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
Auctions A British Couple Bought Two Vases for $10 at a Thrift Sale. They Turned Out to Be Art Nouveau Collectibles Worth 150 Times That The car boot sale finds turned out to be Art Nouveau treasures. By Sarah Cascone, May 3, 2023
Auctions Want to Own a Piece of Rock Royalty? Freddie Mercury’s Private Collection of Guitars and Artworks Heads to Sotheby’s This Fall Buyers will get to scoop up Mercury's iconic crown and cloak, and works by Picasso and Matisse. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 25, 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
On View LGDR Inaugurates Its Stunning New Headquarters With ‘Rear View,’ a Cheeky Show Featuring—You Guessed It—Lots of Derrières The four power dealers have unveiled a single flagship home in an Upper East Side Beaux Arts-style townhouse. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 19, 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
Artnet News Pro Peter Doig’s Latest Work Is ‘the Most Talked About Show in London.’ But What’s Really Going on Behind the Scenes of His Art Market? From a notorious speculator to the possible involvement of a Russian consortium, the artist's market history is full of twists and turns. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 2, 2023
Law & Politics Germany’s Culture Minister Is Calling on a Munich Museum to Resolve a Years-Long Restitution Dispute Over a Prized Picasso Painting The Bavarian State Painting Collections has declined to allow German's lost art commission hear the case. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 31, 2023
Museums & Institutions Workers at the Hispanic Society Museum Have Voted to Strike Following Stalled Negotiations for a Union Contract The museum's staff first filed their intention to unionize in May 2021. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 23, 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
Auctions In Its First Major Modern and Contemporary Offering of 2023, Sotheby’s London Saw Five Artworks Sell for More Than $18 Million Each Demand for ultra-contemporary works was strong and Asian bidders were active. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 1, 2023
Museums & Institutions The Lincoln Memorial Is Getting a $69 Million Museum in a Surprising Place—Underneath It The new museum is expected to open in 2026 in time for the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 21, 2023
