Events and Parties Will Sotheby’s Again Fall Victim to Corporate Hubris With Dan Loeb, Tad Smith Takeover? The corporate suits are back in charge. Are these greedy bastards any different? By Eileen Kinsella & Benjamin Genocchio, Mar 23, 2015
Auctions Ming Chairs Lead Christie’s $132 Million Robert Ellsworth Sale By Sarah Cascone, Mar 23, 2015
Analysis New Copyright Law Threatens to Put Artists Like Damien Hirst and Jeff Koons in Jail Should artists go to jail for unauthorized appropriation? Look out Jeff Koons. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 21, 2015
Analysis 1792 Birch Cent Penny Could Fetch $2 Million at Stack’s Bowers Auction By Sarah Cascone, Mar 21, 2015
Analysis Phillips Snags $35 Million Contemporary Art Collection for New York Auction A coup for new CEO Ed Dolman. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 20, 2015
Analysis Goldwyn Film Family to Sell $30 Million Collection at Sotheby’s, Led by Picasso and Matisse One Picasso portrait could fetch up to $18 million. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 19, 2015
Analysis Goldman Sachs Chair John C. Whitehead’s $40-Million Impressionist Collection Goes to Christie’s By Brian Boucher, Mar 18, 2015
Law & Politics Robert Ellsworth Estate Sues Attorney Over $25 Million Tax Blunder on Eve of Christie’s Sale The Metropolitan Museum of Art is named as a contingent beneficiary in the will. By Rozalia Jovanovic, Mar 18, 2015
Galleries French Court Copyright Law Ruling Threatens Art Market Price Transparency Should a photographer of artwork for auction catalogs get royalties? By Hans Neuendorf, Mar 17, 2015
Analysis Sotheby’s and eBay Unveil Details of New Joint Venture—Will it Work? Can two corporate giants really work together? It failed last time. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 16, 2015
Analysis The Big TEFAF 2015 Sales Report — We Have The Numbers on What Sold Buyers snap up works ranging from antiquities to contemporary. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 16, 2015
Analysis What Sold at Art Basel in Hong Kong 2015 and for How Much? Read Our Sales Report Who sold what and for how much? We have the details. By Zoe Li, Mar 16, 2015
Auctions Sotheby’s Names Tad Smith as New CEO—He Was Former President and CEO of Madison Square Garden Former sports executive named new head, Sotheby's splits chairman and CEO roles. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 16, 2015
Galleries Art Central Hong Kong Offers Funk, Kitsch, and Good Deals for Collectors Visitors have to wade through a lot of kitschy art but there is quality here too. By Christie Chu, Mar 13, 2015