Auctions In a Frenzy for Floral Furniture and Dog Art, Buyers Smash Expectations at Sotheby’s $7.6 Million ‘Prince of Chintz’ Sale The late designer Mario Buatta's estate raked in $7.6 million. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 28, 2020
Auctions Looking for a Van Gogh for Under $1 Million? These 4 (Relatively) Affordable Works Are Headed to Auction Everything must Gogh! By Katie White, Jan 22, 2020
Auctions A Slew of Paintings Seized From Celebrity Jeweler and Fugitive Billionaire Nirav Modi Is Going Up for Auction in India It is the second sale undertaken by the government of India of items from Modi's collection. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 22, 2020
Auctions John F. Kennedy’s Endearing Watercolors of Boats, Painted on the Campaign Trail, Are Heading to Auction. See Them Here The serene paintings are part of one of the largest troves of JFK memorabilia ever assembled. By Caroline Goldstein, Jan 13, 2020
Auctions Sotheby’s Launches a Line of Old Masters-Inspired Streetwear as Part of Its Endless Quest to Get Young People to Buy Old Art The project is a collaboration with the street style brand Highsnobiety. By Katie White, Jan 13, 2020
Auctions David Hockney’s Exceedingly Charming ‘Splash’ Painting Could Fetch Almost $40 Million at Sotheby’s Next Month The painting is expected to generate almost 630 percent more than what it sold for 14 years ago. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 13, 2020
Auctions Phillips Will Hold a Selling Show of Banksy and KAWS in New York to Target a New Generation of Want-It-Now Buyers Prices for the 20 works on view range from $25,000 to $4 million. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 6, 2020
Auctions The Historic Artworks That Once Adorned the Offices of ‘Jet’ and ‘Ebony’ Are Heading to Auction This Month Works by Carrie Mae Weems and Henry Ossawa Tanner will be included in the sale at Swann Galleries. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 3, 2020
Auctions Christie’s Is Cutting Its Catalogue Pages and Print Materials in Half Next Year to Curb Its Environmental Impact Most of its buyers don't receive catalogues anyway, the auction house says. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 20, 2019
Auctions Here Are the 10 Most Expensive Artworks Sold at Auction in 2019—and Why They Brought in the Prices They Did Plus, who bought and sold them (when we could figure it out). By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 20, 2019
Auctions The 1892 Manifesto That Gave Birth to the Modern Olympics Just Sold for $8.8 Million at Sotheby’s, Almost 9 Times Its Estimate The 14-page document sketches out the competition's revival, posing the Olympics as a boon to "the cause of peace." By Karen Chernick, Dec 19, 2019
Auctions Hong Kong’s Art Auctions Declined in the First Major Slate of Sales Since Political Protests Engulfed the City Despite setting several new artist records in the region, fine-art sales were down about six percent versus last fall. By Tim Schneider, Dec 16, 2019
Auctions The First-Ever Auction of Contemporary Aboriginal Art in New York Soars Past Expectations to Bring in $2.8 Million Is there a "Gagosian effect" at play in the new fervor for Aboriginal art? By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 16, 2019
Auctions As Shakeups Continue at Sotheby’s, Auction Veteran Amy Cappellazzo Has Been Named Head of an Expanded Global Fine Arts Division The move comes as Sotheby's new CEO Charles Stewart reorganizes the company. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 12, 2019
Auctions Christie’s Will Launch a New Hong Kong Auction to Coincide With Art Basel, Undeterred by Ongoing Protests The contemporary art sale will coincide with Art Basel Hong Kong in March. By Taylor Dafoe, Dec 9, 2019
