Market Considering a Job in the Art World? Here’s How Much Art Professionals Actually Make for a Living A new report lifts the lid on how salaries compare in the U.S. and U.K. for the same positions at auction houses, galleries and advisories. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Apr 26, 2023
Auctions Want to Own a Piece of Rock Royalty? Freddie Mercury’s Private Collection of Guitars and Artworks Heads to Sotheby’s This Fall Buyers will get to scoop up Mercury's iconic crown and cloak, and works by Picasso and Matisse. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 25, 2023
Art Fairs A Unique Marcel Duchamp ‘Readymade’ From 1924 Is Headed to the New York Antiquarian Book Fair This Week The asking price for 'Monte Carlo Bond,' made with Man Ray, is $575,000. By Richard Whiddington, Apr 25, 2023
Art Fairs Squishy Tables and Light Shows: An Insider’s Look at a Refreshed Salone del Mobile, the World’s Top Design and Furniture Fair Held in Milan, the design industry's most important event left no stone unturned. By Adrian Madlener, Apr 25, 2023
The Hammer Simon de Pury on How Technological Innovations Have Led to the Art World’s New Craze for Ceramics The veteran auctioneer weighs in on how technologies from photography to blockchain have broadened collecting appetites. By Simon de Pury, Apr 25, 2023
Art Fairs ‘We Are Part of the Appeal’: To Fete Art Brussels, Savvy Local Collectors Host Sophisticated Tea Parties While Snapping Up Works By Young Artists The collector-rich region held the 39th edition of the fair, known for being ripe for the discovery of emerging talents. By Devorah Lauter, Apr 25, 2023
NFTs Damien Hirst’s New A.I. Project, Which Asked Collectors to Generate Their Own Paintings, Earned Him $20 Million in Nine Days More than 5,000 'Beautiful Paintings' were sold. By Richard Whiddington, Apr 21, 2023
Art Fairs We Toured the Dallas Art Fair With Advisor Sarah Calodney, Spotting New Stars and Dodging a Drunk Collector in a Cowboy Hat The advisor and former director of Lehmann Maupin teaches us how Dallas collectors are different. By Annie Armstrong, Apr 21, 2023
Auctions An ‘Antiques Roadshow’ Expert’s Collection of Ceramics Raked In More Than $130,000 at Auction, Double Its Presale Estimate Harry Sandon had a strong collection of Royal Worcester porcelain. By Richard Whiddington, Apr 21, 2023
Auctions The American Art Collection of Erving and Joy Wolf Soared to $39 Million at Sotheby’s and Set a Record for Frank Lloyd Wright The sold-out sale fetched far more than its high estimate at Sotheby's New York. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Apr 21, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: The Donation Detour This week: the backlash against charity auctions, Kyiv’s art scene stands strong, a major Picasso makes its auction debut, and much more. By Artnet News, Apr 21, 2023
Auctions Sotheby’s Will Offer Four Newly Restituted Impressionist Works by Renoir, Gauguin, and Cézanne in Its Marquee May Auctions The works, which were returned to the heirs of legendary dealer Ambroise Vollard, could fetch more than $17 million. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 21, 2023
Auctions A $40 Million Picasso Portrait of His Muse Marie-Thérèse Walter Will Lead Christie’s 20th-Century Sale in New York The storied painting was offered by the descendants of the late Swiss art dealer Jan Krugier. By Vivienne Chow, Apr 20, 2023
Wet Paint Joe Bradley Changes Galleries (Again!), Drama Around Anish Kapoor’s Mini-Bean, and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, what's the deal with O'Flaherty's announcement that they're closing? What artwork flopped at auction and now hangs on Larry Gagosian's wall? By Annie Armstrong, Apr 20, 2023
NFTs The Tintin Illustration That Set a World Record for the Most Expensive Comic Art Ever Sold Is Up for Sale Again—as an NFT Owning a Tintin NFT unlocks exclusive fan content. By Richard Whiddington, Apr 20, 2023