Artnet News Pro Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and for How Much—at Paris+ 2023 Here's a selection of what dealers say they sold at the event. By Artnet News, Oct 24, 2023
Auctions From Old Master Paintings to Royal French Furniture—the ‘Eccentric’ Collection of an Hermès Heir Heads to Sotheby’s Roughly a thousand works of art collected by the late Hubert Guerrand-Hermès will be offered in four auctions in December. By Lee Carter, Oct 24, 2023
Auctions Veteran Christie’s Auctioneer Jussi Pylkkänen Will Leave the Auction House After 38 Years to Strike Out on His Own Pylkkänen presided over the auction house's blockbuster 'Salvator Mundi' sale and the Paul Allen collection. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 24, 2023
Auctions A Ceramic Cat Made by a Young David Hockney Smashes Expectations at Auction, Fetching a Stunning $136,000 The sculpture had been expected to sell for at least $48,000. By Adam Schrader, Oct 24, 2023
Auctions The Most Reprinted ‘New Yorker’ Cartoon Fetches $175,000 at Auction—the Highest Price Ever Paid for a Single Comic The cartoon has been printed on mugs and T-shirts, and even inspired a 1995 play. By Max Berlinger, Oct 22, 2023
The Art Detective Airlifted Giacomettis in Tel Aviv, Canceled Doha Celebrations, and the Deepening Rift in the Art World Over Israel From insuring the safety of priceless art to grappling with political speech within their ranks, museums are feeling the effects of war. By Katya Kazakina, Oct 20, 2023
Wet Paint Meet the Young Collectors of the Met’s Apollo Circle, a Three-Alarm Artwork Frightens a London Partygoer, and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, which gallery is the latest to announce an outpost in Tribeca? What fashion collaboration is borrowing from Joseph Beuys? By Annie Armstrong, Oct 20, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: London Falling? London’s sluggish sales get a jolt, Paris+ primed to become a French fixture, a little-seen Cy Twombly heads to Christie’s, and more. By Artnet News, Oct 20, 2023
Art Fairs 5 Breakout Artists to Know at Paris+, From a Brazilian Assemblage Artist to a South African Sculptor Exploring Her Zulu Heritage Paris+ runs through October 22 at Grand Palais Éphémère. By Anna Sansom, Oct 20, 2023
Art Fairs ‘Everybody Is Pulling Paris Upwards’: How Paris Internationale Is Evolving Amid the French Capital’s Art Market Renaissance A question lingers about how the fair might be impacted by Paris+ par Art Basel's move to the Grand Palais next year, where it will have a larger floor plan. By Anna Sansom, Oct 20, 2023
Artnet News Pro Even Amid a Softer Market, Miriam Cahn’s Auction Prices Are Spiking. How High Will They Go? And does the Swiss painter's success indicate a broader trend in the market for women artists? By Vivienne Chow, Oct 19, 2023
Galleries ‘It’s an Enormous Level of Excitement’: In Paris, a Second Wave of Gallery Arrivals Is Under Way as International Dealers Flock to the City “When I used to visit Paris in the '90s, it was more provincial,” said Hauser & Wirth's Marc Payot. By Devorah Lauter, Oct 19, 2023
Auctions Hot Lots: 5 Works That Sailed Past Expectations During London’s Fall Auctions We look at the lots that overperformed last week and consider what it tells us about the state of the market. By Artnet News, Oct 19, 2023
Auctions A Very Old Pair of Jeans, Dated to 1873 and Rescued From a Nevada Mine, Fetched $100,000 at Auction The pair, attributed to Levi's, has not been authenticated by the brand. By Richard Whiddington, Oct 19, 2023
Art Fairs The Second Paris+ Started With a Bang. Could Art Basel’s New Venture Unseat Its Flagship Fair One Day? The fair's first day takings had stakeholders wondering whether comparisons to London and FIAC are already feeling stale. By Naomi Rea, Oct 18, 2023