Auctions Phillips’s $17.3 Million Evening Sale Fell Short of Its Low Estimate, but Not Without Some Highs New records were set for Jesse Mockrin and Kehinde Wiley. By Colin Gleadell, Mar 11, 2024
Auctions Christie’s London Nets $250 Million Across 20th/21st Century and Art of the Surreal Sales The total was 17 percent up on the equivalent sale last year. By Colin Gleadell, Mar 8, 2024
Auctions Picasso Tops Sotheby’s $127 Million Modern and Contemporary Sale Signs that the middle market may still be a bit sticky were evident in the 10 lots withdrawn before the sale. By Colin Gleadell, Mar 6, 2024
Auctions Meet the Sellers of $407 Million Worth of Art Hitting the Block in London A $25 million Francis Bacon painting and a $500,000 Alex Katz are just a few of the trophies on offer this week. By Colin Gleadell, Mar 4, 2024
Artnet News Pro London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations, Bringing in a Combined $80 Million The spoils for the week were divided roughly equally, with Christie’s bringing in a total of $42.9 million against Sotheby’s $36.6 million. By Colin Gleadell, Dec 9, 2023
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
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Sale in London Achieves a Tepid $22.4 Million All but one of the top ten lots sold for below the low estimate or were withdrawn.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
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
Artnet News Pro Revealed: The Biggest Consignors to London’s $209 Million October Sales, From a Major London Dealer to an Art World Party-Goer In an uncertain market, a number of high profile collectors are using this week's sales to clean house. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 10, 2023
Artnet News Pro Meet the Consignors Behind London Auction Week’s $340 Million Offerings, From a German Haircare Magnate to an Anonymous ‘British Visionary’ This week's sales are the art market's next test—and a test for London itself. By Colin Gleadell, Jun 26, 2023
Artnet News Pro Revealed: The Silent Consignors to the $506 Million London Auctions, From an Israeli Real Estate Tycoon to One of Mexico’s Richest Men Estimates are down at next week’s sales, but international sellers are still banking on London. By Colin Gleadell, Feb 27, 2023
Art Fairs The Co-Founders of the Scrapped Masterpiece London Are Reuniting to Debut a New London Art and Antiques Fair Thomas Woodham-Smith and Harry Van der Hoorn will introduce the London Summer Art Fair in June. By Colin Gleadell, Feb 6, 2023
Artnet News Pro What Can a Major Museum Show of Lucian Freud Tell Us About His Market? As It Turns Out, Quite a Lot We took the National Gallery’s centenary tribute to Freud as a prompt for a market deep dive. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 10, 2022
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 26, 2022
