Auctions Christie’s Will Mount Two Major Sales to Auction Off the Estate of the Late Spanish-Language TV Tycoon Jerry Perenchio Perenchio was also a major donor to LACMA. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 27, 2020
Law & Politics The 20-Year-Old Who Punched a Picasso Painting at Tate Modern as a ‘Performance’ Is Going to Jail for 18 Months “There is nothing to suggest you were anything other than a 20-year-old seeking fame,” the sentencing judge concluded. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 26, 2020
Auctions Bucking the Traditional Auction Calendar, Christie’s Plans to Hold a Megawatt Livestreamed Modern Art Sale in October The star lot is a Cézanne watercolor estimated at around $25 million. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 26, 2020
Auctions Expanding Its Reach in Asia, Phillips Is Partnering With China’s Poly Auction House on Two Hong Kong Sales Auction houses are looking at new partnerships to boost the bottom line in a highly unusual year. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 19, 2020
Art World The US Postal Service Is in Dire Straits. Help Them Out by Buying Some of These 12 Fantastic Art-Themed Stamps These stamps, featuring the likes of Ellsworth Kelly and Romare Bearden, are works of art in themselves. By Eileen Kinsella & Caroline Goldstein, Aug 18, 2020
Law & Politics A Spanish Museum Can Keep a Nazi-Looted Camille Pissarro Painting Despite Family’s Objections, an Appeals Court Rules The court lets the museum off the hook since it did not appear aware of the earlier theft. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 18, 2020
Law & Politics A Scholar and an Art Institute Are Currently Waging a Scorched-Earth Legal Battle Over Valuable Modigliani Research The Wildenstein Plattner Institute has filed a scathing response and new legal claims against Modigliani expert Marc Restellini. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 17, 2020
Auctions Phillips Is the Latest Art Seller to Court Ex-Manhattan Collectors by Opening a New Viewing Outpost in the Hamptons The space will show a $12 million Basquiat painting at its first preview exhibition. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 13, 2020
Art & Exhibitions ‘This Has Made Us Reflect on Who We Are’: The Met Celebrates Its Anniversary With a Sweeping Exhibition Surveying 150 Years of Its History The Metropolitan Museum of Art's long-awaited 150th anniversary exhibition is almost upon us. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 12, 2020
Art World A New Book Collects the Best Recreated Artworks From the #GettyChallenge—and Reflects On Why the Project Resonated So Much The public’s understanding of art history was surprisingly sophisticated, it turns out. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 6, 2020
Market Phillips Has Debuted a New Market-Tracking Tool Called ‘Articker’ to Chart Artists’ Media Coverage A new tech tool lets collectors see which artists are trending and why. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 6, 2020
Art World How an Old Postcard Led Art Historians to the Spot Where a Distraught Van Gogh Made His Final Painting The Van Gogh Museum unveiled the site in a ceremony on the anniversary of the artist's death. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 28, 2020
Auctions Christie’s First-Ever ‘Relay’ Sale Brought in an Impressive $421 Million in a Four-Hour, Four-City Digital Marathon Christie's pulled off a marathon four-hour sale with an innovative new platform. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 10, 2020
Auctions Sotheby’s Middling Impressionist and Modern Sale Nets $62.8 Million Thanks to a Major Boost From Latin American Treasures Sotheby's started off the lengthy auction evening on a strong note, but bidding for Impressionist and Modern art was more subdued. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 29, 2020
Auctions Led by a Sizzling Bacon, Sotheby’s First-Ever Hybrid Contemporary Evening Sale Format Nets an Impressive $300.4 Million The carefully choreographed sale took place on three continents. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 29, 2020
