Market Phillips CEO Stephen Brooks Has Resigned After Nearly Three Years at the Auction House Under Brooks, Phillips achieved record-breaking sales and expanded globally, before the market downturn. By Vivienne Chow, Jan 16, 2024
The Art Detective Who Was Up and Who Was Down at the Art Auctions in 2023? A look at how the year's Top 500 artist list stacks up against the past. By Katya Kazakina, Jan 12, 2024
Auctions The Gilded Interiors of One of Venice’s Most Opulent Renaissance Palaces Can Now Be Yours Some 200 treasures from Palazzo Volpi are headed to Sotheby's Paris on February 28. By Lee Carter, Jan 12, 2024
Market Russian Billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev Testifies in Contentious Sotheby’s Trial Rybolovlev took the stand for the first time in his ongoing case against the auction house. By Eileen Kinsella & Guelda Voien, Jan 11, 2024
Auctions Hindman and Freeman’s Merge to Create a Formidable New Auction House The merger sets up a company with a larger domestic presence than giants like Sotheby's and Christie's. By Adam Schrader, Jan 10, 2024
Galleries König Galerie Is Launching a Mexico City Outpost, Its First Branch in the Americas The gallery will be based in the home of its director, longtime collector Corina Krawinkel. By Adam Schrader, Jan 10, 2024
Market The View From: Qiao Zhibing Greater awareness of the information gap and art market contexts in China and the West can help to foster better understandings of both worlds. By Qiao Zhibing, Jan 8, 2024
The Art Detective These Are the Worries Haunting a Post-‘Babylonian’ Art Market in 2024 Behind the scenes, there's a recalibration of values going on. By Katya Kazakina, Jan 5, 2024
Auctions The Met Is Selling a George Washington Portrait to Fund Its New Acquisitions The painting is could make $2.5 million when it hits the block at Christie's. By Adam Schrader, Jan 5, 2024
Wet Paint Did a British Music Collective Rip Off Freeman and Lowe? Sotheby’s Cringey ‘Barbie’ Holiday Party Video, and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, what sculptor just had a string of museum acquisitions? What's the current going rate for nude modeling in New York City? By Annie Armstrong, Jan 4, 2024
Market Artnet’s Katya Kazakina Wins a National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Award The Los Angeles Press Club recognized Kazakina's reporting in two incisive feature stories on the art market. By Artnet News, Jan 3, 2024
Market 5 Top Art Advisors on How the Art Market Could Change in 2024 Surprisingly divergent predictions from pros in the know. By Artnet News, Jan 3, 2024
Auctions Collector Chris Levett Is Selling His Huge Trove of Ancient Armor to Fund His Museum’s Rebrand The second auction of Levett's collection of artifacts is estimated to make more than $3.4 million. By Adam Schrader, Jan 3, 2024
Auctions A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure That Could Be Worth $19,000 A similar brooch rediscovered in 2011 more than tripled its high estimate to fetch $40,000. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jan 2, 2024
Auctions With a Great Gavel Comes Great Responsibility: Your Go-To List of Record-Breaking Auctioneers Fine art can sell for eye-watering sums at auction, but who are the auctioneers behind the most iconic record-breaking sales? By Verity Babbs, Jan 2, 2024