Auctions Russell Crowe Is Auctioning Off His Art Collection in a Post-Marriage Sale Called ‘The Art of the Divorce’ The actor recently reached a divorce settlement with his estranged wife. By Henri Neuendorf, Mar 1, 2018
Auctions A 28% Uptick in Private Sales Boosts Sotheby’s Robust Fourth-Quarter Results The auction house is increasingly focused on turning itself into a full-service art business. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 1, 2018
Auctions A Petite $69 Million Picasso Leads Sotheby’s Solid $189 Million Impressionist Sale in London The portrait of Marie-Thérèse Walter is now the second most expensive work ever sold at auction in Europe. By Colin Gleadell, Feb 28, 2018
Auctions A Late Picasso ‘Musketeer’ Leads a Healthy $206 Million Impressionist & Modern Sale at Christie’s London Picasso's painting of a musketeer with a nude woman sold for £13.7 million. By Colin Gleadell, Feb 27, 2018
Auctions Whitney Biennial Patron Melva Bucksbaum’s Cutting-Edge Art Collection Is Coming to Christie’s Following last year's 100-percent-sold outing, another round of work from the namesake of the Biennial's Bucksbaum Award is hitting the block. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 27, 2018
Auctions An Antiques Collector Bought This Teapot for $20—Then Sold It to the Met for $520,000 The eagle-eyed antiques enthusiast made a fortune. By Henri Neuendorf, Feb 23, 2018
Auctions Following Its Record Watch Auction, Phillips Hires an Industry Veteran to Revamp Its Jewelry Department Susan Abeles comes to the auction house from Bonhams. By Henri Neuendorf, Feb 15, 2018
Auctions Warhol’s Self-Portraits and Basquiat’s Stretcher Bars Will Lead Christie’s Next Contemporary Sale in London Seller confidence is high amid a strong global economy and last year's record prices. By Henri Neuendorf, Feb 9, 2018
Auctions John McEnroe Is Selling a Mark Bradford Painting Inspired by Charles Manson The 32-foot-long painting is likely to set a new record for the artist at Phillips London next month. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 9, 2018
Auctions From a Choice Banksy to a Poetic Peter Beard, Here Are 5 Highlights From artnet’s February Auctions Whatever your taste, our team of specialists has you covered. By Artnet Auctions, Feb 5, 2018
Auctions Riding High on Leonardo, Christie’s Revenue Climbed to $6.6 Billion in 2017—But Private Sales Plummeted The sale of Salvator Mundi accounted for about 37 percent of the house's total global revenue. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 2, 2018
Auctions Behind Closed Doors: Why the Auction House Giants Are Doubling Down on Private Sales The battle for supremacy between Christie's and Sotheby's has moved out of the salesroom and into the shadows. By Henri Neuendorf, Jan 25, 2018
Auctions Andy Warhol’s Watercolor of a Charmingly Vintage Apple Macintosh Ad Is Coming to Auction—But Is It Real? The painting is said to be part of Warhol's "Ads" series from 1985—just after Apple launched the Macintosh. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 19, 2018
Auctions Qi Baishi Just Became the First Chinese Artist to Break the $100 Million Mark at Auction The sale sets a new record for a work of Chinese art. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 19, 2017
Auctions 5 Reasons Why It’s So Weird That a Little-Known Saudi Prince Bought the ‘Salvator Mundi’ We break down the New York Times's revelation about the buyer of the $450.3 million painting. By Andrew Goldstein & Julia Halperin, Dec 6, 2017