Auctions What the Sotheby’s Sale Means for the Future of the Art Industry—and How It Reflects a Broader Shift in Global Economics Patrick Drahi's acquisition of Sotheby's is the latest in a long line of public companies-gone-private. Here's what it means. By Eileen Kinsella & Tim Schneider, Jun 19, 2019
Auctions Late Picasso Works Save an Otherwise Lackluster $46 Million Impressionist and Modern Art Sale at Christie’s London Meanwhile, Barbara Hepworth and Frank Bowling headlined the auction house's lively Modern British art sale. By Colin Gleadell, Jun 18, 2019
Art Fairs Art Basel 2019 Recap: Here’s Everything We Wrote About This Year’s Megawatt Fair, in One Place All of our interviews, news, and analysis from the fair. By artnet News, Jun 18, 2019
Auctions French Media Tycoon Patrick Drahi Has Acquired Sotheby’s for $3.7 Billion, Taking the Publicly Traded Auction House Private Sotheby's will no longer trade on the New York Stock Exchange. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 17, 2019
Art Fairs Price Check! Here’s What Sold—And for How Much—at the 2019 Edition of Art Basel Here's what art dealers say they sold at the swanky Swiss fair (though watch out for number-fudging and other kinds of general sneakiness). By Caroline Goldstein, Jun 17, 2019
Auctions Here are the 12 Weirdest Items From the Burt Reynolds Estate Sale, Ranked From Badass to Just Bad From his sexy, sexy pajamas to props from 'Friends' to some actual (terrifying) art, the sale captures the actor’s ups and downs. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 14, 2019
Art Fairs ‘Everyone at a Place Like Art Basel Is Complicit’: Artists May Be Making Art About Climate Change, But Nobody at the Fair Wants to Talk About It The theme is in the air, but the art fair is only beginning to tackle how business must change. By Kate Brown, Jun 14, 2019
Art Fairs What Can We Learn About Art Fairs From Liste, Basel’s Platform for Emerging Talent? Here Are Four Lessons Liste, the world's premier fair for emerging contemporary art, can teach fair organizers and exhibitors a few things. By Tim Schneider, Jun 13, 2019
Auctions A-Rod Is Selling Basquiat and Richard Prince Works at Phillips to Start a New Collection With Fiancée Jennifer Lopez The star athlete says he's starting a new chapter as a collector. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 13, 2019
Art Fairs 7 of the Best Works at Art Basel, From an $18.5 Million Portrait of Giacometti’s Mistress to a White-Hot Painting by a New Market Star Here are some of the standout pieces in this year's fair. By Andrew Goldstein, Jun 13, 2019
Analysis Artist Rudolf Stingel Is the Toast of Basel. And After a Spotty Year, His Market Is Poised for Liftoff Yet Again The artist is the subject of a major new show at the Beyeler Foundation in Basel. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 13, 2019
Auctions The Light-Up Cane That Helped Save Shipwrecked Titanic Survivors Is Coming to Auction At the time, the battery-powered light was cutting-edge technology. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 12, 2019
Art Fairs Hate Art Fairs? There’s an Art Fair for That! Meet June, an Experimental New Satellite in Basel The founders of the selling exhibition have created a booth-free alternative to Basel's overcrowded art fairs inside a Herzog & de Meuron building. By Kate Brown, Jun 12, 2019
Art Fairs After an Outcry, Andrea Bowers Removes an Abuse Survivor’s Photos From a Monumental Artwork About the #MeToo Movement The piece has become a source of controversy on social media. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 12, 2019
Art Fairs When Your Job Is Going to Art Fairs: How Globe-Trotting Sales Directors Survive Life on the Road Pro tips from galleries' elite fair squads. By Janelle Zara, Jun 12, 2019
