Auctions Three Paintings Deaccessioned by Santa Fe’s Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Net a Combined $23.3 Million at Sotheby’s The museum says it needs the money to "build and refine" its collection. By Henri Neuendorf, Nov 18, 2018
Auctions With a Historic Splash, David Hockney Becomes the World’s Priciest Living Artist in Christie’s $358 Million Postwar Sale The work by the British artist topples Koons's Balloon Dog to become the most expensive work by a living artist. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 15, 2018
Auctions The ‘Leonardo da Vinci of Diamonds’ Sets a $50 Million World Record at Christie’s Geneva It's the most per carat ever paid for a pink diamond. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 15, 2018
Auctions Forget Masterpiece Theater—Sotheby’s Delivers a Sterling $362.6 Million Contemporary Art Sale Built From the Middle Market It was an impressive night that saw record after record drop for important artists with growing markets. By Tim Schneider, Nov 14, 2018
Auctions New Auction Records for Hopper and de Kooning Lead Christie’s Booming $318 Million Barney Ebsworth Sale Is the Hopper masterpiece headed to a museum? By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 13, 2018
Auctions With the Sale of Imelda Marcos’s Ill-Gotten Paintings at Christie’s, $4.3 Million Will Head Back to the Phillippines Among the works sold on Monday was Claude Monet’s 'L’église à Vétheuil' (1881). By Henri Neuendorf, Nov 13, 2018
Auctions Sotheby’s Sets a New Record for Magritte in Its $315 Million Impressionist and Modern Sale, But Many Works Go Unsold Records for Magritte and Kokoschka buoyed the sale early on, but a string of late misses left the auction house hanging. By Tim Schneider, Nov 12, 2018
Auctions Hoping for a ‘Salvator Mundi’ Bump, a Paris Auction House Is Testing the Market for Leonardo’s Drawings A Leonardo drawing could sell for as much as $68 million, smashing the previous auction record for the artist's works on paper. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 12, 2018
Auctions Christie’s Misses the Mark With a $279.3 Million Impressionist and Modern Sale, Leaving Starry Casualties in Its Wake The sale was a disappointing opener for New York's fall auction season, with several highly touted lots failing to find buyers. By Tim Schneider, Nov 11, 2018
Auctions Take a 100-Year Trip Through Art History With Claude Monet’s Monumental Water Lily Painting The story of this Monet water lily painting starts 100 years ago with the 1918 Armistice. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 10, 2018
Auctions Kerry James Marshall Says He’s Done Making Public Art After One Too Many Institutions Tried to Cash In on His Work Chicago isn't selling its Kerry James Marshall anymore, but the artist isn't taking anymore chances with public art. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 7, 2018
Auctions An Insider’s Guide to the Top Lots in New York’s $1.8 Billion Fall 2018 Auction Season Here are the big-ticket works you need to know about and the trends you need to watch for in the upcoming marathon fall auctions. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 6, 2018
Auctions Sotheby’s Celebrates Porsche’s 70th Anniversary With the Sale of a $3.4 Million Gold 911 The sale in Atlanta included a car once owned by Jerry Seinfeld, which was introduced by the 'Seinfeld' theme. By Chris Shott, Nov 2, 2018
Auctions Sotheby’s CEO Tad Smith Warns of a ‘More Subdued’ Art Market in 2019 But he remained bullish on the company's prospects for the fourth quarter. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 1, 2018
Auctions A 3,000-Year-Old Stone Relief Sold for $31 Million at Christie’s, Setting a New Record for Assyrian Art The auction house is pushing back against Iraq's demands for repatriation. By Henri Neuendorf, Oct 31, 2018