Artnet News Pro By the Numbers: Phillips 20th-Century and Contemporary Evening Auction, May 2023 Get the stats behind the spin. By Annie Armstrong, May 18, 2023
Artnet News Pro By the Numbers: A Breakdown of Results From Christie’s Gerald Fineberg Collection Sale, Part I, May 2023 Get the stats behind the spin. By Katya Kazakina, May 18, 2023
Auctions Sotheby’s Faces a ‘More Sober’ Market With a Modern Art Marathon—and Comes Away With $427 Million The evening began with the cream of the Mo Ostin collection before moving to (mostly) modern works. By Katya Kazakina, May 16, 2023
Artnet News Pro By The Numbers: A Breakdown of Results From Christie’s 21st-Century Evening Sale, May 2023 The sale hit all its major marks. By Eileen Kinsella, May 16, 2023
Auctions Christie’s Small But Mighty 21st-Century Sale Reached $100 Million, Aided by Larry Gagosian’s Covert Bids and a Strong Showing of Women Artists An early Jean-Michel Basquiat painting was the top lot of the night. By Eileen Kinsella, May 15, 2023
Auctions The First Auction of Late Billionaire Heidi Horten’s Controversial Jewelry Proves Wildly Successful, Raking in $156 Million A late-breaking revelation that Horten's husband ‘profited from the situation’ of Jewish department store owners starting in 1936 did not hamper bidding. By Eileen Kinsella, May 11, 2023
Artnet News Pro From a Rare Klimt Still Life to a Paradoxical Magritte, Here’s Our Insider’s Guide to the Key Lots of New York’s $1.3 Billion Spring Auctions The market may be off its peak but liquidating single-owner collections mean there's no shortage of trophy lots and rare gems this season. By Eileen Kinsella, May 11, 2023
Law & Politics KAWS Has Won a Key Victory in His Lawsuit Against a Singapore Counterfeiter Churning Out Knockoffs of His Toys and Art KAWS won $900,000 in damages. By Eileen Kinsella, May 4, 2023
Auctions Sotheby’s Will Offer Four Newly Restituted Impressionist Works by Renoir, Gauguin, and Cézanne in Its Marquee May Auctions The works, which were returned to the heirs of legendary dealer Ambroise Vollard, could fetch more than $17 million. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 21, 2023
Auctions A TikToker Bought a Vintage Purse for $1. It Turned Out to Be a 1920s Cartier Bag That Sold for $9,450 at Auction Chandler West's stunning discovery has gone viral on TikTok. By Artnet News, Apr 7, 2023
Auctions Sotheby’s Hong Kong Evening Sale Brings In a Respectable $85.5 Million, Fueled by a Strong Demand for Ultra-Contemporary Art Artist records were set for Matthew Wong, Pang Jiun, Loie Hollowell, among others. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 5, 2023
Market Want to Dip a Toe Into the Blazing Market for Picasso? We Polled the Experts About Where the Smart Buys Are Demand has seldom been higher, but there are plenty of hidden gems to be scooped up at lower price points. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 5, 2023
Analysis The Latest UBS Art Basel Report Puts the Global Art Market at $67.8 Billion, Indicating Modest Growth Amid Economic Uncertainty The art market, while still top-heavy, defied much of the ongoing global and economic volatility in 2022. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 3, 2023
Auctions The Final Sale of Masterworks From the Collection of Late Microsoft Founder Paul Allen Could Fetch $43 Million at Christie’s The seven works are by Georgia O'Keeffe, David Hockney, and Edward Hopper. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 10, 2023
Law & Politics A U.S. Judge Dealt a Partial Victory to Sotheby’s in a Long-Running Fraud Case Brought by Russian Billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev The judge urged both sides to avoid an 'expensive, risky, and potentially embarrassing' trial. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 3, 2023
