Auctions Sotheby’s Emily Fisher Landau Sale Is Most Valuable Ever for a Female Collector, Nets $406 Million An Agnes Martin set an artist's record for $18.7 million. By Annie Armstrong, Nov 8, 2023
Auctions Emily Fisher Landau’s Prized Picasso Nets $139.4 Million at Sotheby’s, Achieving the Second-Highest Price at Auction for the Spanish Artist The painting depicts Picasso's 'golden muse' Marie-Thérèse Walter. By Adam Schrader, Nov 8, 2023
Artnet News Pro By the Numbers: A Breakdown of Results From Christie’s 21st Century Evening Sale, November 2023 Get the stats behind the spin. By Katya Kazakina, Nov 8, 2023
Artnet News Pro Which Joan Mitchell Would You Buy If You Had Upwards of $25 Million to Spend? In the latest installment of “This or That,” advisor Todd Levin weighs in on two Joan Mitchell going up for auction this week in New York. By Annie Armstrong, Nov 8, 2023
Auctions A Famed Collector Has Parted With the Contemporary Treasures She Stashed on Her Greek Island Paradise, Netting $38 Million The two-day auction at Sotheby's Paris smashed its presale estimate. By Lee Carter, Nov 7, 2023
Art Fairs Turin’s Artissima Fair Is Beloved By Curators and Institutional Heavyweights. It’s Little Wonder Why The annual Italian event is where galleries dare to let overlooked or lesser-known artists shine—and the gambit pays off. By Devorah Lauter, Nov 7, 2023
NFTs Attendees at Hong Kong’s ApeFest NFT Event Suffer ‘Extreme’ Eye-Related Problems Yuga Labs, the company behind the event, claims only one percent of attendees were affected. By Artnet News, Nov 7, 2023
Auctions Here Are 5 Standouts From Sotheby’s Hotly Anticipated Emily Fisher Landau Sale—From a Bold Ed Ruscha to Her Own Warhol Portrait The star lot is a Picasso expected to sell for more than $120 million. By Adam Schrader, Nov 6, 2023
Auctions News Icon Barbara Walters’s $8 Million Estate Hits the Block at Bonhams, With Her ‘Audacious’ Jewelry Taking Center Stage A John Singer Sargent portrait is expected to yield more than $1 million at the live auction on November 6. By Lee Carter, Nov 4, 2023
The Art Detective Revealed: The Major Mystery Consignors of New York’s Multi-Billion-Dollar Fall Auction Season Market conditions have changed considerably—but there are still plenty of trophies set to trade hands. By Katya Kazakina, Nov 3, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: To Guarantee or Not to Guarantee This week: what to expect as auction season descends, a different kind of Basquiat, and much more—all in a 6-minute read (1,748 words). By Artnet News, Nov 3, 2023
Auctions Here’s Your Guide to the Priciest and Most Sought-After Artworks for Sale During New York’s $2 Billion Fall Auction Season The collections of Emily Fisher Landau, Ivan Reitman, Jerry Moss, and the Triton Foundation hit the block starting next week. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 3, 2023
Auctions Christie’s Pulled Two Works by a Prominent Middle Eastern Artist From Sale After a Complaint A consignor has suggested that the paintings by Lebanese artist Ayman Baalbaki could have been mistakenly associated with Islamist extremism. By Rebecca Anne Proctor, Nov 3, 2023
Galleries Art Week Tokyo’s Third Edition Boasts ‘Glocal’ Ambitions to Bridge Japanese Contemporary Art With the International Market Japan is eager to get back into the global art world with the expanded editions of Art Week Tokyo and Art Collaboration Kyoto. By Vivienne Chow, Nov 2, 2023
Auctions A Nautical Chart Sold at Auction for $239,000 Is Revealed as the 4th Oldest of Its Kind and Is Now Tagged at $7.5 Million The map depicts the waterways of the Mediterranean and beyond. By Richard Whiddington, Nov 2, 2023