Auctions In a Market Lacking Overall Confidence, Christie’s London Puts Together a Solid $79.6 Million Contemporary Sale The biggest successes of the night came from works by rising talents. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 4, 2019
Auctions Sotheby’s Stages a Stolid $67.3 Million Frieze Week Sale, Despite Boffo Bidding for Banksy, Basquiat, and Bacon Other standouts were Eisenman, Fontana, and Scarpitta. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 3, 2019
Auctions Banksy’s Chimp Parliament Painting Sells for a Startling $12 Million at Sotheby’s, Prompting Both Cheers and Jeers 'Devolved Parliament' came in equal to a work by Basquiat, and dwarfed interest in another monkey painting—by Francis Bacon. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 3, 2019
Auctions Phillips Defies Brexit Gloom as Records Tumble in Its $32 Million Contemporary Art Sale in London The sale set new records for Simone Leigh, Raoul De Keyser, Alex Katz, and others. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 2, 2019
Auctions A Signature Ed Ruscha Text Painting Could Fetch $40 Million at Christie’s Next Month and Shatter the Artist’s Auction Record The canvas is from the early 1960s. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 2, 2019
Auctions Christie’s Kicks Off Frieze Week With a Bang With the $28 Million Sale of British Businessman Jeremy Lancaster’s Collection Philip Guston made a rare auction appearance—and the top lot of the sale. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 1, 2019
Auctions Auction Blotter: Julie Curtiss Shocks, Ed Ruscha Sizzles, and KAWS Keeps On Keeping On in the New York Day Sales By Nate Freeman, Sep 27, 2019
Auctions Banksy Can Insult Collectors All He Wants—It Won’t Stop Them From Buying, His Sold-Out $1.4 Million Christie’s Online Auction Proves A sarcastically titled sale of Banksy works drew eager buyers who didn't seem to mind the artist calling them "morons." By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 25, 2019
Auctions An Elderly Woman Discovered She Had Been Storing a Rare Renaissance Painting in Her Kitchen—and It Could Fetch $6 Million at Auction Next Month The 13th-century painting hung over a hot plate in the home of a 90-year-old woman. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 24, 2019
Auctions KAWS for Concern? 25 Works by the White-Hot Street Artist Are About to Flood the Market in Sotheby’s Sale of Ryan Brant’s Estate Could the late video-game entrepreneur's KAWS collection be too much of a good thing for the market? By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 23, 2019
Auctions Has Banksy Altered His Famed Painting of British Parliamentarians as Chimps? Either Way, It Could Fetch $2.5 Million at Auction Next Month It's tempting to believe the artist may be planning another auction stunt. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 19, 2019
Auctions A Photo of the Back of Banksy’s Head Sold for Nearly Ten Times Its Estimate at Sotheby’s London The photo by Chris Levine purports to depict Banksy's hooded head. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 18, 2019
Auctions TV Chef Anthony Bourdain’s Art Collection (and Other Prized Possessions) Are Heading to Auction Highlights include a custom meteorite chef’s knife and several works by the author and TV personality's favorite artists. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 16, 2019
Auctions Sotheby’s Shareholders Overwhelmingly Approve the Company’s $3.7 Billion Acquisition by French Media Mogul Patrick Drahi CEO Tad Smith called it an historic moment for the 275-year-old auction house. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 5, 2019
Auctions An Old Volvo Truck Could Fetch $2 Million at a Bonhams Car Auction—Thanks to a Banksy Mural Banksy painted the truck back in 2000. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 30, 2019
