Auctions Christie’s London Tallies $84 Million on Contemporary Art, Bolstering the Middle Market Even a middling sale may reassure the markets. By Colin Gleadell, Feb 11, 2016
Analysis Early Lucian Freud Painting Leads Sotheby’s $100 Million Contemporary Art Evening Sale It is the best of several paintings by Freud to be offered this week. By Colin Gleadell, Feb 10, 2016
Analysis Phillips’s Encouraging $35 Million Contemporary Art Evening Sale Is Not Without Its Bumps Testing the market for emerging artists. By Colin Gleadell, Feb 9, 2016
Analysis Sotheby’s Shows Solid Results at $135 Million Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale The highs, and lows, of the market are revealed in this sale. By Colin Gleadell, Feb 3, 2016
Market Christie’s Defies Predictions of Market Chill With $138 Million Impressionist and Modern Art Sale But it wasn't on fire either. By Colin Gleadell, Feb 2, 2016
Analysis London Art Fair 2016 Remains Cheerful Despite the Volatile Market A glass bong that may have belonged to Lord Byron sold for £1.1 million. By Colin Gleadell, Jan 27, 2016
Analysis Art Market Expert Colin Gleadell on Why London’s Appetite for Italian Art Is Red Hot Lucio Fontana and Alberto Burri are leading the surge. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 20, 2015
Auctions Chinese Bidding Boosts Christie’s $55 Million Contemporary Evening Sale in London Paintings from the Saatchi collection also drove sales. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 16, 2015
Auctions Basquiat Leads Sotheby’s $56.3 Million Sale—Its Second Highest During Frieze Week The Basquiat sold to a phone bidder for a slightly disappointing £4.1 million. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 15, 2015
Analysis Phillips’s $48.8 Million White Glove Sale Upped the Tempo for London’s Frieze Week Auctions A good result for Phillips, but a cautious one for the market. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 15, 2015
Analysis Subdued Bidding at Christie’s and De Pury’s Joint Sale of the Lambert Collection The first of 10 Frieze week auctions in London kicked off today. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 14, 2015
Art Fairs Global Private Museum Summit Moves to Shanghai, Launches Network After its Shanghai outing, it will move from region to region. By Colin Gleadell, Sep 23, 2015
Analysis Big Bacon Fails to Get a Bid as Sotheby’s $204 Million London Contemporary Art Sale Misses Target By playing safe, Sotheby’s may have missed a trick. By Colin Gleadell, Jul 2, 2015
Analysis Richter Flops at Christie’s Jittery $150 Million London Contemporary Sale Many works struggled to hit their targets. By Colin Gleadell, Jul 1, 2015
Auctions Ai Weiwei Record at $5.4 Million Keeps Phillips $28.6 Million Contemporary Sale on Track Phillips kicked off the potentially record-breaking London contemporary sales. By Colin Gleadell, Jun 30, 2015