Market It’s a Weird Time for Photography. What Does That Mean for the Photo Market? Though photography sales have contracted over the last two years, institutional interest is up. By Margaret Carrigan, Nov 9, 2024
Market Primary Sales of Mary Abbott’s Works Outpace Her Auction Prices. That Could Be Changing The average auction sale price for works by the late Abstract Expressionist painter has risen more than 200 percent in the past five years. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 5, 2024
Market Sotheby’s Closes Breuer Building Deal—And More Art Industry News Plus, Art Basel announces the exhibitor lineup for its 2025 Hong Kong edition. By Annie Armstrong, Nov 4, 2024
Market Frieze Art Fairs May Be Put Up For Sale—And More Art Industry News Plus, Maurizio Cattelan's infamous banana heads to auction with a $1-million price tag. By Annie Armstrong, Oct 28, 2024
Art Collectors A Major Shift in Art Collecting Is Happening. Here Are Some of the Indicators Art Basel and UBS's latest collector survey polls 3,660 high net-worth individuals on their buying behavior. By Margaret Carrigan, Oct 25, 2024
Market Frieze Week Sales Trickle In as the Art World Heads to Paris—and More Art Industry News Plus, a $58.9 million Lalanne sale at Christie's New York and the mega loans behind the Met's 'Siena' show. By Margaret Carrigan & Annie Armstrong, Oct 14, 2024
Market Kasper König’s Collection Makes $6.6 Million in Cologne—and More Essential Art Industry News Plus, Jeffrey Gibson joins Hauer and Wirth, Christie's Ventures makes two new investments, and dealer Peter Freeman returns to Paris. By Margaret Carrigan, Oct 7, 2024
Analysis To Frieze or Not to Frieze: Are Collectors Prioritizing Paris Over London? An expanded and rebranded Art Basel Paris may have VIPs rethinking their options this year. By Margaret Carrigan, Oct 7, 2024
Auctions Work of the Week: Lois Dodd Painting Soars Past Estimate, as Auction Hot Streak Continues The top three prices for the artist, who is known for quiet observations of rural life, have all come this year. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 4, 2024
Market Kasmin to Rep Jackson Pollock’s Work in Pollock-Krasner Foundation Partnership—and More Essential Art Industry News Plus, following a high-profile departure, David Zwirner has hired two new directors for its Hong Kong branch. By Annie Armstrong & Margaret Carrigan, Sep 30, 2024
Market Christie’s Heads to Saudi Arabia Amid Newfound Interest in the Middle East The region has become a hotbed of activity for art-related investments By Margaret Carrigan, Sep 24, 2024
Market A Coveted Rothko Surfaces at Sotheby’s Hong Kong—and More Essential Art Industry News Plus, a new art fair in Mumbai will launch in 2025. By Annie Armstrong & Margaret Carrigan, Sep 23, 2024
Market Can Britain’s Art Market Bounce Back? 5 Takeaways From the Art Business Conference in London Industry insiders invoked the legacy of 'Cool Britannia' under the last Labour government while addressing the 'bureaucratic nightmares' of today. By Margaret Carrigan, Sep 18, 2024
Market Christie’s Acquires Classic-Car Auction House—and More Essential Art Industry News Plus, the collection of the late curator Kasper König heads to auction. By Annie Armstrong & Margaret Carrigan, Sep 16, 2024
Market Auction Houses Lock in Estates for New York’s November Sales—and More Essential Art Industry News Plus, sales at the Armory Show and Frieze Seoul jumpstart a sluggish market. By Annie Armstrong & Margaret Carrigan, Sep 9, 2024
