Auctions ‘In Rehearsals It Worked Every Time’: New Banksy Video Shows How His Sensational Sotheby’s Stunt Was SUPPOSED to Work The frame was actually supposed to shred the whole thing. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 17, 2018
Auctions Christie’s Will Offer 5 Works From the de Menil Family, Including a Masterpiece Rothko Held Onto Until His Death The 1962 painting has a $35 million to $45 million estimate. By Kate Brown, Oct 16, 2018
Auctions Christie’s Will Become the First Major Auction House to Use Blockchain in a Sale The sale of Barney A. Ebsworth's collection of American modernism will be backed by the technology. By Henri Neuendorf, Oct 12, 2018
Auctions Banksy Authenticates and Renames His Shredded $1.4 Million Painting—Which the Buyer Plans to Keep Sotheby's now calls it "the first work in history ever created during a live auction." By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 11, 2018
Auctions After Banksy’s Viral Auction Stunt, Other Collectors Wonder If Shredding Their Own Works Will Increase Their Value Artist Gavin Turk says the trick appeared to be "well-executed piece of theater" but others are less impressed with the stunt. By Naomi Rea & Javier Pes, Oct 8, 2018
Auctions Christie’s London Kicks Off the Frieze Week Auctions With a Tempered—and Very Brit-Centric—$161 Million Contemporary Sale The evening's top lot was a 1972 Francis Bacon painting that sold for $26 million. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 4, 2018
Auctions The Chicago Public Library Is Selling a Kerry James Marshall Painting to Fund Public Art in Underserved Communities The work is heading to Christie's with an estimate of $10-15 million. By Henri Neuendorf, Oct 1, 2018
Auctions The Basquiat Blitz Continues: Sotheby’s Will Auction Four Blockbuster Works by the Artist This Fall A European private collector has consigned four Basquiat works to the auction house. They will go under the hammer in November. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 30, 2018
Auctions The Impressionist Pioneer vs. the Postmodern Master: Two $30 Million Paintings Will Duel at Christie’s and Sotheby’s This Fall Christie's backs the Impressionist master, while Sotheby's is banking on the contemporary star. By Henri Neuendorf, Sep 28, 2018
Auctions Phillips’s Star Lot in November May Set a Record for Alberto Burri, an Artist Who Took Up Painting in Prison The work must surpass $13.1 million to set a new record. By Henri Neuendorf, Sep 26, 2018
Auctions Swizz Beatz to the Art World: Pay Your Artists Royalties When Their Work Is Resold The hip-hop producer found a receptive audience at Sotheby's. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 25, 2018
Auctions Damien Hirst’s Former Financial Wizard Conjures More Than $13 Million for His Art Collection at Sotheby’s London Most of the work was by Hirst, but Lucio Fontana had the top selling lot. By Henri Neuendorf, Sep 21, 2018
Auctions Want a Painting by Frank Sinatra? Sotheby’s Will Now Sell His Art—Alongside His Microphones, Photographs, and Picasso The singer and his wife Barbara's belongings will be sold in a series of sales at Sotheby's. By Henri Neuendorf, Sep 20, 2018
Auctions Will This Painting Make David Hockney the Most Expensive Living Artist When Christie’s Sells It This Fall? The painting could sell for $80 million. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 13, 2018
Auctions Sotheby’s Taps Star Hip-Hop Producer Swizz Beatz to Organize an Upcoming Contemporary Auction The hit-maker selected a rich and varied group of works. By Henri Neuendorf, Sep 12, 2018
