Analysis ‘He Can Play With the Big Boys’: What’s Behind the Effort to Revive the Market for ’80s Bad-Boy Painter Steven Parrino? Steven Parrino, an art star of the 1980s, is back in the spotlight thanks to new shows at Skarstedt and a renewed push by Gagosian. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 8, 2019
Auctions Amid Protests and Steeped in Controversy, a King Tut Statue Sells at Christie’s for $6 Million Protesters gathered outside the auction house during the controversial sale, which the Egyptian authorities attempted to halt. By Kate Brown, Jul 5, 2019
Analysis The Real Reason Sports Arenas Are Investing Millions in Contemporary Art Has Nothing to Do With Pleasing the Fans This is not about game day. By Daniel Grant, Jul 5, 2019
Market As His Market Explodes, KAWS Parts Ways With Longtime Dealer Perrotin to Show Exclusively With Skartstedt Skarstedt has represented the artist for the last year and a half. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 3, 2019
Auctions A Lewis Chessman, Bought for $6 and Then Tucked Away in a Drawer for Decades, Just Sold at Auction for Almost $1 Million The rest of the Lewis trove belongs to British museums. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 3, 2019
Auctions David Goodman, Sotheby’s Marketing Chief Who Played a Central Role in Its Digital Expansion, Is Leaving the Auction House Sotheby's representatives insist Goodman's departure is unrelated to its sale to Drahi, while another staffer left before that deal. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 2, 2019
Auctions ‘Bigger Is Better’: At a Time of Unprecedented Competition, Smaller Auction Houses Are Merging to Stay in the Game The mergers of Leslie Hindman Auctioneers and Cowan's Auctions, as well as Rago and Wright, offer a hint of what's in store for the industry. By Daniel Grant, Jul 2, 2019
Art Fairs The Art Miami Group Has Been Sold to a UK Events Producer in Yet Another Shift to the Art-Fair Landscape The Art Miami fair group, which includes Art New York, CONTEXT, Aqua Art Miami, Art Wynwood, and others, has been sold to Informa Markets. By Brook Mason, Jul 2, 2019
Market Billionaire J. Tomilson Hill Is Unmasked as the Mystery Buyer of the Disputed Caravaggio Found in an Attic Where the painting goes next is anyone's guess. But we have a few hunches. By Caroline Goldstein, Jun 28, 2019
Auctions Works by Women Artists Spark Excitement at Phillips’s Star-Studded $45.5 Million Contemporary Sale in London The sale, which came in toward the low side of its overall estimate, included two Basquiats from the collection of ex-Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez. By Colin Gleadell, Jun 27, 2019
Art Fairs 5 Standout Works, From Warhol to Banksy, at the Masterpiece Fair That Dodged a Brexit Bullet Fair management could breathe a sigh of relief when the proposed Brexit date came and went without incident. By Javier Pes, Jun 27, 2019
Art Fairs After Fizzling in Los Angeles, Paris Photo Makes Another Bid for the US Market With a New York Fair The new fair replaces the long-running Photography Show. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 27, 2019
Auctions A $21 Million Francis Bacon Portrait and a Bevy of Middle Eastern Bidding Fuel Sotheby’s $88.4 Million Postwar London Sale New records were set this evening for Pascale Marthine Tayou and Toyin Ojih Odutola, but the overall results were moderate. By Colin Gleadell, Jun 26, 2019
Galleries On the Hunt for Younger Talent, Hauser & Wirth Has Added Budding Market Darling Nicolas Party to Its Stable Soon the gallery may represent every single artist in the world. By Tim Schneider, Jun 26, 2019
Auctions Christie’s Jumps Back Into the London Summer Postwar Evening Auction Calendar With a Steady $57 Million Sale The auction house is trying to find its way after dropping the sale from its calendar the past two seasons. By Colin Gleadell, Jun 25, 2019
