Auctions By the Numbers: A Breakdown of Results from Sotheby’s Hong Kong ‘The Now’ and Modern and Contemporary Art Evening Sales, April 2024 Get the stats behind the spin. By Vivienne Chow, Apr 9, 2024
The Back Room Paint Drippings: Everything You Missed in the Art Industry Last Week Succession planning is underway at Christie's, a $30 million Lucio Fontana work will go under the hammer at Sotheby's, and more industry news. By Annie Armstrong, Apr 8, 2024
Auctions Artists Ed Ruscha, Marilyn Minter, and More Donate Works to Fight Big Oil Their works will be included in a benefit auction and selling exhibition spearheaded by Gagosian, Christie's, and Jane Fonda. By Tim Brinkhof, Apr 8, 2024
The Art Detective ‘If It Goes to Zero—Fine’: Why Do Collectors Pay Wild Prices for New Art? Wooed by galleries, buyers chase artworks like 'prestige fashion objects.' Do they know what they are doing? By Katya Kazakina, Apr 5, 2024
Wet Paint Will Scandal-Plagued Diddy Offload His Marquee Art Holdings?—and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, meet the art world's favorite professional party planner. By Annie Armstrong, Apr 5, 2024
Art Fairs Art Paris Sees Uptick in New Exhibitors as the City’s Contemporary Scene Swells The fair sees a 30 percent increase in new exhibitors this year. By Vivienne Chow, Apr 5, 2024
Auctions Here Are the 10 Most Expensive Lots Sold at Auction in February 2024 Old Masters dominated this month, with a few unusual contemporary pieces also making the cut. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 4, 2024
Auctions This Handwritten ‘Sherlock Holmes’ Manuscript Could Fetch $1.2 Million at Auction It is the only handwritten draft of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1889 novel, "The Sign of Four." By Verity Babbs, Apr 4, 2024
Auctions A Pair of Chinese Vases Rescued From an Attic Make $325,000 at Auction Two 18th-century porcelain vases were initially mistaken for modern reproductions and valued at about $125. By Tim Brinkhof, Apr 4, 2024
Art Fairs Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and For How Much—at Art Basel Hong Kong 2024 Here's what dealers say they sold at the event. By Artnet News, Apr 3, 2024
Market How the Late Italian Painter Salvo Went From Also-Ran to Market Star His dreamy landscapes have inspired Nicolas Party; smart management of his estate has helped earn new admirers. By Vivienne Chow, Apr 2, 2024
Auctions A Sale of Playboy’s Art Collection and Marilyn Monroe’s Stuff Bags $4 Million A Richard Hunt sculpture was the auction's top fine art lot. By Richard Whiddington, Apr 1, 2024
Market ‘This Is What We Have Been Waiting For’: Tokyo Dealer Jeffrey Rosen Talks Collaboration While the art industry may be known for cutthroat competition, cooperation is key if mid-tier galleries are going to thrive, he argues. By Jeffrey Rosen, Apr 1, 2024
Art Fairs 80,000 Canapés! 75,000 Flowers! TEFAF Maastricht 2024, by the Numbers How many museum directors attended the luxe fair? How many restaurants were on offer? Read on. By Andrew Russeth, Apr 1, 2024
Auctions A Historic Trove of Ancient Roman and British Coins Is Headed to Auction The rare collection will be up for auction in Zurich in May and October. By Verity Babbs, Mar 31, 2024