Auctions Rockefeller Decoded: Christie’s Marathon of Sales Generated $832 Million—and Some Big Surprises, Too A striking number of works on offer sold for more than five times their high estimates. By Eileen Kinsella, May 14, 2018
Auctions Sold for $115 Million, David Rockefeller’s Picasso Will Go on View at the Musee d’Orsay The work will go on view in Paris in September. By Henri Neuendorf, May 14, 2018
Art World DC’s Defunct Corcoran Gallery Announces the New Homes for Over 10,000 Works of Art The Corcoran has decided who gets art from its $1 billion collection. By Sarah Cascone, May 14, 2018
Auctions From Chinese Trophy to Movie Star: 5 Reasons Why Modigliani May Actually Earn His $150 Million Price Tag Examining the forces behind the artist's rise to global fame. By Eileen Kinsella, May 14, 2018
Auctions Rockefeller Mania Continues at Christie’s With a Record $106 Million American Art Sale The fireworks may not have matched yesterday evening, but the sale set several records and a new high mark for American art. By Eileen Kinsella, May 9, 2018
Auctions The Rockefeller Name Proves Mighty Indeed at Christie’s Record $646 Million Sale of Storied Masterpieces The sale set seven new records and is the highest-grossing single-owner auction to date. By Eileen Kinsella, May 8, 2018
Art World Pleading Guilty, a New York Dealer Admits to Bilking Prominent Collectors With an Art Investment Scam Ezra Chowaiki admitted to selling wealthy clients a stake in blue-chip artworks he did not own. By Henri Neuendorf, May 4, 2018
Auctions Sotheby’s Boosts Private Sales by 70 Percent in the First Quarter of 2018 Sotheby's first quarter earnings report reflects better-than-expected sales during a typically quiet period. By Eileen Kinsella, May 4, 2018
Auctions A Portrait of Picasso’s Mistress Could Sell for $45 Million at Sotheby’s Impressionist Sale in London The portrait of Marie-Thérèse Walter, painted when the artist was still married to his wife Olga, comes to market amid a glut of Picasso offerings. By Julia Halperin, May 4, 2018
Law & Politics US Art Dealers May Soon Be Subject to Government Financial Regulation The art world has been put on high alert with news of new government oversight. By Eileen Kinsella, May 2, 2018
Art World Art Industry News: A Startup Has Remade Van Gogh’s Legendary Lost ‘Sunflowers’ + More Must-Read Stories Plus, Russia’s Venice architecture pavilion is in jeopardy and a justice minister resigns from documenta's supervisory board. By Artnet News, May 2, 2018
Art World Art Industry News: Rome’s Galleria Borghese Director to Stand Trial for Going to the Gym + More Must-Read Stories Plus, the National Museum in Doha gets an opening date and the National Gallery of Ottawa calls off its contested Chagall sale. By Artnet News, Apr 27, 2018
Galleries Blocks From the Met Breuer, a New Gallery Show Also Aims to to Steer Younger Viewers to the Old Masters Colnaghi has joined with Ben Brown Fine Arts to present the historic works side by side with Modern masters during Frieze and TEFAF New York By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 26, 2018
How Learning to Paint Heightened Winston Churchill’s Legendary Powers of Persuasion By Artnet Gallery Network, Apr 25, 2018
Auctions Is This the Next Auction Supernova? A Rare Modigliani Nude Carries a Record $150 Million Estimate at Sotheby’s The painting, which was recently on view at Tate Modern, is reportedly owned by Irish billionaire horse breeder John Magnier. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 24, 2018
