Artnet News Pro Sotheby’s Returns to Germany With a New Cologne Office as It Seeks to Recapture the Country’s Expanding Market Sotheby's will face stiff competition from the country's well-established regional auction houses. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 1, 2021
Artnet News Pro Full Report: How Much Does an Art Dealer Really Make? We Asked a Few Hundred of Them—Here’s What We Found Given the stark income gap, some are asking why trade organizations have not taken a closer look. By Zachary Small & Eileen Kinsella, Jun 1, 2021
Galleries Most Art Gallery Assistants Earn Far Less Than a Living Wage, According to Our Exclusive Dealer Salary Survey Artnet News surveyed over 300 gallerists about what it takes to make a living in the art world. By Zachary Small & Eileen Kinsella, Jun 1, 2021
Politics The Chair of the U.K.’s National Trust Will Step Down Amid Backlash to His So-Called ‘Woke Agenda’ The chair was responsible for a report that explored links between the Trust's properties and colonialism. By Eileen Kinsella, May 27, 2021
Artnet News Pro Why Did the Star Lot of a Christie’s Single-Lot Sale in Hong Kong Flop This Week? That’s the $58 Million Question No one took home Xu Beihong's painting 'Slave and Lion.' By Eileen Kinsella, May 26, 2021
Artnet News Pro Christie’s Hong Kong Auction Week Kicks Off With a $204 Million Evening Sale, Led by Yet Another Blockbuster Basquiat The wide-ranging sale was met with intense demand in Asia. By Eileen Kinsella, May 25, 2021
Law The E.U. Rules Against Banksy in His Trademark Fight With a Greeting Card Company, Citing His Own Statement That ‘Copyright Is For Losers’ The European Union Intellectual Property Office also cited his anonymity. By Eileen Kinsella, May 20, 2021
Artnet News Pro The Newark Museum’s Hugely Controversial Sotheby’s Sale Nets the Institution $5.9 Million, Even as Three Works Fail to Meet Expectations The sale was widely criticized by current and former museum directors. By Eileen Kinsella, May 19, 2021
Auctions Yuki Terase, Who Built Sotheby’s Hong Kong Auctions Into Major Moneymakers, Departs After 10 Years Amid Staff Shakeup The region has become a major growth area for the auction house. By Eileen Kinsella, May 18, 2021
Art World Lulu, the Acclaimed Hybrid Art Space in Mexico City, Will Now Become a Satellite of China’s X Museum The Beijing institution is funding the entire Lulu program. By Eileen Kinsella, May 14, 2021
Auctions Sotheby’s $221.3 Million Impressionist and Modern Sale Was Solid, But Proves the True Market Fireworks Are for Newer Art The bidding was fickle and uneven. By Eileen Kinsella, May 13, 2021
Auctions Fierce Competition for Rising Stars—and, Yes, a Major Basquiat—Propelled Sotheby’s Marathon Evening Sale to a Whopping $567 Million Sotheby's boasted strong examples by blue-chip artists and rising stars alike—though it was the latter that ignited fireworks. By Eileen Kinsella, May 13, 2021
Auctions As Christie’s and Sotheby’s Sell Dueling Basquiats This Week, Here Are the 10 Most Expensive Works by the Artist Ever (Publicly) Sold The artist's works have proven to be wise investments. By Eileen Kinsella, May 11, 2021
Auctions Here’s Your Guide to the Best, Most Desirable Artworks for Sale in New York’s $1 Billion Spring Auctions This Week After a dismal 2020, auction houses are looking to get back on track. By Eileen Kinsella, May 10, 2021
Artnet News Pro Looking for the Next Big Thing? Here Are 6 Rising-Star Artists to Seek Out at Frieze New York 2021 We scoured the aisles at Frieze New York to find the most exciting emerging figures. By Julia Halperin & Katya Kazakina & Eileen Kinsella, May 7, 2021
