Auctions London Auction Week Wraps Up on a High Note With the Sam Josefowitz Collection Bringing in $63.2 Million It is the first of a multi-city sell-off of the eclectic trove that continues in Paris. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 16, 2023
Art Fairs Your Go-To Guide to All the Fairs Taking Place for Paris+ During the City of Lights’s High-Octane Art Week Here's what you need to know ahead of a busy week. By Artnet News, Oct 16, 2023
Art Fairs A $40 Million Rothko Painting From the Estate of Thomas H. Lee Will Test the Market at Paris+ This Week The painting will be the centerpiece of Pace's booth dedicated to Rothko's enduring legacy. By Katya Kazakina, Oct 16, 2023
Auctions Phillips’s 20th Century and Contemporary Sale in London Achieves a Tepid $22.4 Million All but one of the top ten lots sold for below the low estimate or were withdrawn. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 14, 2023
Auctions Christie’s 20th/21st Century Evening Sale Notches Steady Results, a Feat in the Current Tepid Art Market Seven artists' records were set and the sales total was on par with last year's. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 13, 2023
Art Fairs 5 Highlights From Frieze London 2023, From a Shrink-Wrapped Carriage to an Exuberant Drawing Display Percolating beneath the hubbub of the big London fair, there were worthy rediscovered artists, some very intelligent painting, and more. By Kate Brown, Oct 13, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Rothschild Ruminations This week, what the success of the first U.S. Rothschild sale means, former JTT owner’s new job, and more. By Artnet News, Oct 13, 2023
Wet Paint Jasmin Tsou’s Post-JTT Plans, Candace Bushnell Reflects on Her May-December Romance with Gordon Parks, and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, what did Jacolby Satterwhite have to say to the moms who don't like his installation at the Met? Who showed up for the National Arts Club gala? By Annie Armstrong, Oct 13, 2023
Auctions A Rare Ceramic Cat Made By David Hockney While He Was Hitchhiking as an Art Student Could Net $48,000 at Auction Another one of the artist's ceramic cats sold for $114,426 in June. By Adam Schrader, Oct 13, 2023
Market Brexit Weakened the London Art Market, But There Are Signs That the Gallery Scene Is Stronger Than Ever Homegrown and international dealers and collectors continue to buoy the London market. By Vivienne Chow, Oct 12, 2023
Auctions Two Back-to-Back Contemporary Auctions at Sotheby’s London Send Mixed Signals About the Art Market The house's The Now sale outperformed its broader evening contemporary auction. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 12, 2023
The Art Detective ‘Where Are You, People?’ The Art World’s Deafening Silence After the Hamas Attack in Israel No major institutions or galleries spoke out in solidarity with Israel for days. By Katya Kazakina, Oct 12, 2023
Auctions The First Stateside Auction of the Legendary Rothschild Collection, Built Over Centuries, Nets $43 Million Most lots soared past their presale estimates in the first of a four-part series at Christie's New York. By Lee Carter, Oct 12, 2023
Auctions A Balthus Painting Deaccessioned by the Art Institute of Chicago Heads to Auction at Sotheby’s, Where It Could Fetch $18 Million The painting had been in the museum’s collection for nearly six decades. By Adam Schrader, Oct 12, 2023
Art Fairs Floral Art, Pastoral Landscapes, Whimsical Works: See What Caught the Eyes of Fairgoers at Frieze London The view from inside the tents offered plenty of color. By Kate Brown, Oct 12, 2023