Auctions Sotheby’s Sold a Jean Prouvé Table for $1.6 Million Last Month—But Didn’t Mention It Might Contain Asbestos An eagle-eyed antique dealer realized there was more to the "Granipoli concrete" table than met the eye. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 14, 2022
Auctions Christie’s Reports Total Sales Hit $4.1 Billion in the First Half of 2022, Its Best Performance Since 2015 Still, clouds were gathering on the horizon with respect to Asian buyers and NFT sales. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 12, 2022
Art Fairs Go Ahead, Call It a Comeback: TEFAF Returns to Maastricht With Steady Old Master Sales and a Bevy of Museum Groups Looking to Buy TEFAF is celebrating a "triumphant" return to its home turf after an absence of more than two years. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 28, 2022
Art Fairs Here’s Our Pick of 5 Standout Works at TEFAF Maastricht, From a $1 Million Hippo Sculpture to a Rediscovered Dutch Masterpiece The fair has made a triumphant return to its home city for the first time since the pandemic. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 27, 2022
Art World In a Reversal, the San Francisco School Board Has Opted Not to Remove a Controversial George Washington Mural From a High School The historic frescoes depicting Washington's life are safe—for now. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 24, 2022
Art World What I Buy and Why: Art-Fair Impresario Sanford Smith on His Prized John Wayne Sculpture and Preference for Online Auctions The collector has a soft spot for American Modernist watercolors and bronze sculptures. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 12, 2022
Auctions Christie’s Hong Kong Art Auction Exceeds Expectations With a $184 Million Haul That Set 11 New Records for Market Stars Christie's wide ranging combination of classic painting with ultra-contemporary names drew an eager pool of buyers. By Eileen Kinsella, May 26, 2022
Auctions Sotheby’s Notched a Solid $408.5 Million Modern Art New York Sale Fueled by the Reliable Churn of Blue-Chip Monets and Picassos The sale set new records for Milton Avery and Leonora Carrington. By Eileen Kinsella, May 17, 2022
Auctions Christie’s Rakes in $831 Million in an Auction Double-Header, Nearly Half of Which Came From the Anne Bass Collection The sales surpassed their combined $792 million high estimate. By Eileen Kinsella, May 12, 2022
Auctions Here’s Your Guide to the Best, Most Desirable Artworks for Sale During New York’s $2.6 Billion Spring Auction Marathon Collections from the likes of the Macklowes, the Ammanns, and Anne Bass represent an almost unprecedented caliber of material. By Eileen Kinsella, May 5, 2022
Auctions In a Surprise Move, New York City Has Eliminated Longstanding Regulations Designed to Boost Transparency in the Auction Industry Some say the change could backfire on the auction sector. By Eileen Kinsella, May 3, 2022
Auctions Christie’s Will Offer Ann and Gordon Getty’s Sterling Collection of Impressionists and Old Masters, Raising a Potential $180 Million Proceeds from the sale will go to the couple's charitable foundation. By Eileen Kinsella, May 3, 2022
Law & Politics A Diego Rivera Painting Was Among the Assets FBI Agents Seized From Sanctioned Russian Oligarch Oleg Deripaska The new 'KleptoCapture' task force is ramping up the pressure on Russian oligarchs. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 25, 2022
Art World MoMA and the Neue Galerie Join Forces to Acquire a Searing Self-Portrait by Käthe Kollwitz The work is already on view at MoMA, alongside another jointly acquired work by Paula Modersohn-Becker. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 24, 2022
On View A New Show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Reveals Winslow Homer Was an Essential Portrayer of America’s Greatest Sins Contemporary audiences may be surprised at the range and depth of the artist's oeuvre. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 11, 2022
