Market Work of the Week: Helmut Newton’s ‘Leaving Las Vegas’ The fashion photographer's works accounted for six of the top 10 lots at Phillips's recent photographs sale in London. By Margaret Carrigan, May 21, 2024
Auctions This Newly Restored Quentin Metsys Painting Is Poised to Shatter His Auction Record The painting went off the radar for centuries and has now been restored to its earlier glory. By Artnet News, May 21, 2024
Market Paint Drippings: Everything You Missed in the Art Industry Last Week From the top lots of New York's auction week to a new museum dedicated to Sufi art in Paris. By Annie Armstrong, May 20, 2024
Market By the Numbers: A Breakdown of Results from Christie’s 20th-Century Evening Sale, May 2024 Let the numbers tell the story. By Katya Kazakina, May 17, 2024
Art Fairs Free to a Good Home: Artists Launch a New Fair to Clear Unsold Works From Their Studios Collectors must agree to a five-year vesting period in the "sale" contracts. By Adam Schrader, May 17, 2024
Auctions Christie’s 20th-Century Art Sale Totals $413 Million, as the Market Exhales with Relief Except for a fight over a large 1964 Andy Warhol that sold for $35.5 million, it was a relatively uneventful evening. By Katya Kazakina, May 16, 2024
Market By the Numbers: A Breakdown of Results From Sotheby’s Modern Art Evening Sale, May 2024 Let the numbers tell the story. By Katya Kazakina, May 16, 2024
Art Fairs Warsaw’s New Collaborative Art Fair Debuts Amid an Upswing of Political Optimism in Poland NADA Villa Warsaw is the latest addition to a growing list of alternative initiatives upending the traditional art fair model. By Aga Sablinska, May 16, 2024
Auctions Monet Leads Sotheby’s $235 Million Modern Art Sale—But Carrington Steals the Show The 10-minute bidding war for Carrington's surreal masterpiece injected much-needed excitement into an anxious auction season. By Katya Kazakina, May 15, 2024
Market By The Numbers: A Breakdown of Results From Christie’s 21st-Century Evening Sale, May 2024 Let the numbers tell the story. By Eileen Kinsella, May 15, 2024
Market By the Numbers: A Breakdown of Results From Christie’s de la Cruz Collection Evening Sale, May 2024 Let the numbers tell the story. By Eileen Kinsella, May 15, 2024
Market By the Numbers: A Breakdown of Results From Phillips’s Modern and Contemporary Evening Sale Let the numbers tell the story. By Annie Armstrong, May 15, 2024
The Back Room Work of the Week: María Berrío’s ‘La Cena’ Dow Kim is selling the painting at Christie's with a low estimate of $350,000. By Katya Kazakina, May 15, 2024
Auctions Hack-Hit Christie’s Sells $114.7 Million of Contemporary Art, Withdraws Major Marden New artist records were set at its New York headquarters for Martin Wong, Ana Mendieta, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, and more. By Eileen Kinsella, May 15, 2024
Auctions Phillips Modern and Contemporary Art Evening Manages $86.3 Million, Led by 3 Basquiats A Picasso portrait that was estimated to sell for between $12 million to $18 million was pulled just ahead of the sale. By Annie Armstrong, May 14, 2024
