Auctions By the Numbers: A Breakdown of Results From Christie’s Hong Kong Evening Sales, May 2023 The combined hammer total from the Post-Millennium and 20th/21st Century Sales barely surpassed the presale low estimate. By Vivienne Chow, May 30, 2023
Auctions ‘The Stuff of Legend’: $20 Million Worth of Treasures From the Rothschild Dynasty Is Heading to the First Auction of Its Kind The Christie's sale features Renaissance paintings, furniture, jewelry, and silver. By Artnet News, May 30, 2023
Auctions Ann and Gordon Getty’s Magnificent Collection Returns for Another Auction at Christie’s With Major Blockbuster Potential The contents of the couple's opulent Temple of Wings home in California will head to auction June 14. By Lee Carter, May 29, 2023
Artnet News Pro Here Are the 15 Most Expensive Artworks Sold at Auction Around the World in April 2023 Sotheby's 50th anniversary in Hong Kong propelled the priciest sales in April. By Caroline Goldstein, May 28, 2023
Auctions Dealers Applauded the May Old Masters Sales’ Old-School Vibe: Few Guarantees, Reserves, and Less Pretense The mid-season auctions proved a welcome counterpoint. By Eileen Kinsella, May 27, 2023
The Art Detective What Went Wrong With Christie’s Fineberg Sale, the Auction That Nearly Drove the Art Market to Despair? Plenty. At first, people were stunned to see art by major names selling for a pittance. Then they got excited. By Katya Kazakina, May 26, 2023
Artnet News Pro Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and for How Much—at Frieze New York 2023 Here's what dealers say they sold at the 2023 fair. By Artnet News, May 26, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Wellness Check This week: May auction numbers decoded, the fresh faces of the Guggenheim Young Collectors Coalition, and much more. By Artnet News, May 26, 2023
Auctions Once Used to Grow Hyacinths, This Humble Chinese Pot Sold for More Than $150,000 at a U.K. Auction—Nearly 200 Times Its High Estimate The ornamental pot displayed bonsai trees at the Qing court and was used by its former owners to grow hyacinths. By Brian Boucher, May 26, 2023
Wet Paint Meet the Young Collectors Calling the Shots at the Guggenheim, a Highly Placed Art Worlder’s Anti-Woke Tweets, and More Art World Gossip Plus, what artwork did Spike Lee buy this week? Which legacy art publication is rumored to be restructuring? By Annie Armstrong, May 25, 2023
Artnet News Pro More Than Meets the Eye: 5 Data-Driven Takeaways From New York’s $1.5 Billion Spring Auctions Our columnist dove deep on auction metrics to locate the market signals in an unusually noisy season. By Tim Schneider, May 25, 2023
Artnet News Pro Hot Lots: 5 Works That Shattered Expectations During New York’s 2023 Spring Sales We look at the lots that overperformed last week and consider what it tells us about the state of the market. By Artnet News, May 25, 2023
Auctions Henri Matisse’s Home and Studio on the French Riviera, Where the Artist Made His Paper Cutouts, Has Hit the Market for $2.7 Million The apartment's new residents will occupy the space where Matisse lived and worked for over ten years. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 25, 2023
NFTs Photographer Chen Man’s First NFT Series Is a Futuristic Spectacle Featuring a Pregnant Grimes as an A.I. Cyborg The musician is depicted wearing a tattered shirt that reads "X AE A-12 MUSK." By Richard Whiddington, May 24, 2023
Auctions An Extraordinary Wristwatch Belonging to the Last Emperor of China Just Sold for $6.2 Million, Setting Multiple Auction Records Aisin-Giro Puyi wore the rare Patek Philippe timepiece while detained in Siberia. By Lee Carter, May 24, 2023
