Auctions Has the AI-Generated Art Bubble Already Burst? Two Works at Sotheby’s Are Greeted by Lackluster Demand The two lots failed to spark the same frenzied bidding that Obvious's work generated last year. By Caroline Goldstein, 22 hours ago
Galleries Artist Helen Cammock Didn’t Even Have a Gallery When She Won a Turner Prize Nomination. Now, She Just Got Her First Dealer London dealer Kate MacGarry has now become the artist's first commercial gallery. By Caroline Elbaor, 1 day ago
Art Fairs Rejecting the Idea That Regional Fairs Should Expand, Art Düsseldorf Proves Staying Local Works Best (at Least in the Rhineland) The German fair is proof that there is life after MCH Group, thanks to the Rhineland's committed collectors and a dynamic art scene. By Kate Brown, 1 day ago
Auctions Asian Bidding Rouses Sotheby’s $270.7 Million Contemporary Sale, With the Same Buyer Snapping Up Two of the Priciest Paintings Still, fireworks were muted—the sale's total was down more than 25 percent from the equivalent sale in 2018. By Nate Freeman, 2 days ago
Auctions A Triumphant Basquiat and an Unexpected Norman Rockwell Help Boost Phillips to a Strong $108 Million Evening Sale Meanwhile, French artist Julie Curtiss cements her place as a market darling. By Eileen Kinsella, 2 days ago
Market A Three-Story Mural Keith Haring Created for a Catholic Youth Center Sold for $3.9 Million—to the Chagrin of the Artist’s Foundation The 85-foot mural was taken down from the walls where Haring painted it in the early 1980s. By Caroline Goldstein, 2 days ago
Auctions A Masterwork by Female Baroque Painter Artemisia Gentileschi, Unseen for 40 Years, Sells for a Record $5.3 Million Her painting Lucretia smashed its high estimate of around $880,000. By Caroline Elbaor, 2 days ago
Auctions A Record-Breaking Ed Ruscha of a Word Being Tortured Injects Life Into Christie’s Otherwise Sober $325 Million Contemporary Sale Other star lots failed to surpass expectations. By Tim Schneider, 3 days ago
Auctions This Rare Portrait of a Teenage Mozart at Work Is Heading to Auction in Paris—and It Could Fetch More Than $1 Million The work features the 13-year-old prodigy sitting at an organ, wearing a wig. By Maxwell Williams, Nov 13, 2019
Auctions A Bronze Hippo Bathtub Made a Giant Splash at Christie’s, Selling for $4.3 Million—25 Times What Its Seller Bought It For Someone will be taking their bubble baths in a multimillion-dollar fixture by François-Xavier Lalanne. By Brian Boucher, Nov 13, 2019
Auctions A Few Technical Difficulties May Have Been the Most Exciting Thing About Sotheby’s $209 Million Impressionist and Modern Sale A new record was set for Tamara de Lempicka, but a Picasso work sold despite missing its low estimate by a wide margin. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 13, 2019
Auctions The Art Collection of Walt Disney’s Daughter Could Bring in $14 Million at Christie’s Beginning This Week The collection of Ron and Diane Disney Miller features Diebenkorn, Matisse, Wyeth, Thiebaud, and more. By Maxwell Williams, Nov 12, 2019
Market The Subject of a David Hockney Portrait That Could Fetch $45 Million at Christie’s This Week Finds His Unwanted Fame ‘Pretty Tedious’ Hockney’s former partner and model, Peter Schlesinger, opens up to Artnet News about the work. By Naomi Rea, Nov 12, 2019
Auctions A Record-Setting Futurist Sculpture by Umberto Boccioni Carried Christie’s Workmanlike $191 Million Impressionist and Modern Sale Christie's opens fall auction week a solid, picture-by-picture approach. But results are still down 30 percent from last year. By Tim Schneider, Nov 11, 2019
Art Fairs Hints of a Thaw in the Trade War Boost Sales at Shanghai’s Art Fairs as the Market Grows Wary of Hong Kong The mood at the fair was more positive than last year on the heels of news that the US-China trade negotiations may be resuming. By Nate Freeman, Nov 11, 2019
