Galleries Perrotin Is Launching a Secondary-Market Business in Paris to Offer Collectors a Bespoke ‘Alternative to Auction Houses’ The venture will be housed in a townhouse near the Grand Palais and Sotheby's and Christie's salesrooms. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 15, 2020
Auctions Hot Lots: These 7 Artists Emerged as Market Sensations During This Year’s Star-Making Auction Day Sales Alex Gardner, Salman Toor, Christina Quarles, and other artists drastically outperformed expectations. By Nate Freeman, Dec 15, 2020
Auctions Here Are the 10 Most Expensive Works of Art Sold at Auction in 2020—and Why They Fetched the Prices They Did Plus, who bought and sold them (when we could figure it out). By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 14, 2020
Galleries Commercial Art Galleries in Germany Must Close Again as the Government Mandates Stricter Lockdown Measures Art galleries had dodged the earlier lockdown, which began in November. By Kate Brown, Dec 14, 2020
Auctions Led by Neiman Marcus’s Estimate-Smashing Calder Mobile, Sotheby’s Latest Hybrid Evening Sale Pulled in $63.4 Million Sotheby's final livestreamed auction of the year brought in a respectable total—although last-minute withdrawals offered a skewed picture. By Nate Freeman, Dec 8, 2020
Auctions Phillips’s Robust $135 Million New York Auction Sets Records for a Half-Dozen Black Artists, Rising Stars and Midcareer Figures Alike Records were shattered for Amy Sherald, Vaughn Spann, Mickalene Thomas, and others. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 7, 2020
Galleries Megacollector and Embattled Former Casino Developer Steve Wynn Has Opened His Own Art Gallery in Palm Beach Florida man opens gallery. By Artnet News, Dec 7, 2020
Art Fairs Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and for How Much—Through Art Basel Miami Beach’s Online Viewing Room You know what they say: buy low, sell high. By Artnet News, Dec 7, 2020
Art Fairs Here’s What It’s Like on the Ground in Miami Beach, Where Zombie Art Basel Is Happening, Sort Of The fairs were cancelled, penthouses languished, and parties got called off. That's when things got interesting. By Nate Freeman, Dec 4, 2020
Art Fairs Art Basel Miami Beach’s Online Edition Sees Steady Sales as Dealers Seek Ways to Jazz Up the Staid Virtual Fair Format Here's how dealers are faring. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 4, 2020
Art Fairs With the Future of Art Fairs in Question, Frieze Will Rent Out a Long-Term Gallery Space in London Frieze will now indefinitely occupy a Mayfair townhouse. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 4, 2020
Auctions Going Once! 11 World-Class Auctioneers Tell Us the Stories and Strange Rituals Behind Their Luckiest Gavels Auctioneers are a superstitious bunch. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 3, 2020
Auctions Phillips’s First Joint Sale With Poly Auction in Hong Kong Reaped a Solid $50 Million and Set a Flurry of Records for Up-and-Coming Artists New records were set for Lucas Arruda, Bernard Frize, Salman Toor, and Matthew Wong. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 3, 2020
Art Fairs Media Scion James Murdoch’s 49 Percent Investment in MCH Group, the Parent Company of Art Basel, Has Been Officially Approved Murdoch will invest up to $80 million and his company will gain three seats on the board. By Taylor Dafoe, Dec 3, 2020
Auctions Buoyed by Demand for Young Stars, Christie’s Hybrid New York and Hong Kong Auction Fetched a Healthy $119 Million New records were set for Amoako Boafo, Shara Hughes, and Dana Schutz, among others. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 2, 2020
