Auctions Basquiat and Hockney Lead Christie’s Slimmed-Down $106.5 Million Contemporary Sale The evening saw several records set for emerging artists but many high-profile lots went for their low estimates. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 22, 2024
Auctions Fernando Botero’s Market Is Gaining Momentum. Here’s Why Total auction sales of the Colombian artist's work have more than doubled between 2020 and and 2023. By Katya Kazakina, Nov 21, 2024
Auctions Emily Carr Painting Bought for $50 at Barn Sale Fetches $250,000 That's a 500,000 percent return on investment. By Vittoria Benzine, Nov 21, 2024
Art Fairs Miami’s Untitled Art Fair Plots Houston Edition Writer and curator Michael Slenske will be its director. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 21, 2024
Auctions Cattelan’s $6.2 Million Banana Boosts an Otherwise Uneven Auction Night at Sotheby’s The highest price of the evening was Ed Ruscha’s $13.6 million "Georges’ Flag." Many other works struggled to meet their estimates. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 21, 2024
Auctions Duct-Taped Banana Sells for $6.2 Million at Sotheby’s The artist's controversial creation has been called "the most talked-about artwork of the century.” By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 20, 2024
Auctions Masterworks by Magritte, Ruscha Fuel $486 Million Night at Christie’s The house pursued a 'masterpiece' strategy. It paid off. By Katya Kazakina, Nov 20, 2024
Auctions By the Numbers: A Breakdown of Results from Sotheby’s Modern Art Evening Sale in New York Let the numbers tell the story. By Katya Kazakina, Nov 20, 2024
Auctions At $54.1 Million Phillips Auction, Few Splashy Sales but Plenty of Drama The FDNY made a brief appearance, and a Basquiat that appeared to sell was later marked as unsold. By Annie Armstrong, Nov 19, 2024
Auctions By the Numbers: A Breakdown of Results from Sotheby’s ‘Legacy of Beauty: The Collection of Sydell Miller’ Evening Sale Let the numbers tell the story. By Katya Kazakina, Nov 19, 2024
Auctions Tiffany Window Shatters Records as Most Expensive Ever Sold The sale of the stained-glass piece has cemented the 20th-century designer's place in the 'pantheon of iconic artists.' By Richard Whiddington, Nov 19, 2024
Auctions From Chandelier Bids to White-Glove Sales: The Wild Jargon of Art Auctions, Decoded "That lot failed to meet its reserve and was bought-in." "That other work sold to its third-party guarantor in the white-glove sale." What? Read on. By Annie Armstrong & Katya Kazakina & Eileen Kinsella, Nov 19, 2024
Auctions Leonora Carrington’s ‘Otherworldly’ Cat Woman Sculpture Sells for a Record $11.4 Million The sculpture was once in the collection of Surrealist patron Edward James. By Richard Whiddington, Nov 18, 2024
Market $1.6 Billion Worth of Art Goes Under the Hammer in New York—and More Art Industry News Plus, the U.S. returns antiquities totalling $10 million to India. By Annie Armstrong, Nov 18, 2024
Market Bananas for Bitcoin? What the Recent Crypto Rally Means for the Art Market Sotheby's is enabling crypto payments for "select" lots at its New York evening sale. By Margaret Carrigan, Nov 16, 2024
