Auctions With a Great Gavel Comes Great Responsibility: Your Go-To List of Record-Breaking Auctioneers Fine art can sell for eye-watering sums at auction, but who are the auctioneers behind the most iconic record-breaking sales? By Verity Babbs, Jan 2, 2024
Market Here Are 8 of Our Favorite Agenda-Setting Stories From Artnet PRO in 2023 Here's a taster of the analyst-caliber information you get with an Artnet News PRO subscription. By Artnet News, Dec 29, 2023
The Back Room Paint Drippings: Everything You Missed in the Art Industry Last Week Get caught up on the latest market moves, fast. By Annie Armstrong, Dec 25, 2023
Art World In 2023, the Art Market Found Astonishing Returns in a Surprising Place: the Thrift Store. Here Are 5 of the Best Flips of the Year These once overlooked objects have turned massive profits at auction. By Adam Schrader, Dec 23, 2023
Market 6 Moments That Were Turning Points for the Art Market in 2023 From the downfall of a dealer to the $100 million Breuer building buy, here's what moved the needle this year. By Artnet News, Dec 22, 2023
Market Work of the Week: ‘Yocks’ by Barkley Hendricks The work surpassed its presale estimate by 40 percent and bested the artist’s auction record in a recent sale, and that's not the first time it has set a record. By Margaret Carrigan, Dec 22, 2023
Auctions A Gown Princess Diana Wore in 1985 Sells for Over $1 Million, Setting a Record The dress eclipsed its presale estimate of $100,000, becoming the most expensive dress ever worn by Diana. By Artnet News, Dec 19, 2023
The Back Room Paint Drippings: Everything You Missed in the Art Industry Last Week Get caught up on the latest market moves, fast. By Artnet News, Dec 19, 2023
Auctions Christie’s Posts a $2.2-Billion Drop in Sales in 2023 But 2022, the house's best year ever, was a hard act to follow. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 18, 2023
Auctions Nike Sneakers Produced for Spike Lee, Found in a Donation Bin, Fetch More Than $50,000 at Auction The shoes were anonymously donated to Portland Rescue Mission earlier this year. By Verity Babbs, Dec 18, 2023
Auctions A Newly Attributed Rembrandt Once Valued at $10,000 Sold for Almost $14 Million The painting vanished from public view in the 1950s, only to resurface in 2021 on the auction block. By Adam Schrader, Dec 13, 2023
The Back Room Paint Drippings: Everything You Missed in the Art Industry Last Week Get caught up on the latest market moves, fast. By Artnet News, Dec 11, 2023
Artnet News Pro London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations, Bringing in a Combined $80 Million The spoils for the week were divided roughly equally, with Christie’s bringing in a total of $42.9 million against Sotheby’s $36.6 million. By Colin Gleadell, Dec 9, 2023
Law & Politics Lisa Schiff’s Art Collection Could Soon Hit the Auction Block The terms of a proposed deal include selling unclaimed works in multiple live and online sales in 2024. By Adam Schrader, Dec 5, 2023
Market Phillips Beefs Up Its Asia Leadership as the House Continues to Expand in the Region The management reshuffle and new appointments reflect the auction house's renewed ambition in the increasingly competitive region. By Vivienne Chow, Dec 4, 2023