Auctions Demand for Rediscovered Artists and Young Talent Remains Strong, If Not Frothy, at Christie’s $26 Million Postwar to Present Sale Works by the late Maine artist Lynne Drexler led the offering. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 3, 2022
Analysis How a $10 Million MirĂł Auction Flop Turned Into a Dream Come True for One Dutch Museum The museum seized an opportunity after the Surrealist work failed to sell at auction. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 29, 2022
Artnet News Pro Bonhams Has Been Acquiring Its Competitors at Warp Speed. Here’s Why the Middle-Market Player Wants a Network, Not an Empire The house has found a winning strategy in accelerating key trends at play in the auction realm. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 27, 2022
Auctions Christie’s Has Revealed 15 Masterpieces for Sale From Paul Allen’s Collection, Including Three Works Estimated at $100 Million Each See what the most expensive art collection ever on offer has in store for trophy hunters. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 22, 2022
Auctions Energy Exec Roger Sant’s $50 Million Collection, With Major Works by Gauguin and Joan Mitchell, Heads to Christie’s This Fall Proceeds from the sale will benefit Sant's nonprofit Summit Foundation. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 22, 2022
Auctions Phillips Teams Up With Another Auction House as Part of an Ambitious Plan to Grow Its Foothold in China A collaboration with Beijing's Yongle Auction will allow Phillips's international clients to bid at sales in mainland China. By Vivienne Chow, Sep 22, 2022
Market Swiss Art Dealer Yves Bouvier Has Sold His Singapore Freeport to a Chinese Crypto Magnate for a Major Loss The Singapore complex, built 12 years ago for $70 million, sold for less than half that sum. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 20, 2022
Analysis How Canny Market Players Helped Push Once-Obscure Painter Lynne Drexler’s Prices From Fifty Bucks to Over $1 Million The painter lived for decades on a remote island in Maine. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 20, 2022
Art Fairs Dealers Have Long Had a Love-Hate Relationship With Art Fairs. Here’s Why They Are Growing Fonder Lately While still a huge lift, fairs are more important than ever, dealers say. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 20, 2022
Law & Politics The New York Attorney General Ramps Up Its Investigation of Sotheby’s, Accusing the Auction House of Helping More Clients Evade Taxes The attorney general is narrowing in on "resale certificates" that have special tax benefits. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 28, 2022
Auctions Andy Warhol Made Some Very Unusual Paintings When He Was in Art School. Now His Family May Be Trying to Bring Them to Auction Warhol made the works while studying at the Carnegie Institute in the 1940s. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 11, 2022
Museums & Institutions Arts Council England Has Issued New ‘Proactive’ Restitution Advice for Museums, Replacing Outdated, Two-Decade-Old Guidance The previous report was issued all the way back in 2000. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 8, 2022
Museums & Institutions In a Major Promotion, the Metropolitan Museum of Art Has Added CEO to Director Max Hollein’s Title Hollein takes the mantle from current CEO Dan Weiss, who is stepping down next summer. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 4, 2022
Analysis In 2020, Blue-Chip Art Businesses Flocked to the Hamptons. Are They in It for the Long Haul? "It's a thing," said one veteran dealer of the newly energized Hamptons art scene. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 2, 2022
Art World See the Incredible, Recently Rediscovered Photographs a Young Woman Took During a Trip to Postwar South Korea: ‘These Places Are Gone’ The rare color images are a valuable snapshot of South Korea's modernization. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 2, 2022
