Auctions Is the Italian Art Market Out of Steam? Disappointing Sales in London Suggest a Return to ‘Normal’ Italian sales might be up from last year, but they're still off peak. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 9, 2017
Auctions Phillips London Notches a Solid $31.6 Million Contemporary Art Sale Despite a Floundering Ai Weiwei With half of its guaranteed lots attracting competitive bidding, the auction house showed it can be a serious player in the market. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 7, 2017
Auctions Christie’s Postwar and Contemporary Sale Fetches $130 Million But Misses Target, as a Major Bacon Bellyflops It was up to Jean-Michel Basquiat's 'Red Skull' to save the day. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 6, 2017
Auctions Twombly Leads a Record-Breaking Sotheby’s London Sale, But Other Lots With High Expectations Faltered A few misplaced guarantees also appeared to weaken the otherwise solid £50.3 million sale. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 5, 2017
Art World Mario Testino’s Record-Breaking Sotheby’s Sale Proves the Photographer Has an Eye for Art Fashion-savvy bidders in the room were often outgunned by telephone-wielding counterparts in the US. By Colin Gleadell, Sep 14, 2017
Auctions Sotheby’s Boosts Private Sales But Loses Ground on Auctions in First Half of 2017 The auction house also saw a 26% increase in American buying. By Colin Gleadell, Aug 3, 2017
Market Artist Pension Trust Faces Yet Another Crisis as Artists Fume Over New Storage Fees Some artists are considering pulling out of the arrangement as a result. By Colin Gleadell, Jul 28, 2017
Auctions Despite a Big Dip in Private Sales, Christie’s Posts Positive First-Half Results for 2017 The company announced global auction sales of £2.2 billion, up 29% from last year’s total. By Colin Gleadell, Jul 19, 2017
Auctions As Christie’s Retreats, Bonhams and Phillips Seize Their Moment at London’s June Contemporary Auctions The sales may have benefited from the buzz of the summer's Grand Tour. By Colin Gleadell, Jun 29, 2017
Auctions American Artists Dominate at Sotheby’s Solid $79.9 Million Contemporary Sale With help from guaranteed bids and a Warhol selfie, the evening's total was up 20 percent over last June's sale. By Colin Gleadell, Jun 28, 2017
Auctions Boosted by Gagosian’s Record Bid on Beckmann, Christie’s Notches a $190 Million Impressionist and Modern Sale Strong Asian bidding propelled Christie's to its strongest total since 2010. By Colin Gleadell, Jun 27, 2017
Auctions Kandinsky’s Record Is Broken—Twice—at Sotheby’s $188 Million Impressionist and Modern Sale in London The total for the otherwise uneventful evening represented a 45 percent increase from last year's sale. By Colin Gleadell, Jun 21, 2017
Auctions Dueling Bonhams and Phillips Contemporary Art Auctions Show Mixed Results German art stayed strong, whereas late period Gutai—and a key Damien Hirst—fell flat. By Colin Gleadell, Mar 9, 2017
Auctions Sotheby’s Confirms a ‘Bulletproof’ Art Market With $143.5 Million Contemporary Sale in London The auction house broke five artist records, with only four lots going unsold over the course of the night. By Colin Gleadell, Mar 8, 2017
Auctions Records Tumble at Christie’s $117.1 Million Contemporary Sale in London, Led by Peter Doig The evening's total was 65 percent better than last year's. By Colin Gleadell, Mar 7, 2017
