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
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
Art Fairs With the Fate of the Fair in Question as the Virus Overwhelms Florida, Art Basel Miami Beach Just Gave Dealers More Time to Commit The fair says it is "deeply committed" to holding the event in December "if at all feasible." By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 8, 2020
Auctions Who Was the Best-Selling Artist at Auction Worldwide in May? There’s a Clear Winner—by a Long Shot Perhaps even more surprising than the identity of the artist is the total amount of sales it took to come out on top. By Julia Halperin, Jun 30, 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
Auctions In a Profound Shift, Christie’s Is Eliminating Its Standalone Impressionist and Modern Art Department, Shedding a Significant Amount of Staff in the Process The auction house says the move is a better reflection of how people collect—but it's also a cost-saving measure. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 26, 2020
Art Fairs A Crafty Swiss Financier Is Reportedly Trying to Gather Investors to Wrest Art Basel Away From Its Parent Company, the MCH Group But the MCH Group has its own plans. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 24, 2020
Auctions Here’s Your Guide to the Top Lots in the First-Ever Hybrid Marquee Summer Auctions, Taking Place Simultaneously In-Person and Online The houses are still banking on trophy-hunting collectors to prop up their rescheduled marquee sales. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 23, 2020
Law & Politics A Charles White Drawing Went Missing From Howard University. After 40 Years, It Appeared at Auction—and Now Howard Wants It Back Howard University purchased the work after White's time as an artist-in-residence at the college. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 22, 2020
Auctions A $10 Million Basquiat and a $35 Million Barnett Newman Are the Latest Big-Ticket Lots Secured for the Socially Distanced Summer Auction Season Christie’s will sell a $40 million Newman in their globe-spanning, relay-style sale. Phillips will offer a $10 million Basquiat. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 18, 2020
Galleries Blue-Chip Galleries Are Fleeing Manhattan to Set Up Shop in the Tony Hamptons. Will It Be More Than a Summer Romance? Pace Gallery and Van de Weghe are among the galleries opening spaces on Long Island. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 9, 2020
Auctions Sotheby’s Will Reimagine the Auction Experience by Livestreaming Its Big-Money June Art Sales—Without an Audience The sale is scheduled for June 29. By Eileen Kinsella, May 29, 2020
Auctions The Collection of Cable-Television Impresario Ginny Williams, Full of Top-Notch Works by Women, Could Fetch $50 Million at Sotheby’s The collection will be sold across a series of sales throughout 2020. By Eileen Kinsella, May 22, 2020
