Art World Work of the Week: This Painting Lost 90 Percent of Its Value in Exactly One Year A Lauren Quin work sold for six figures in Hong Kong last October. It had a tougher time this month. By Katya Kazakina, Oct 18, 2024
Wet Paint Hollywood Hits Art Basel Paris, and More Juicy Art World Gossip What A-list actress is rumored to be playing an art dealer in an upcoming movie? And which rarely scene galleries popped up in the City of Light? By Annie Armstrong, Oct 18, 2024
Art Fairs Paris Satellite Fairs Deliver Big Sales for Small Galleries Paris Internationale and the Salon by NADA and the Community got a piece of the action during a high-octane Art Basel Paris By Annie Armstrong, Oct 17, 2024
Market Sunny Art Basel Paris Cuts Through Art-Market Clouds, as Dealers Hawk Eight-Figure Art White Cube sold a $9.5 million Julie Mehretu, and Hauser and Wirth has a Kazimir Malevich priced at several times that. By Katya Kazakina, Oct 16, 2024
Auctions By the Numbers: A Breakdown of Results from Sotheby’s London Contemporary Evening Sale, October 2024 Let the numbers tell the story. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 16, 2024
Auctions By the Numbers: A Breakdown of Results from Phillips’s London Modern and Contemporary Evening Sale, October 2024 Let the numbers tell the story. By Annie Armstrong, Oct 15, 2024
Market From A.I.’s ‘Dirty Secrets’ to Better Harnessing Data, 5 Key Insights From the Art Market 2050 Conference A half-day conference brought art world professionals and policymakers together to discuss technology's role in the future of the art market. By Riah Pryor, Oct 14, 2024
Market Frieze Week Sales Trickle In as the Art World Heads to Paris—and More Art Industry News Plus, a $58.9 million Lalanne sale at Christie's New York and the mega loans behind the Met's 'Siena' show. By Margaret Carrigan & Annie Armstrong, Oct 14, 2024
The Art Detective The Met’s ‘Siena’ Blockbuster Has Priceless Loans. How Did It Come Together? It took new technology, years of collaboration, and major investments to deliver a show for the ages. 'This is not a grab and go,' one curator said. By Katya Kazakina, Oct 11, 2024
Wet Paint Pounding the Pavement at London’s Hottest Gallery Openings, and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, which artist has been added to Gagosian's roster? And which artist is collaborating with Eric Adams's favorite airline? By Annie Armstrong, Oct 11, 2024
Market $19.8 Million Modern-Contemporary Sale at Phillips London Reveals a Market Treading Water The total was 17.5 percent below last year's, but Joseph Yaeger popped in his first auction appearance, and a 2005 David Hockney made $4.31 million. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 10, 2024
Market $17.2 Million David Hockney Painting Leads Low-Key Sotheby’s London Sale Only 10 of the 22 lots sold for within or above their estimates, but there were a few bright spots. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 10, 2024
Market Koons ‘Balloon Monkey’ Makes $9.9 Million at ‘Solid’ $107 Million Christie’s Auction in London About 88 percent of lots sold, but half went for prices at or below their low estimates. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 9, 2024
Art Fairs Discoveries Abound at Frieze Masters. Big-Money Deals Do Not Hauser and Wirth moved a $4.9 million Manet, but sales were thin on the ground, dealers said. By Vivienne Chow, Oct 9, 2024
Art Fairs Sales Are Slow at Frieze London, But Focus on Fresh Talent Thrills David Zwirner placed a $2.2 million Lisa Yuskavage, and Lehmann Maupin found a buyer for a painting that Billy Childish made on site. By Margaret Carrigan, Oct 9, 2024
