Art Fairs Collectors Flock to Comfort Food at Frieze New York, With Early Sales of a $1.3 Million Baselitz and Paintings of Interiors Dealers welcomed crowds of eager buyers as Frieze New York returned to the Shed for the second year running. By Eileen Kinsella, 19 hours ago
Auctions Sotheby’s Notched a Solid $408.5 Million Modern Art New York Sale Fueled by the Reliable Churn of Blue-Chip Monets and Picassos The sale set new records for Milton Avery and Leonora Carrington. By Eileen Kinsella, 2 days ago
Art Fairs Independent Is Launching a New Art Fair This Fall Dedicated to Under-Appreciated Artists of the 20th Century The fair will coincide with Armory Week. By Eileen Kinsella, May 17, 2022
Auctions ‘The Secret’s Out’: Bill Perkins, Buyer of the Record-Smashing Ernie Barnes Painting at Christie’s, Tells Us About His Auction Coup of a Lifetime "I'm not gonna stop," Perkins' main competition told him in the auction room. But the amateur poker player walked away with his "treasure." By Eileen Kinsella, May 13, 2022
Auctions Christie’s Rakes in $831 Million in an Auction Double-Header, Nearly Half of Which Came From the Anne Bass Collection The sales surpassed their combined $792 million high estimate. By Eileen Kinsella, May 13, 2022
Law Marianne Boesky Loses Her Legal Battle Against Artist Diana Al-Hadid Over an Artwork They Both Claimed Was Theirs In the ruling, a New York judge said their consignment agreement was not a transfer of ownership from the artist to the dealer. By Eileen Kinsella, May 11, 2022
Art Fairs Here’s What Sold on the Opening Day of the Independent Art Fair, From Fantastical Anime Paintings to Figurative Ceramics If the show is any indicator, fairs are primed to come roaring back. By Eileen Kinsella, May 6, 2022
Auctions Here’s Your Guide to the Best, Most Desirable Artworks for Sale During New York’s $2.6 Billion Spring Auction Marathon Collections from the likes of the Macklowes, the Ammanns, and Anne Bass represent an almost unprecedented caliber of material. By Eileen Kinsella, May 6, 2022
Auctions In a Surprise Move, New York City Has Eliminated Longstanding Regulations Designed to Boost Transparency in the Auction Industry Some say the change could backfire on the auction sector. By Eileen Kinsella, May 3, 2022
Auctions Christie’s Will Offer Ann and Gordon Getty’s Sterling Collection of Impressionists and Old Masters, Raising a Potential $180 Million Proceeds from the sale will go to the couple's charitable foundation. By Eileen Kinsella, May 3, 2022
Crime Ukrainian Officials Accuse Russian Forces of Looting Thousands of Priceless Gold Artifacts and Works of Art Russian forces tracked down a collection of ancient gold in Melitopol that had been hidden in a cellar for safekeeping. By Eileen Kinsella, May 2, 2022
Auctions Sotheby’s Latest ‘Natively Digital’ Sale, Featuring Old-School Digital Artists, Squeaks by Its Low Estimate to Bring in $2.3 Million The curated sale embraced the history of digital art and included both NFTs and physical works. By Eileen Kinsella, May 2, 2022
Crime The Feds Indict Two Detroit Brothers and a Florida Man in a Long-Running Forgery Scheme Peddling Fake Art and Sports Memorabilia The men hawked works by purportedly by Gertrude Abercrombie, George Ault, and others from 2005 to 2020. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 27, 2022
Law TeamLab Is Suing a Los Angeles Museum for Allegedly Copying Its Instagram-Friendly Light Installations for Its Own Display Immersive art is big business. Now, it has the legal bills to prove it. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 27, 2022
Crime Hackers Broke Into Bored Ape Yacht Club’s Official Instagram and Made Off With Nearly $3 Million Worth of Stolen NFTs It's not the first time hackers have targeted apes. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 26, 2022
