Market Can Hong Kong Hold Its Edge in the Global Art Market? At the Art Business Conference, experts argued that the city must go beyond tax perks and tackle infrastructure gaps. By Cheung Hok Hang, 8 mins ago
Market Shanghai Art Week 2025 Was a Frenzied, Artist-Driven Ride. Here’s What I Saw From upgraded fairs, to promising artist-run projects, to a delightful pink map, the festivities were vibrant and ambitious. By Cathy Fan, 4 hours ago
Market At $304.6 Million Sotheby’s Tripleheader, Van Gogh and Kahlo Soar, as the Market Bounces Back Two of the three acts went 'white glove.' Said one vet: 'The beautiful theater of auction has returned.' By Eileen Kinsella, 13 hours ago
Auctions René Magritte’s Career-Defining ‘Jockey’ Gallops to $12.3 Million at Sotheby’s Canvases by Dalí, Dubuffet, Klee, and Miró also hit the block courtesy of the estate of Matthew and Carolyn Bucksbaum. By Brian Boucher, 16 hours ago
Auctions Frida Kahlo Masterpiece Sells for $54.7 Million, New Auction Record for Artwork by a Woman The price is 107,155 percent more than the $51,000 it last sold for in 1980. By Eileen Kinsella & Brian Boucher, 18 hours ago
Auctions The Numbers Behind Phillips’s $67.3 Million Stagecraft The stats that define a memorable night at the auction house. By Annie Armstrong, 20 hours ago
Auctions Christie’s 21st-Century Sale Made $124 Million, Up From Last Year. Here Are the Stats One surprise: The longest bidding battle was for a piece of furniture, rather than an artwork. By Katya Kazakina, 23 hours ago
Auctions Rare Winston Churchill Painting Makes $1.5 Million in Canadian Retail Giant’s Art Sell-Off The 27 paintings up for auction at Heffel offer a window into the centuries-old history of the Hudson's Bay Company. By Richard Whiddington, 1 day ago
Market Christie’s Rings Up $124 Million at Well-Crafted 21st-Century Sale, With $19.8 Million Wool in Front It was 'a little boring, but bidding was deep and robust,' one expert said. Two new artist records were set. By Katya Kazakina, 2 days ago
Market Phillips Totals $67.3 Million in Lukewarm Sale, Moving $16 Million Bacon, $5.4 Million Triceratops There was no high drama, but the result was a solid improvement over the house's 2024 haul. By Annie Armstrong, 2 days ago
Market Sotheby’s Sold $706 Million of Art in 3 Hours. Here’s a Look at the Numbers Thanks to the Lauder Collection, the house has already surpassed its total from last November—by a wide margin. By Katya Kazakina, 2 days ago
Auctions Believe It or Not, This Is the Buyer of Maurizio Cattelan’s Gold Toilet The work's starting price was determined by its weight in gold: about $10 million. By Richard Whiddington, 2 days ago
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, 2 days ago
Auctions Basquiat Painting Makes $48.3 Million in Auction Debut The 1981 canvas was included in the artist's first solo show in New York. By Min Chen, 3 days ago
Auctions A Cadre of Artists Has Successfully Rescued and Restored Nina Simone’s Historic Childhood Home Artists including Adam Pendleton, Julie Mehretu, and Ellen Gallagher have been working to preserve the historic building since 2016. By Vittoria Benzine, 3 days ago
