Auctions Want an ‘Intimate Digital Experience’ With Marina Abramović? The Artist Is Selling Her First-Ever ‘Mixed Reality’ Work at Auction Has Abramović invented a new genre of art? By Eileen Kinsella, 4 hours ago
Auctions Christie’s Joins the Race for Millennial Buyers With Its Own Sale of Supreme Skateboards (Plus a Pinball Machine) The sale 'Handbags X Hype' features artist-designed skate decks and Hermès bags. By Eileen Kinsella, 1 day ago
Auctions Christie’s Will Sell Art From the Estate of Tastemaker and Legendary Met Board Member Jayne Wrightsman The sale is expected to make more than $8 million. By Eileen Kinsella, 1 day ago
Auctions Sotheby’s Pulls Banksy’s Allegedly Stolen Sculpture ‘The Drinker’ Just an Hour Before It Was Due to Be Sold at Auction The sculpture had been estimated to sell for as much as $1.3 million. By Eileen Kinsella, 2 days ago
Exhibitions The Baltimore Museum Will Exclusively Acquire Work by Women Artists in 2020 in an Effort to ‘Rectify Centuries of Imbalance’ Its exhibition programming will also center around women artists. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 18, 2019
Auctions A Triumphant Basquiat and an Unexpected Norman Rockwell Help Boost Phillips to a Strong $108 Million Evening Sale Meanwhile, French artist Julie Curtiss cements her place as a market darling. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 14, 2019
Art and Law A British Court Just Froze the Assets of Inigo Philbrick, a Dealer Accused of Holding $14 Million Worth of Art Hostage The request came from German financial company FAP, which is suing Philbrick in the US. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 13, 2019
Auctions A Few Technical Difficulties May Have Been the Most Exciting Thing About Sotheby’s $209 Million Impressionist and Modern Sale A new record was set for Tamara de Lempicka, but a Picasso work sold despite missing its low estimate by a wide margin. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 13, 2019
Art and Law A Bill That Aims to Fight Money Laundering Through Antiquities Sales Is Making Its Way Through Congress. Some Dealers Are Quaking A bill currently before the Senate could subject art and antiquities dealers to tighter oversight. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 12, 2019
Auctions Auction Guarantees Lifted the Art Market to Record-Breaking Heights. The Only Problem? The Golden Age of Guarantees Is Over These lucrative hedges were once the financial instrument of choice for speculators and market manipulators, but now they’ve lost their luster. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 11, 2019
Art and Law A Bombshell Lawsuit Claims That High-Flying Art Dealer Inigo Philbrick Swindled His Clients by Selling the Same Rudolf Stingel Again and Again The case includes accusations of a fake auction guarantee and double-dealing. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 8, 2019
Auctions From a Broadway Producer’s Picasso to a Record-Smashing Ruscha, Here’s Your Guide to the Top Works in the $1 Billion Fall Auction Season High-price masterpieces are in short supply and estimates are down almost 40 percent from last year. But there's still plenty to look out for. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 7, 2019
People ‘They Had No One in Their Corner’: Meet the Lawyer Who Is Battling Big Corporations on Behalf of Street Artists Corporations want to be associated with street art—but they don't want to pay artists for their work. That's where lawyer Jeff Gluck steps in. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 7, 2019
Galleries Will Tech Billionaires Pay Up for Picasso? Pace’s Latest Show Brings the Artist’s Work to Facebook and Google’s Doorstep The gallery is marking its fifth anniversary in the city by organizing its first-ever major Picasso exhibition. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 4, 2019
Art World See 8 Intriguing Finds at This Year’s TEFAF New York, From a Greek Suit of Armor to an Ancient Bust Once Owned by Warhol See highlights from the swanky Upper East Side-based art fair. By Eileen Kinsella & Sarah Cascone & Tim Schneider, Nov 1, 2019
