Auctions Christie’s Is Selling a $50 Million Collection Featuring Georgia O’Keeffe and Frida Kahlo Flower Paintings and a Moody Magritte The collection will be sold across a series of sales through March. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 31, 2019
Analysis Tad Smith Went From the Entertainment World to Remake Sotheby’s. Now That He’s Out as CEO, Where Does the Auction House Go From Here? Unpacking the ways Sotheby's evolved—and didn't—during Smith's four and a half years as CEO of the renowned auction house. By Tim Schneider & Eileen Kinsella, Oct 30, 2019
Auctions Basquiat’s Painting of a Triumphant Warrior in a Boxing Ring Could Fetch $15 Million at Phillips This Fall The artist grew up watching boxing with his father. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 29, 2019
Auctions A Late Billionaire Collector’s Foundation Is Selling Off Artworks by Bill Traylor and Others to Benefit a Harlem Children’s Charity The William Louise-Dreyfus Foundation is offering the work through Sotheby's, Christie's, and David Zwirner. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 28, 2019
Galleries Chicago’s Shane Campbell Gallery Has Closed, Claiming the Art Industry Has Been ‘Muddled by Unbridled Capital’ The gallery made the surprise announcement on Instagram this weekend. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 28, 2019
Auctions New Sotheby’s Owner Patrick Drahi Replaces CEO Tad Smith With a Trusted Turnaround Wizard New CEO Charles Stewart was most recently CFO of Drahi's company Altice USA. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 28, 2019
Market A Lost Cimabue Masterpiece Found Hanging in an Elderly French Woman’s Kitchen Sold for a Stunning $26.8 Million The Medieval painting was spotted above the stove where it had been hanging for years. By Naomi Rea, Oct 28, 2019
Auctions An Alma Thomas Painting That Is Set to Break Records at Christie’s Was Previously Owned by Bill Cosby The painting is expected to sell for between $2.2 million and $2.8 million. By Nate Freeman, Oct 25, 2019
Art Fairs ‘I Feel So Lucky to Be in the Print World!’: Mega-Print Collector Jordan Schnitzer Takes Us on an Ebullient, Emotional Tour of the IFPDA Fair There were tears of joy on multiple occasions. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 25, 2019
Auctions Feverish Bidders Snapped Up All 274 Works in a Triumphant Sotheby’s Sale From the Collection of Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne The sale quadrupled its high presale estimate and drew more that 4,000 bidders. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 25, 2019
Auctions Sotheby’s Is Hoping to Shake Up a Quiet Auction Season by Raking In $35 Million for This Rare Mark Rothko Painting It's one of the auction house's marquee lots this fall. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 24, 2019
Market In the Post-Warren Kanders Era, Artists and Dealers Wonder: Should Collectors Be Vetted? Some artists refuse to sell their work to certain collectors—but plenty of others don’t care to discuss it. By Brian Boucher, Oct 24, 2019
Art Fairs Despite Simmering Political Unrest, Art Basel Hong Kong Releases a Hefty Exhibitor List With New Names—and a Few Absences The exhibitor list for Art Basel Hong Kong's 2020 edition is out, complete with 242 participating galleries. By Kate Brown, Oct 22, 2019
Art Fairs Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and For How Much—at the 2019 Edition of FIAC Here's what art dealers say they sold at the Paris fair (though watch out for number-fudging and other kinds of general sneakiness). By Artnet News, Oct 21, 2019
Galleries David Kordansky Gallery Is Launching an Online Viewing Room With an All-Star Sale That Benefits Climate Activism The Los Angeles gallery will debut its new sales platform with works by Sam Gilliam, Jonas Wood, and others. By Tim Schneider, Oct 21, 2019
