NFTs Damien Hirst Just Burned Millions of Dollars Worth of His Art in Front of Gleeful Onlookers. Here’s What His Collectors Had to Say About It We braved the furnace flames so you didn't have to. By Naomi Rea, Oct 11, 2022
Auctions Are You Sitting Down? A Ming Dynasty Chair Just Sold for $16 Million at Sotheby’s Hong Kong—Nearly 10 Times Its Estimate The sale marks the third-highest price ever paid for a chair at auction. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 11, 2022
Artnet News Pro What Can a Major Museum Show of Lucian Freud Tell Us About His Market? As It Turns Out, Quite a Lot We took the National Gallery’s centenary tribute to Freud as a prompt for a market deep dive. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 10, 2022
Auctions Millennial Buyers and Online Bidding Drive Sotheby’s Hong Kong Art Sales to a Respectable $151.3 Million Totals were down from previous seasons, suggesting a more measured approach to buying. By Vivienne Chow, Oct 10, 2022
Artnet News Pro ‘Like Getting a 20 Percent Discount’: For U.S. Collectors at European Art Fairs, the Strong Dollar Means Everything Is on Sale Stateside art-world players are celebrating, but others are feeling the pinch. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 10, 2022
Artnet News Pro Paris + Is Entering a Packed Art-Fair Landscape. Is There Enough Business to Go Around? Some veteran art-market figures fear the arrival for Paris + par Art Basel will have a ripple effect on fairs they have come to rely on. By Anna Sansom, Oct 9, 2022
Auctions Botticelli’s Exquisite Madonna, a Treasure of the Paul Allen Collection, Could Sell for $40 Million at Christie’s The 'Madonna of the Magnificat' will go on public view as part of the sale. By Vittoria Benzine, Oct 7, 2022
Auctions Want to Own a Piece of Fleetwood Mac? Christine McVie’s Piano, John McVie’s Bass, and More Head to Auction Julien's will hold the sale in December. By Dorian Batycka, Oct 7, 2022
Art Fairs Here’s Your Go-To Guide to All the Art Fairs Taking Place During Frieze London 2022 Here's what to know before you go. By Caroline Goldstein, Oct 7, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Out With the Old This week: a new museum deaccessioning standard, Frank Stella’s extended family drama, bidders go gaga for Kaga, and much more. By Tim Schneider & Naomi Rea, Oct 7, 2022
Art Fairs Here Are 8 Art-Historical Rediscoveries of Works by Women Artists to Seek Out at This Year’s Frieze Masters Fair Distinctive archival works from women artists who lived through the turmoil of the 20th century are on view. By Vivienne Chow, Oct 7, 2022
Market Christie’s Shelves ‘Art Handler’ Clothing Collaboration With Highsnobiety After Backlash From Real-Life Art Handlers The pricey clothing line was viewed as offensive and tone-deaf by real-life art workers. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 6, 2022
Auctions Collectors Sherry and Joel Mallin Are Sending More Than 1,000 Artworks to Sotheby’s—the Largest Contemporary-Art Collection Ever Auctioned The collection will be auctioned in multiple sales, starting at Sotheby's London next week. By Dorian Batycka, Oct 6, 2022
Auctions A Spectacular Mondrian Heading to Sotheby’s This November Is Poised to Fetch Over $50 Million—and Make Auction History The work already has held the record for most expensive Mondrian once. Now, the house thinks it could get more than $50 mil. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 6, 2022
Wet Paint The Gramercy Park Hotel Officially Liquidates Its Inventory, Drama Among Frank Stella’s Children, and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, which famous tennis player has eyes on work by Adrian Ghenie? Which mega-gallery is making a mint on Robert Nava prints? Read on for answers. By Annie Armstrong, Oct 6, 2022