Auctions Sotheby’s Two Evening Sales Bag a Muted $283.9 Million, Fueled by the Scene-Stealing Inclusion of Three Futuristic Alfa Romeos The sale was just as notable for what wasn't in it: the Baltimore Museum of Art withdrew two high-profile consignments at the last minute. By Nate Freeman, Oct 28, 2020
Auctions Amid a Growing Outcry, the Baltimore Museum of Art Withdrew Its Controversial Sale of Three Works Through Sotheby’s at the Eleventh Hour The withdrawal came after a group of former Association of Art Museum Directors presidents condemned the imminent sale. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 28, 2020
Auctions The Museum of Islamic Arts Has Halted a Planned Sotheby’s Sale of Its Treasures After It Was Condemned by Israel’s President Israeli President Reuven Rivlin jumped into the fray after experts questioned the ethics of the auction. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 27, 2020
Auctions Hot Lots: 7 Sought-After Artworks That Utterly Shattered Expectations During the London Auction Extravaganza Even if the evening sales were a bit lackluster, the day sales had a number of record-smashing art-star-making lots. By Nate Freeman, Oct 27, 2020
Auctions Most of Them Melted. But the Two Surviving Puppets From the Holiday Film ‘Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer’ Could Be Yours for $250,000 A Christmas museum in Ohio has launched a Go Fund Me to try and acquire the rare collectibles. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 23, 2020
Auctions Christie’s Spree of Livestreamed Art Sales in London and Paris Nets a Limp $118 Million as the Market Gets the Jitters Not even the first mixed-reality work to ever be sold at auction, Marina Abramovic's "The Life," could enliven the action. By Nate Freeman, Oct 22, 2020
Auctions Sotheby’s Livestreamed Paris-to-London Hybrid Sale Pulled in $90 Million, Led by a Picasso and Banksy’s Irreverent Twist on Monet Observers describe it as "painting by numbers" auction action. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 21, 2020
Auctions Sotheby’s Will Sell a Nine-Foot-Tall Giacometti Sculpture for at Least $90 Million in an Unusual Sale Where the Bids Are Kept Secret The work reportedly comes from the collection of billionaire Ron Perelman. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 21, 2020
Auctions Works by Young Artists Boosted Phillips’s Solid $34 Million Sale to Kick Off the Fall Auction Season in London The sale failed to deliver on its most expensive lot, a painting by Georg Baselitz. By Naomi Rea, Oct 20, 2020
Auctions A Decade Ago, Supersize Images by German Photographers Were Selling for Millions. Now, Prices Have Fallen Off a Cliff A work by Andreas Gursky sold in 2011 for more than the combined auction sales of every contemporary German photographer in the first half of 2020. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 18, 2020
Auctions The Brooklyn Museum Just Made $6.6 Million Selling Art From Its Collection—and It’s Putting More on the Block The museum hopes to raise $40 million in total. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 16, 2020
Auctions Michael Jackson’s Curious Personal Art Collection (Plus the Jackson 5’s First Recording Contract) Are Up for Auction On offer are numerous Peter Pan-themed sculptures and a model pirate ship gifted by Elizabeth Taylor. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 13, 2020
Auctions Sotheby’s Reschedules Its Marquee New York Fall Sale to October as Auction Houses Work to Avoid Clashing With the US Election The auction house also announced an additional set of marquee sales set for December. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 9, 2020
Auctions Deutsche Bank Will Sell Off 200 Modern Works From Its Corporate Collection to Pivot Its Focus to Contemporary Art The bank, which says it wants to buy more "up-and-coming talents," bought several works at Frieze London. By Kate Brown, Oct 8, 2020
Auctions A Matthew Wong Painting Just Sold at Christie’s for a Record $4.5 Million, Marking a Frenzied Turning Point in the Late Artist’s Market The price soared above the painting's high estimate of $700,000. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 7, 2020
