Price Check! Here’s What Sold—And For How Much

Art Fairs

Price Check! Here’s What Sold—And For How Much—at Frieze New York 2019

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

By Caroline Goldstein, May 6, 2019

Auctions

Sotheby’s Veteran David Norman, Who Helped Sell the First Work of Art to Break $100 Million at Auction, Joins Phillips

Norman led Sotheby's record-setting $104 million sale of a work by Picasso in 2004.

By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 29, 2019

Galleries

Superstar Artist Takashi Murakami Just Split With Blum & Poe, His Longtime Gallery That Made Him Famous. Why?

Experts have various theories about what caused the breakup.

By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 22, 2019

Opinion

A Very Special Easter Poem From Kenny Schachter and Jeff Koons’s Inflatable Bunny

It turns out the iconic artwork has a lot on its mind—and can rap, too.

By Kenny Schachter, Apr 21, 2019

Galleries

David Zwirner Will Represent the Family of Artist Paul Klee, Who Have Never Before Worked With a Gallery

The gallery is planning solo presentations at TEFAF New York and in Chelsea.

By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 19, 2019

Art Fairs

As Argentina’s Economy Falters, Museums Come to the Rescue, Snapping Up Works at arteBA

South American dealers say art offers a form of refuge in volatile times.

By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 15, 2019

Auctions

Now at Bonhams, the Marketing Guru Behind ‘Salvator Mundi’ Is Applying His Genius to Selling (Much) Cheaper Art

Marc Sands says there's a lot of work to be done to attract buyers spending south of $1 million.

By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 4, 2019

Auctions

Sotheby’s Was Hoping This KAWS Painting of ‘The Simpsons’ Would Sell for $1 Million. It Just Went for $14.7 Million

The painting was sold by Japanese designer NIGO, who commissioned the work in 2005.

By Sarah Cascone, Apr 1, 2019

Auctions

A Late Tang Dynasty Sculpture Bought at a Missouri Garage Sale for Less Than $100 Just Sold for $2.1 Million

The owner first suspected the bronze deity might be worth more than she paid for after taking it on the 'Antiques Roadshow.'

By Sarah Cascone, Mar 22, 2019

People

Liu Ye, a Chinese Artist Whose Paintings of Children Reference Western Art History, Will Now Be Represented by David Zwirner

The gallery will show the painter's work at Art Basel Hong Kong later this month and in a 2020 solo show in New York.

By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 13, 2019

Auctions

‘People Didn’t See It Coming’: Victoria Beckham on How She Became an Unlikely Celebrity Spokesperson for Female Old Masters

The fashion designer is helping Sotheby's New York promote "The Female Triumphant," a rare grouping of women artists in its upcoming Old Masters sale.

By Sarah Cascone, Jan 25, 2019

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