Auctions Works by Young Artists Boosted Phillips’s Solid $34 Million Sale to Kick Off the Fall Auction Season in London The sale failed to deliver on its most expensive lot, a painting by Georg Baselitz. By Naomi Rea, Oct 20, 2020
Art Fairs This New Palm Beach Art Fair Aims to Create Some Extra Buzz Around the City’s Burgeoning Art Market Veteran fair organizers David and Lee Ann Lester unveiled plans for the new event in Palm Beach—and the concept of an "art bubble." By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 20, 2020
Art Fairs Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and For How Much—at the 2020 Frieze London and Frieze Masters’ Online Viewing Room Here's our roundup of sales that went down at Frieze's latest online viewing room. By Artnet News, Oct 19, 2020
Market Art Dealers Are Notorious for Obscuring Prices. But as the Market Shifts Online, Many Are Finally Embracing Price Transparency The surge in online viewing rooms is poised to change the art industry's uneasy relationship to price transparency. By Darla Migan, Oct 19, 2020
Auctions A Decade Ago, Supersize Images by German Photographers Were Selling for Millions. Now, Prices Have Fallen Off a Cliff A work by Andreas Gursky sold in 2011 for more than the combined auction sales of every contemporary German photographer in the first half of 2020. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 19, 2020
Auctions The Brooklyn Museum Just Made $6.6 Million Selling Art From Its Collection—and It’s Putting More on the Block The museum hopes to raise $40 million in total. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 16, 2020
Market The Beastie Boys’ Mike D Is Selling His Mom’s Eclectic Art Collection at Auction for as Much as $30 Million The top lot is a rare Bernini sculpture that could bring in as much as $12 million. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 16, 2020
Art Fairs TEFAF Is Known for Its Top-Notch Vetting Process. But Can It Work Online? Here's how the fair is applying its high standards to the first online edition. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 14, 2020
Auctions Michael Jackson’s Curious Personal Art Collection (Plus the Jackson 5’s First Recording Contract) Are Up for Auction On offer are numerous Peter Pan-themed sculptures and a model pirate ship gifted by Elizabeth Taylor. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 13, 2020
Market Christie’s Experimental Partnership With the Biennale Paris Fair Bombs With Less Than a Quarter of the Works Sold The new online event reaped just $1.7 million in sales. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 13, 2020
Auctions Sotheby’s Reschedules Its Marquee New York Fall Sale to October as Auction Houses Work to Avoid Clashing With the US Election The auction house also announced an additional set of marquee sales set for December. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 9, 2020
Art Fairs Buoyed By Interest in Young African Artists, London’s Only IRL Art Fair 1-54 Shows the Value of In-Person Events 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair went ahead in London despite the cancellation of Frieze. By Naomi Rea, Oct 9, 2020
Art Fairs Two Innovative Brazilian Galleries Have Set Up ‘Surrogate’ Frieze London Booths Back Home in Rio de Janeiro A Gentil Carioca and Fortes D'Aloia & Gabriel are trying out a clever approach to the online viewing room. By Kate Brown, Oct 8, 2020
Auctions Deutsche Bank Will Sell Off 200 Modern Works From Its Corporate Collection to Pivot Its Focus to Contemporary Art The bank, which says it wants to buy more "up-and-coming talents," bought several works at Frieze London. By Kate Brown, Oct 8, 2020
Auctions A Matthew Wong Painting Just Sold at Christie’s for a Record $4.5 Million, Marking a Frenzied Turning Point in the Late Artist’s Market The price soared above the painting's high estimate of $700,000. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 7, 2020
