Auctions Phillips’s Total Sales Declined to $760 Million Last Year, a 16 Percent Drop From 2019 The company’s 2020 decrease was on par with rival Sotheby’s. By Artnet News, 22 hours ago
Auctions Artworks Owned by the Late Billionaire William Louis-Dreyfus Highlighted Christie’s Somewhat Muted $2 Million Outsider Art Sale Bill Traylor, Martin Ramirez, and Thornton Dial were stars of the show. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 22, 2021
Auctions An Unopened First Edition Set of Pokémon Cards, Deemed ‘the Pinnacle of Pokémon Collecting,’ Just Fetched $408,000 at Auction It turns out playing with your Pokémon cards was a big mistake. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 22, 2021
Art Fairs Art Basel Has Again Postponed Its Flagship Swiss Fair, Rolling Out Three Online Viewing Rooms Instead to Keep Business Afloat The IRL edition of the fair is now scheduled to take place in September. By Naomi Rea, Jan 21, 2021
Market France Has Revised Its System for Exporting Art and Antiques, Removing Red Tape that Has Long Hindered Trade The changes could make France more attractive as a market for overseas buyers in some key disciplines. By Ivan Macquisten, Jan 20, 2021
Auctions This Rare Color Tintin Drawing Just Sold for €3.2 Million, Setting a New World Record for an Original Comic Strip The artwork was originally supposed to serve as the cover for the Tintin comic "The Blue Lotus." By Sarah Cascone, Jan 14, 2021
Galleries The French Government Is Giving Commercial Art Galleries €2 Million to Help Keep Them Alive Through Lockdown The country is switching up its strategy to support its art scene. By Naomi Rea, Jan 12, 2021
Art Fairs Expo Chicago Pushes Back Its April Dates, Becoming the First 2021 Art Fair to Postpone an In-Person Event The fair will hold a digital edition in April, with a virtual symposium slated for later this month. By Caroline Goldstein, Jan 11, 2021
Art Fairs Here’s Our Up-to-the-Minute Guide to All the Art Fairs Taking Place Around the World (Yes, Really) in 2021 Here are all of the in-person fair dates we could pin down so far. By Caroline Goldstein, Jan 7, 2021
Analysis The UK Has Officially Exited the EU With a Trade Deal. So What Exactly Does It Mean for the Art Business? As one expert says, when it comes to the new trade deal, "the devil will be in the details." By Kate Brown, Jan 5, 2021
Galleries Gagosian Has Closed Its San Francisco Gallery, Once Seen as a Beacon of Promise for Silicon Valley’s Art Market The gallery says it will focus its West Coast energies on Los Angeles. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 4, 2021
Galleries Curatorial Dynamo Destinee Ross-Sutton Just Opened a New Project Space Dedicated to Black Art in SoHo—No Flippers Allowed A contract she first developed for Christie's is in place for all sales. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 22, 2020
Market Philip Guston’s Market Has Never Reached the Heights of His Ab-Ex Contemporaries. But This Year’s Controversy May Change That Guston's refusal to conform once hurt his market—now, it could be the reason for its revival. By Naomi Rea, Dec 22, 2020
Auctions Top Auction Houses Saw Total Sales Drop in 2020—But Sotheby’s Outpaced Rival Christie’s With $5 Billion in Revenue Private sales, online sales, and demand from Asia are driving growth. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 18, 2020
Auctions Sotheby’s Is Selling Off the Collection of Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Including Cookie Jars Once Owned by Andy Warhol The cookie jars used to sit on Christo and Jeanne-Claude's refrigerator. By Brian Boucher, Dec 17, 2020
