Auctions Here Are the 10 Most Expensive Lots Sold at Auction in February 2024 Old Masters dominated this month, with a few unusual contemporary pieces also making the cut. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 4, 2024
Auctions This Handwritten ‘Sherlock Holmes’ Manuscript Could Fetch $1.2 Million at Auction It is the only handwritten draft of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1889 novel, "The Sign of Four." By Verity Babbs, Apr 4, 2024
Auctions A Pair of Chinese Vases Rescued From an Attic Make $325,000 at Auction Two 18th-century porcelain vases were initially mistaken for modern reproductions and valued at about $125. By Tim Brinkhof, Apr 4, 2024
Art Fairs Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and For How Much—at Art Basel Hong Kong 2024 Here's what dealers say they sold at the event. By Artnet News, Apr 3, 2024
Market How the Late Italian Painter Salvo Went From Also-Ran to Market Star His dreamy landscapes have inspired Nicolas Party; smart management of his estate has helped earn new admirers. By Vivienne Chow, Apr 2, 2024
Auctions A Sale of Playboy’s Art Collection and Marilyn Monroe’s Stuff Bags $4 Million A Richard Hunt sculpture was the auction's top fine art lot. By Richard Whiddington, Apr 1, 2024
Market ‘This Is What We Have Been Waiting For’: Tokyo Dealer Jeffrey Rosen Talks Collaboration While the art industry may be known for cutthroat competition, cooperation is key if mid-tier galleries are going to thrive, he argues. By Jeffrey Rosen, Apr 1, 2024
Art Fairs 80,000 Canapés! 75,000 Flowers! TEFAF Maastricht 2024, by the Numbers How many museum directors attended the luxe fair? How many restaurants were on offer? Read on. By Andrew Russeth, Apr 1, 2024
Auctions A Historic Trove of Ancient Roman and British Coins Is Headed to Auction The rare collection will be up for auction in Zurich in May and October. By Verity Babbs, Mar 31, 2024
Art Detective ‘It Was Her Life’: Major Miami Collection Heads to Auction, Following Founder’s Death The private museum of Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz has closed. Its prized holdings will be sold by Christie's. By Katya Kazakina, Mar 29, 2024
Galleries A New Tokyo Art Space Will Champion Contemporary African Art The exhibition platform is founded by Edna Dumas of the Hermès-Dumas family, as well as the Japanese actor Yuta Nakano and German entrepreneur Lothar Eckstein. By Vivienne Chow, Mar 29, 2024
Wet Paint L.A. Art Dealer Expands to Tribeca, Racquel Chevremont Is Now a ‘Real Housewife,’ and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, which art stars dined at Lucien this week? And which artist had a long history of getting kicked out of the Odeon? By Annie Armstrong, Mar 28, 2024
The Back Room Work of the Week: Katsushika Hokusai’s ‘Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji’ Christie's has set a record for the Japanese artist three times in a row. By Margaret Carrigan, Mar 27, 2024
The Hammer Simon de Pury on Defying Art Market Pessimism (and Crocodiles) Following the outstanding sale of her collection, the veteran auctioneer looks back on his friendship with Monique Barbier-Mueller. By Simon de Pury, Mar 27, 2024
Analysis 5 Questions for Art Advisor and Collector Patricia Marshall About How Paris’s Art Market Can Reach the Next Level The influential art insider muses on the investments needed—and ingredients already in place—across the French cultural scene. By Katya Kazakina, Mar 27, 2024