How Do You Build a Blue-Chip Market in 10 Years? The Trajectory of ‘Bad Painter’ Albert Oehlen Provides a Blueprint

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How Do You Build a Blue-Chip Market in 10 Years? The Trajectory of ‘Bad Painter’ Albert Oehlen Provides a Blueprint

Could 2020 be the year that Albert Oehlen—a polarizing artist both beloved and dismissed—sees his work top $10 million at auction?

By Nate Freeman, Jan 8, 2020

Auctions

Experts Say This Painting of a Random Woman Is Really a Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I—and Now It Could Fetch $322,000 at Auction

This early piece of “brand management,” as a Bonham’s expert puts it, contrasted a “dour” image of the queen.

By Nan Stewert, Nov 27, 2019

Auctions

Feverish Bidders Snapped Up All 274 Works in a Triumphant Sotheby’s Sale From the Collection of Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne

The sale quadrupled its high presale estimate and drew more that 4,000 bidders.

By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 25, 2019

Art Fairs

Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and For How Much—at the 2019 Edition of FIAC

Here's what art dealers say they sold at the Paris fair (though watch out for number-fudging and other kinds of general sneakiness).

By Artnet News, Oct 21, 2019

People

Stefan Edlis, Who Went From Refugee to Eminent Art Collector and Museum Patron, Has Died at Age 94

Edlis was a major donor to Chicago art institutions.

By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 16, 2019

Opinion

Is Infantilism the Key to KAWS’s Unstoppable Rise? Kenny Schachter Peers Behind the Scenes at the London and Hong Kong Auctions

Our columnist pulls back the curtain on the swarms of flippers fueling the art market.

By Kenny Schachter, Oct 10, 2019

Art Fairs

Tickets to the Art Basel Inside Conference in Abu Dhabi, a ‘New Kind of Experience,’ Cost $15,000 (Without Airfare)

That's more than TED's marquee conference—but less than Davos.

By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 11, 2019

Art World

Art Industry News: The Smithsonian’s Lonnie Bunch Recalls an Awkward Visit by Donald Trump + Other Stories

Plus, a Chinese billionaire museum founder is arrested and Nan Goldin slams the Sacklers’ settlement proposal.

By Artnet News, Sep 2, 2019

Market

The 1972 Nike ‘Moon Shoe’ Sells for $437,500 at Sotheby’s, Setting a New World Record for Sneakers at Auction

The previous record was for a pair of signed Michael Jordan Converses, worn during his 1984 gold medal-winning Olympic final.

By Sarah Cascone, Jul 23, 2019

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‘He Can Play With the Big Boys’: What’s Behind the Effort to Revive the Market for ’80s Bad-Boy Painter Steven Parrino?

Steven Parrino, an art star of the 1980s, is back in the spotlight thanks to new shows at Skarstedt and a renewed push by Gagosian.

By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 7, 2019

Auctions

A Lewis Chessman, Bought for $6 and Then Tucked Away in a Drawer for Decades, Just Sold at Auction for Almost $1 Million

The rest of the Lewis trove belongs to British museums.

By Sarah Cascone, Jul 3, 2019

Auctions

French Media Tycoon Patrick Drahi Has Acquired Sotheby’s for $3.7 Billion, Taking the Publicly Traded Auction House Private

Sotheby's will no longer trade on the New York Stock Exchange.

By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 17, 2019

Monet’s ‘Water Lilies’ and an Offbeat Modigliani Will Lead Sotheby’s Impressionist and Modern Auctions in London This Month

The auction house is following up its record-setting $111 million Monet last month.

By Sarah Cascone, Jun 7, 2019

Auctions

Here’s What to Expect at the $1.3 Billion Spring Auctions in New York, From a $58 Million Koons to a Once-Lost Cézanne

All the highlights from the Impressionist, modern, and contemporary art auctions in New York next week.

By Eileen Kinsella, May 9, 2019

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