Analysis How New York’s MoMA Raised More Than $400 Million for Its Expansion in Just Four Years Four people—Leon Black, David Geffen, Ken Griffin, and Steve Cohen—gave more than 50 percent of the target sum. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 10, 2019
Market A $35 Million de Kooning Painting and a $25 Million Monet Are Among the Highlights of New York’s Fall Auction Season Sotheby's will sell a de Kooning painting from Robert Mnuchin and a Holocaust survivor's Monet canvas this fall. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 9, 2019
Auctions Sotheby’s Is Making Major Changes to Its Executive Leadership in the Wake of Patrick Drahi’s Acquisition Drahi has replaced CFO Mike Goss and executive vice president John Cahill with the CEO of his family office. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 7, 2019
Art Fairs As the Unrest in Hong Kong Intensifies, Dealers Grapple With the Pros and Cons of Attending Art Basel’s Fair in the City Two galleries have withdrawn, while others remain cautiously committed. By Julia Halperin & Naomi Rea & Kate Brown, Oct 7, 2019
Art Fairs Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and for How Much—at Frieze London and Frieze Masters 2019 Here's what art dealers say they sold at the London fair (though watch out for number-fudging and other kinds of general sneakiness). By Artnet News, Oct 7, 2019
Auctions A Monumental Canvas by Yoshitomo Nara Sells for $25 Million in Hong Kong, Shattering the Artist’s Previous Auction Record It is the latest in a slew of artist records to be set at auction in Hong Kong. By Naomi Rea, Oct 7, 2019
Auctions In a Market Lacking Overall Confidence, Christie’s London Puts Together a Solid $79.6 Million Contemporary Sale The biggest successes of the night came from works by rising talents. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 4, 2019
Art Fairs Money Troubles Force MCH Group, Art Basel’s Parent Company, to Choose Its Fairs Over Its Event-Marketing Business A difficult restructuring process continues as the Swiss company seeks to reinvest in Art Basel and a streamlined portfolio of trade fairs. By Tim Schneider & Eileen Kinsella, Oct 4, 2019
Art Fairs 7 Impressive Emerging Artists to Watch From the Frieze Week Fairs in London We scouted the many fairs to find a selection of rising artists you may not yet know. By Artnet News, Oct 4, 2019
Art Fairs At London’s 1–54 Fair, Curator Azu Nwagbogu Lays Out the Pitfalls of the New Wave of Interest in African Contemporary Art The former Zeitz Mocaa curator and founder of LagosPhoto offers his advice on unlearning old ways of seeing. By Kate Brown, Oct 4, 2019
Auctions Sotheby’s Stages a Stolid $67.3 Million Frieze Week Sale, Despite Boffo Bidding for Banksy, Basquiat, and Bacon Other standouts were Eisenman, Fontana, and Scarpitta. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 3, 2019
Auctions Banksy’s Chimp Parliament Painting Sells for a Startling $12 Million at Sotheby’s, Prompting Both Cheers and Jeers 'Devolved Parliament' came in equal to a work by Basquiat, and dwarfed interest in another monkey painting—by Francis Bacon. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 3, 2019
Art Fairs 5 Outstanding Works at Frieze London, From a Gripping Painting by Thornton Dial to Some Unsettling Photos by Cindy Sherman Our handy guide will help you find the cream of the crop at this year's event. By Andrew Goldstein, Oct 3, 2019
Market How Does a Super-Collector Shop at Frieze London? We Tagged Along With Jupiter Artland Patron Nicky Wilson The Scottish collector takes a surprisingly down-to-earth approach to the art fair. By Javier Pes, Oct 3, 2019
Galleries Studiously Avoiding Hong Kong, the Berlin-Based König Galerie Is Opening a Tokyo Location The gallery plans to present shows by artists born or based in Germany. By Kate Brown, Oct 3, 2019
