Auctions Christie’s Will Offer 9 Multimillion-Dollar NFT CryptoPunks in Its May Evening Auction. Here’s What That Means The digital collectibles include a rare alien punk. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 9, 2021
Auctions Following Public Pressure, eBay Has Cancelled a Sale of Wartime Drawings Reportedly Made by an Artist in a U.S. Japanese Internment Camp A number of organizations wrote to the auction house saying they objected to "profiteering off the oppression of Japanese Americans." By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 7, 2021
Auctions A Picasso Portrait Could Rake in $55 Million at Christie’s Next Month, Suggesting a Surge in the Art Market’s Confidence The work, depicting Marie-Thérèse Walter, was painted in 1932, Picasso's so-called "year of wonders." By Caroline Goldstein, Apr 6, 2021
Auctions Phillips Is Entering the Digital Fray With the Sale of a Mad Dog Jones NFT That Will Generate New NFTs Every Month The artist calls the work the first “multi-generational NFT.” By Sarah Cascone, Apr 2, 2021
Auctions A Medici-Themed Basquiat Painting Could Sell for $50 Million at Sotheby’s to Become One of the Priciest Works by the Artist Ever 'Versus Medici' hails from 1982, the most sought-after era of the artist's production. By Caroline Goldstein, Mar 26, 2021
Auctions Sotheby’s Rakes in $176 Million in a Global, Five-Hour Franken-Sale Led by Edvard Munch’s $22 Million Beach Landscape Vincent van Gogh’s Scène de rue à Montmartre sold for $15.2 million after appearing twice during the sale. By Nate Freeman, Mar 26, 2021
Auctions Sotheby’s Will Auction a Hoard of the World’s Earliest Photographs, Taken by 19th-Century Inventor Henry Fox Talbot—See Images Here The images will be offered as a single lot that is expected to fetch up to $500,000. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 24, 2021
Auctions A Cache of Photos From an Early MoMA Exhibition Offers New Clues About a Group of Lost Jacob Lawrence Paintings Swann Auction Galleries is offering shots of the artist’s Coast Guard paintings, many of which are now missing. By Brian Boucher, Mar 24, 2021
Auctions A New World Record for Banksy and a Pretty Little Picasso Powered Christie’s Seemingly Endless $275 Million Contemporary Art Auction The sale went on and on for four hours. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 23, 2021
Auctions A Basquiat Painting of a Warrior Just Fetched $41.8 Million at Christie’s Hong Kong, Setting a Record for Western Art in Asia The sale reflects a growing appetite for Western art in Asia. By Naomi Rea, Mar 23, 2021
Auctions A 15th-Century Chinese Porcelain Bowl Bought for $35 at a Connecticut Yard Sale Just Sold for Over $700,000 at Auction There are only six other bowls of its kind known to exist. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 18, 2021
Auctions A $35 Million Monet Will Highlight Christie’s New 20th-Century Evening Sale as the Auction House Shakes Up Its Departmental Categories The auction house is redefining what it means by Modern and contemporary art. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 17, 2021
Auctions Not to Be Left Out, Sotheby’s Is Wading Into the NFT Fray With an Auction by the Anonymous Digital Artist Pak Sotheby's says Pak is "wizard." Seriously! By Brian Boucher, Mar 16, 2021
Auctions Early in Her Career, Yayoi Kusama Gave Her Doctor 11 Artworks for Free Medical Care. Now, They Could Fetch $14 Million at Auction The three paintings and eight works on paper will hit the auction block at Bonhams in May. By Artnet News, Mar 16, 2021
Auctions A New York Lawmaker Has Proposed a Bill to Increase Taxes on Auction Sales to Fund Public Art Education The high-end art market might be coming under increased scrutiny as budgets tighten. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 15, 2021