Auctions Young Painters Steal the Limelight From the Likes of Polke and Prince in Phillips’s $35 Million London Evening Sale New records were set for seven up-and-coming artists. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 15, 2021
Auctions The Results of Christie’s Eclectic ‘Postwar to Present’ Auction Shows Today’s Buyers Have a Speculative Eye and a Nose for Novelty Christie's latest live sale saw thriving demand for digital art and rising stars, as well as a selective appetite for blue-chip abstraction. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 4, 2021
Museums Bug Infestations at Museums Surged During Lockdown. Here’s How They Are Fighting Back to Defend Their Art From Pesky Critters Institutions are reaching for innovative solutions to combat pests. Among them: micro-wasps. By Naomi Rea & Eileen Kinsella, Sep 30, 2021
Law A Judge Denies Sotheby’s Effort to Dismiss a Lawsuit That Claims the Auction House ‘Fleeced’ New York Taxpayers Out of Millions Sotheby's said it will "continue to vigorously contest the allegations in this case, which we believe are without merit.” By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 29, 2021
Auctions A Frida Kahlo Self-Portrait Could Fetch Over $30 Million at Sotheby’s—and Become the Priciest Work by a Female Artist Ever Sold The painting, titled “Diego y yo (Diego and I),” would handily smash the record for Kahlo. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 22, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions ‘We Wanted to Unmoor Her From the 1950s’: A Joan Mitchell Retrospective at SFMOMA Shows the Artist as You’ve Never Seen Her Before The show includes student work to the final paintings she made before her death. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 20, 2021
Galleries The Donald Judd Foundation, a Blue-Chip Market Force, Jumps to Gagosian After More Than a Decade With David Zwirner The move follows Donald Judd's long-anticipated retrospective at MoMA last year. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 16, 2021
Auctions More Than 50 Works From the Collection of Late, Keen-Eyed Old Master Dealer Richard Feigen Could Fetch $17 Million at Auction An eclectic mix of works assembled by the dealer is going to Sotheby's. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 13, 2021
Artnet News Pro Georges Mathieu Was a Star of Postwar Art—and Then Disappeared. Here’s Why Top Galleries Are Investing Big to Revive His Market The French painter is now the subject of shows at Perrotin and Nahmad Contemporary in New York. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 13, 2021
Law A Judge Has Dismissed Hollywood Exec Ron Meyer’s Lawsuit Claiming Two Dealers Duped Him Into Buying a Fake Rothko The court ruled that Meyer's suit was irrelevant. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 17, 2021
Auctions Phillips Auction House Says It Pulled In More Than Half a Billion Dollars in the First Half of 2021, a 25 Percent Increase Over 2019 Private sales and demand from Asia were key drivers of growth. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 2, 2021
Analysis Houston Built Big in 2020—But Shenzhen Is the Future: 7 Takeaways From a New Report on Global Cultural Trends AEA Consulting's Cultural Infrastructure Index aims to give a snapshot of the present and future of museum building. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 28, 2021
Art Fairs The Seattle Art Fair Will Return in 2022, After a Two-Year Hiatus and a Takeover by Art Market Productions Art Market Productions was initially a co-sponsor of the event, but will now take over as its sole organizer. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 27, 2021
Art Fairs Rebecca Ann Siegel, a Top Executive at Frieze, Will Leave Her Post as Staff Shakeups Continue Across the Art-Fair Sector Siegel is the second high-level fair executive to announce her departure in as many weeks. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 21, 2021
Art Fairs Who’s in and Who’s Out at the 2021 Art Basel Fair in Switzerland This September? Here’s the Full List Two-dozen galleries from around the world will make their Art Basel debut this fall. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 20, 2021
