Auctions By the Numbers: A Breakdown of Results from Sotheby’s London Contemporary Evening Sale, October 2024 Let the numbers tell the story. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 16, 2024
Art Fairs The Greenhouse Effect: Art Basel Paris Gets a Warm Welcome at the Grand Palais There was an air of renewed optimism and reinvigoration at the opening VIP day as Paris Art Basel settles into its new Grand Palais base. By Kate Brown, Oct 16, 2024
Art Fairs Galleries Buddy Up for Booth Space at Art Basel Paris “It seems more interesting to work with than against one another,” said gallery director Isabella Ritter. By Margaret Carrigan, Oct 16, 2024
Kenny Schachter Kenny Schachter Reveals More on the Koons-Pace Breakup, Diddy’s Deaccessioning, the Gogo-LVMH Non-Deal, and His Own Crypto Hack Our columnist has been skipping art fairs, but he comes bearing scoops. By Kenny Schachter, Oct 16, 2024
Auctions Works by Amy Sherald, Jeff Koons, and More Raise $1.5 Million for Kamala Harris Visual artists are bringing their star power together to fundraise for the Democratic candidate. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 15, 2024
Auctions Iconic Magritte Work Could Set a New Record at Christie’s The auction house is selling a handful of key Surrealist works, including Magritte's famed streetscape. By Richard Whiddington, Oct 15, 2024
Galleries ‘It’s Different Work’: How Gallery Mor Charpentier Built Sustainable Success Amid Market Turmoil and Global Change The gallery, which turns 15 next year, has expanded in Paris into a larger space in the Le Marais. We spoke about the evolving French art market. By Kate Brown, Oct 15, 2024
Auctions By the Numbers: A Breakdown of Results from Phillips’s London Modern and Contemporary Evening Sale, October 2024 Let the numbers tell the story. By Annie Armstrong, Oct 15, 2024
Market Sotheby’s Debuts an Expanded New Parisian Home Amid Art Market Shifts The Paris expansion is one of several major real estate shifts Sotheby’s has made over the last year even as debt woes plague the firm. By Margaret Carrigan, Oct 14, 2024
Art Fairs Frieze London 2024: A Fair Haunted by What’s Missing As the art market tightens, the fair grapples with absent galleries, cautious buyers, and a shifting identity. By Naomi Rea, Oct 14, 2024
Market From A.I.’s ‘Dirty Secrets’ to Better Harnessing Data, 5 Key Insights From the Art Market 2050 Conference A half-day conference brought art world professionals and policymakers together to discuss technology's role in the future of the art market. By Riah Pryor, Oct 14, 2024
Market Frieze Week Sales Trickle In as the Art World Heads to Paris—and More Art Industry News Plus, a $58.9 million Lalanne sale at Christie's New York and the mega loans behind the Met's 'Siena' show. By Margaret Carrigan & Annie Armstrong, Oct 14, 2024
Art Fairs Art Basel Paris Director Clément Delépine Reveals What to Expect as the Fair Enters a New Era From lifestyle shopping to ambitious rehangs, we discuss what’s in store for the fair's debut at the newly-renovated Grand Palais. By Naomi Rea, Oct 13, 2024
The Art Detective The Met’s ‘Siena’ Blockbuster Has Priceless Loans. How Did It Come Together? It took new technology, years of collaboration, and major investments to deliver a show for the ages. 'This is not a grab and go,' one curator said. By Katya Kazakina, Oct 11, 2024
Auctions Lalanne Sculptures Make a Clean Sweep at Auction, Netting $59 Million The stampede for the animal sculptures smashed a handful of auction records. By Richard Whiddington, Oct 11, 2024