Auctions Cattelan’s $6.2 Million Banana Boosts an Otherwise Uneven Auction Night at Sotheby’s The highest price of the evening was Ed Ruscha’s $13.6 million "Georges’ Flag." Many other works struggled to meet their estimates. By Eileen Kinsella, 9 hours ago
Auctions Masterworks by Magritte, Ruscha Fuel $486 Million Night at Christie’s The house pursued a 'masterpiece' strategy. It paid off. By Katya Kazakina, 1 day ago
Auctions By the Numbers: A Breakdown of Results from Sotheby’s Modern Art Evening Sale in New York Let the numbers tell the story. By Katya Kazakina, 1 day ago
Auctions At $54.1 Million Phillips Auction, Few Splashy Sales but Plenty of Drama The FDNY made a brief appearance, and a Basquiat that appeared to sell was later marked as unsold. By Annie Armstrong, 2 days ago
Auctions By the Numbers: A Breakdown of Results from Sotheby’s ‘Legacy of Beauty: The Collection of Sydell Miller’ Evening Sale Let the numbers tell the story. By Katya Kazakina, 2 days ago
Art World $65.5 Million Monet Sells at Sotheby’s New York, While $12 Million Matisse Flops The late beauty titan Sydell Miller's collection over-performed. A sale of Modern art had a tougher time. By Katya Kazakina, 3 days ago
Market $1.6 Billion Worth of Art Goes Under the Hammer in New York—and More Art Industry News Plus, the U.S. returns antiquities totalling $10 million to India. By Annie Armstrong, 3 days ago
Art Market Minute Listen: What Does the Crypto Rally Mean for the Market? Plus, $1.6 billion worth of art is set to go under the hammer this week in New York. By Sonia Manalili & Margaret Carrigan, Nov 17, 2024
Market Bananas for Bitcoin? What the Recent Crypto Rally Means for the Art Market Sotheby's is enabling crypto payments for "select" lots at its New York evening sale. By Margaret Carrigan, Nov 16, 2024
The Art Detective Revealed: Which 8 Collectors Are Quietly Offloading Their Art at New York’s Auctions? Pieces by Jeff Koons, Keith Haring, and rising star Yu Nishimura are headed to the auction block next week. We found out who’s selling them. By Katya Kazakina, Nov 15, 2024
Wet Paint R.I.P. White Cube’s Legendary Miami Basel Party, and More Juicy Art World Gossip Marc Spiegler, Amy Cappellazzo, and more offer a final toast to 13 years of a legendary party. By Annie Armstrong, Nov 14, 2024
Auctions This Storied Rothko Painting Sold for $32.5 Million—30 Percent Less Than a Decade Ago The painting has passed through the hands of many high-profile collectors. By Margaret Carrigan, Nov 14, 2024
Market Endeavor Reports $420 Million Loss Amid Frieze Sale Rumors—and More Art Industry News Plus, Sotheby's plans a debut sale in Saudi Arabia and LagosPhoto transitions to a biennial model. By Annie Armstrong, Nov 11, 2024
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 International Visitors Are Flocking to Art Week Tokyo as Japan’s Art Market Gains Steam The event, which busses visitors to galleries around the Japanese capital, is attracting an increasingly larger crowd. By Vivienne Chow, Nov 8, 2024