Auctions Robert Pattinson’s Participation May Turn Out to Be the Least Notable Part of Sotheby’s Experimental Contemporary Art Sale The sale also included the debut of Artists' Choice, a new initiative that enables artists and their dealers to consign directly to auction. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 3, 2022
Auctions A Blue-and-White Dragon Vase Just Sold for $7.5 Million—More Than 4,000 Times Its $1,900 Estimate "It exceeds the price of Napoleon's saber!" said the flabbergasted French auctioneer. By Caroline Goldstein, Oct 3, 2022
Auctions Once Called a ‘Monstrosity,’ Henry Moore’s Gnarly Reclining Figure Could Soon Fetch $40 Million at Sotheby’s This version of the work was long kept by the Moore family. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 3, 2022
Auctions Pharrell Is Selling His Old Clothes, Jewelry, and a Gold Blackberry on His Auction Platform Joopiter The sale includes bling from Pharrell's early days as a member of N.E.R.D. By Dorian Batycka, Oct 3, 2022
Ask an Art Advisor Everyone Is Buzzing About Paris+, So Should I Skip Frieze London This Year? Here’s What a Savvy Art Advisor Has to Say Plus, should I buy a painting I don't like by an artist I do like, and how important is it to see a work in person before buying it? By Wendy Goldsmith, Oct 3, 2022
Auctions Demand for Rediscovered Artists and Young Talent Remains Strong, If Not Frothy, at Christie’s $26 Million Postwar to Present Sale Works by the late Maine artist Lynne Drexler led the offering. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 3, 2022
Galleries The Founders of Amanita Have a Big New Gallery in the Old CBGB’s Space—and an Even Bigger Vision We spoke with Caio Twombly and Jacob Hyman, two of the space's founders. By Vittoria Benzine, Oct 3, 2022
Auctions The Comic Book Market Is Red Hot. Here Are the Top 10 Prices of All Time, All Sold in the Past Two Years Read on to find out which superhero commands the highest prices at auction. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 3, 2022
Galleries Another French Museum Loses a Senior Leader to the Private Sector—But Could That Actually Be Good for the Cultural Ecosystem? French media reeled at the "explosive announcement" that Sylvie Patry would depart Paris's Musée d'Orsay to become artistic director at Kamel Mennour gallery. By Devorah Lauter, Sep 30, 2022
The Art Detective Unfairly Imprisoned, He Labored on a Chain Gang for Years. Now Winfred Rembert’s Paintings About That Experience Are Selling for Nearly $300,000 Prices for the visceral art of Winfred Rembert, the late Pulitzer Prize winner, have tripled in six months. By Katya Kazakina, Sep 30, 2022
Auctions An Auction of Paintings by the Long-Overlooked Chicago Surrealist Gertrude Abercrombie Just Brought in $2.8 Million The market’s recent obsession with mid-century surrealism shows no signs of slowing down. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 30, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Bet on Betrayal This week: why artists leave their galleries, a Cuban art gem hits the block, a mega-gallery bankrolls a literary mag, and much more. By Naomi Rea, Sep 30, 2022
Galleries Hotshot Gallerist Lexi Bishop Left New York and L.A. to Strike Out on Her Own in Pittsburgh. Here’s What She Learned in Year One The former Christie’s contemporary art specialist discusses the city's growing art scene. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 30, 2022
Auctions Can Dinomania Strike Twice? Christie’s Is Selling a Full T. Rex Skeleton—a $25 Million Specimen Named Shen—in Hong Kong Shen the T. Rex will hit the block on November 30. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 30, 2022
NFTs ‘It’s a Huge Message to the Centuries-Old Art Market’: 18-Year-Old NFT Star Diana Sinclair on How She’s Taking on the Blue-Chip Art World The artist's works are kicking off the launch of Christie's new NFT platform. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 29, 2022