Auctions Christie’s Hong Kong Seeks to Seize a $33 Million Record for Chinese-French Modernist Sanyu With its ambitious estimate, Christie's hopes to outdo Sanyu's current world auction record of $25 million this November. By Tim Schneider, Oct 16, 2019
Auctions A Recently Discovered Portrait by Nigerian Star Ben Enwonwu Sold for Nearly Eight Times Its Estimate at Sotheby’s London Some see the sale as a bellwether for the market for modern and contemporary art from Africa. By Kate Brown, Oct 16, 2019
Auctions The Brooklyn Museum Is Selling This Rare Francis Bacon Pope Painting at Sotheby’s to Raise Money for Other Acquisitions The painting, estimated to fetch as much as $8 million, is one of only six surviving canvases from the artist's turbulent time in Tangier. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 16, 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
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
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
Auctions Phillips Defies Brexit Gloom as Records Tumble in Its $32 Million Contemporary Art Sale in London The sale set new records for Simone Leigh, Raoul De Keyser, Alex Katz, and others. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 2, 2019
Auctions A Signature Ed Ruscha Text Painting Could Fetch $40 Million at Christie’s Next Month and Shatter the Artist’s Auction Record The canvas is from the early 1960s. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 2, 2019
Auctions Christie’s Kicks Off Frieze Week With a Bang With the $28 Million Sale of British Businessman Jeremy Lancaster’s Collection Philip Guston made a rare auction appearance—and the top lot of the sale. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 1, 2019
Auctions Auction Blotter: Julie Curtiss Shocks, Ed Ruscha Sizzles, and KAWS Keeps On Keeping On in the New York Day Sales By Nate Freeman, Sep 27, 2019
Auctions Banksy Can Insult Collectors All He Wants—It Won’t Stop Them From Buying, His Sold-Out $1.4 Million Christie’s Online Auction Proves A sarcastically titled sale of Banksy works drew eager buyers who didn't seem to mind the artist calling them "morons." By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 25, 2019
Auctions An Elderly Woman Discovered She Had Been Storing a Rare Renaissance Painting in Her Kitchen—and It Could Fetch $6 Million at Auction Next Month The 13th-century painting hung over a hot plate in the home of a 90-year-old woman. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 24, 2019
Auctions KAWS for Concern? 25 Works by the White-Hot Street Artist Are About to Flood the Market in Sotheby’s Sale of Ryan Brant’s Estate Could the late video-game entrepreneur's KAWS collection be too much of a good thing for the market? By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 23, 2019
