Auctions Disney Is Celebrating Its Centennial With an Auction of 100 Designer Objects—From Beyoncé’s Leotard to a Swarovski Glass Slipper Proceeds from the auction will benefit the Make-a-Wish Foundation. By Max Berlinger, Oct 27, 2023
Wet Paint Marfa Invitational’s Status as a Charitable Foundation Is Revoked, an Art Collector Runs for U.S. Senate, and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, what was more of a nuisance than the bedbug situation in Paris this year? By Annie Armstrong, Oct 26, 2023
Artnet News Pro Here Are the 15 Most Expensive Lots Sold at Auction Around the World in September 2023 Amrita Sher-Gil hit a milestone for an Indian artist at auction. By Artnet News, Oct 26, 2023
Auctions Christie’s Has Brokered a Deal to Sell a Prized Cézanne After Last-Minute Concerns About Its Nazi-Era Provenance The planned auction remains controversial, however. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 25, 2023
The Hammer Simon de Pury Reflects on Two Major Art Fairs Taking Place in the Midst of World Turmoil The veteran auctioneer visits Frieze London and Paris + by Art Basel. By Simon de Pury, Oct 25, 2023
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