. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 22, 2021
Auctions Six Paintings by Radiohead’s Cover Artist Are Going Up for Sale at Christie’s London—See Them Here They were made by Stanley Donwood, the English artist responsible for the band’s covers since 1994. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 21, 2021
Auctions Restituted Meissen Porcelains Shatter Estimates at Sotheby’s—and One of the Big Buyers Was the Museum That Returned Them The auction of Meissen objects restituted by the Rijksmuseum brought in $15 million, seven times the presale estimate. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 14, 2021
