Artnet News Pro Revealed: The Biggest Consignors to London’s $700 Million Summer Auctions, From a Billionaire Retailer to the Son of an Ex-President We've identified the seller behind the season's largest consignment, and many more. By Colin Gleadell, Jun 27, 2022
Auctions A $42 Million Portrait of Lucian Freud by His Frenemy Francis Bacon, Unseen for Nearly 60 Years, Could Set a New Auction Record The work, once the central panel of a triptych, was painted at the height of the pair's volatile friendship. By Colin Gleadell, Jun 15, 2022
Artnet News Pro Revealed: We Identified the Seller of Freud’s ‘Girl With Eyes Closed’ and 6 More Top Consignors to This Week’s London Auctions We bring you the inside scoop on who is selling what. By Colin Gleadell, Feb 28, 2022
Artnet News Pro A Decade After Its Failed Gallery Venture, Did Christie’s Just Dump Old Haunch of Venison Stock at a Provincial U.K. Auction? Artists and dealers are incensed by the “absurd” low prices and lack of research to the sale. By Colin Gleadell, Jan 28, 2022
Artnet News Pro Revealed: The Biggest Consignors to This Week’s London Auctions, From the Heir to a Chemicals Fortune to Artist Anish Kapoor The Frieze week sales have a lower combined estimate than previous years. See who is betting on this art market moment. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 11, 2021
Artnet News Pro Revealed: The Biggest Consignors to Next Week’s London Auctions, From a Swiss Winemaker to the Trust of a Real-Estate Kingpin Next week's London sales are the city's most ambitious since lockdown. See who is parting with high-profile works. By Colin Gleadell, Jun 24, 2021
Auctions Phillips’s Contemporary Art Sale Fetched a Middling $27 Million, Led by a Shocking Six-Figure Price for Young Star Amoako Boafo The sale total was down a considerable 43 percent from last year. By Colin Gleadell, Feb 13, 2020
Auctions Christie’s Postwar and Contemporary London Sale Brings in a Lackluster $72.7 Million, Its Lowest Total Since 2010 The auction saw all but one lot sell—but the final result tumbled 16 percent from the equivalent sale last year. By Colin Gleadell, Feb 12, 2020
Auctions Sotheby’s First Major Contemporary Art Auction After Brexit Brings in a Steady $120 Million, Led by Tepid Bidding on a Hockney Pool Painting The top lot of the night, a David Hockney, drew only two bids before selling. By Colin Gleadell, Feb 11, 2020
Auctions Tamara de Lempicka Joins Magritte and Giacometti as the Star of Christie’s $138.9 Million Impressionist and Modern Sale Four lots went for over $10 million. By Colin Gleadell, Feb 5, 2020
Auctions Sotheby’s London Met Expectations With a $64.8 Million Impressionist and Modern Sale—But Expectations for the Category Are Softening Auction house experts attribute the increasingly slim sale estimates to a dearth of masterpieces. By Colin Gleadell, Feb 4, 2020
Auctions In a Market Lacking Overall Confidence, Christie’s London Puts Together a Solid $79.6 Million Contemporary Sale The biggest successes of the night came from works by rising talents. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 4, 2019
Auctions Sotheby’s Stages a Stolid $67.3 Million Frieze Week Sale, Despite Boffo Bidding for Banksy, Basquiat, and Bacon Other standouts were Eisenman, Fontana, and Scarpitta. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 3, 2019
Auctions Banksy’s Chimp Parliament Painting Sells for a Startling $12 Million at Sotheby’s, Prompting Both Cheers and Jeers 'Devolved Parliament' came in equal to a work by Basquiat, and dwarfed interest in another monkey painting—by Francis Bacon. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 3, 2019
Auctions Phillips Defies Brexit Gloom as Records Tumble in Its $32 Million Contemporary Art Sale in London The sale set new records for Simone Leigh, Raoul De Keyser, Alex Katz, and others. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 2, 2019
