Auctions A Record-Breaking Ed Ruscha of a Word Being Tortured Injects Life Into Christie’s Otherwise Sober $325 Million Contemporary Sale Other star lots failed to surpass expectations. By Tim Schneider, Nov 13, 2019
Auctions This Rare Portrait of a Teenage Mozart at Work Is Heading to Auction in Paris—and It Could Fetch More Than $1 Million The work features the 13-year-old prodigy sitting at an organ, wearing a wig. By Maxwell Williams, Nov 13, 2019
Auctions A Bronze Hippo Bathtub Made a Giant Splash at Christie’s, Selling for $4.3 Million—25 Times What Its Seller Bought It For Someone will be taking their bubble baths in a multimillion-dollar fixture by François-Xavier Lalanne. By Brian Boucher, Nov 13, 2019
Auctions A Few Technical Difficulties May Have Been the Most Exciting Thing About Sotheby’s $209 Million Impressionist and Modern Sale A new record was set for Tamara de Lempicka, but a Picasso work sold despite missing its low estimate by a wide margin. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 13, 2019
Auctions The Art Collection of Walt Disney’s Daughter Could Bring in $14 Million at Christie’s Beginning This Week The collection of Ron and Diane Disney Miller features Diebenkorn, Matisse, Wyeth, Thiebaud, and more. By Maxwell Williams, Nov 12, 2019
Market The Subject of a David Hockney Portrait That Could Fetch $45 Million at Christie’s This Week Finds His Unwanted Fame ‘Pretty Tedious’ Hockney’s former partner and model, Peter Schlesinger, opens up to Artnet News about the work. By Naomi Rea, Nov 12, 2019
Auctions A Record-Setting Futurist Sculpture by Umberto Boccioni Carried Christie’s Workmanlike $191 Million Impressionist and Modern Sale Christie's opens fall auction week a solid, picture-by-picture approach. But results are still down 30 percent from last year. By Tim Schneider, Nov 11, 2019
Art Fairs Hints of a Thaw in the Trade War Boost Sales at Shanghai’s Art Fairs as the Market Grows Wary of Hong Kong The mood at the fair was more positive than last year on the heels of news that the US-China trade negotiations may be resuming. By Nate Freeman, Nov 11, 2019
Art Fairs Discover 6 Artists Who Impressed Curators and Collectors at the 2019 Edition of Paris Photo Beyond the classic works on view at the mega galleries stands, there were many younger artists to discover in the Grand Palais. By Hili Perlson, Nov 11, 2019
Auctions Auction Guarantees Lifted the Art Market to Record-Breaking Heights. The Only Problem? The Golden Age of Guarantees Is Over These lucrative hedges were once the financial instrument of choice for speculators and market manipulators, but now they’ve lost their luster. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 11, 2019
Auctions Hot Lots: 7 Tantalizingly Undervalued Artworks in New York’s Fall Auctions, According to the Experts We spoke to the experts at Artnet Auctions to identify big opportunities in the postwar and contemporary sales. By Tim Schneider, Nov 11, 2019
Galleries ‘It’s a Model That Doesn’t Work Anymore’: Why Galerie St. Etienne Is Transforming Its Historic, Scholarly Gallery Into a Non-Profit The 80-year-old St. Etienne is transitioning from a commercial gallery into a non-profit foundation. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 8, 2019
Galleries Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin Is Opening an Art Gallery With His Son in Hong Kong Arthur and Dominique de Villepin plan to open Villepin Gallery in March. By Naomi Rea, Nov 7, 2019
Auctions From a Broadway Producer’s Picasso to a Record-Smashing Ruscha, Here’s Your Guide to the Top Works in the $1 Billion Fall Auction Season High-price masterpieces are in short supply and estimates are down almost 40 percent from last year. But there's still plenty to look out for. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 7, 2019
Galleries Harry Blain and Graham Southern, the Dealers Behind Blain|Southern, Are Splitting Up Amid Turbulence at the Gallery The news comes only a week after Jake and Dinos Chapman announced they would cease working with the gallery. By Kate Brown, Nov 5, 2019
