Auctions As Health Concerns Put a Stop to Public Gatherings, New York Auction Houses Face a Reckoning—But Plan to Continue With Major Sales Christie's and Sotheby's have not yet formally called off their bellwether sales in May, even if all of New York is currently on lockdown. By Nate Freeman, Mar 16, 2020
Auctions Auction Blotter: Kenny Scharf Shatters Records, Elizabeth Peyton Drops the Mic, and More Highlights From New York’s Day Sales Which artists were crowned the new rising stars of the art market during the annual midseason sales? Read on to find out. By Nate Freeman, Mar 9, 2020
Auctions As the Auction-House Race for Estates Continues, Sotheby’s Wins 26 Blue-Chip Treasures From the Anderson Collection Worth $55 Million The works, which will be auctioned in May, include pieces by Mark Rothko, Richard Diebenkorn, and Clyfford Still. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 26, 2020
Auctions Phillips’s Contemporary Art Sale Fetched a Middling $27 Million, Led by a Shocking Six-Figure Price for Young Star Amoako Boafo The sale total was down a considerable 43 percent from last year. By Colin Gleadell, Feb 13, 2020
Auctions Christie’s Postwar and Contemporary London Sale Brings in a Lackluster $72.7 Million, Its Lowest Total Since 2010 The auction saw all but one lot sell—but the final result tumbled 16 percent from the equivalent sale last year. By Colin Gleadell, Feb 12, 2020
Auctions Sotheby’s First Major Contemporary Art Auction After Brexit Brings in a Steady $120 Million, Led by Tepid Bidding on a Hockney Pool Painting The top lot of the night, a David Hockney, drew only two bids before selling. By Colin Gleadell, Feb 11, 2020
Auctions Jeff Bezos Reportedly Spent More Than $70 Million on a Kerry James Marshall and a Record-Shattering Ed Ruscha at Auction Last Fall The richest man in the world is now reportedly a major collector. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 6, 2020
Auctions Tamara de Lempicka Joins Magritte and Giacometti as the Star of Christie’s $138.9 Million Impressionist and Modern Sale Four lots went for over $10 million. By Colin Gleadell, Feb 5, 2020
Auctions Looking to Lure New Buyers, Christie’s Tried a Sale of Art Starting at Just $100. It Paid Off Big Time The "most accessible" auction ever had an auspicious start By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 5, 2020
Auctions Sotheby’s London Met Expectations With a $64.8 Million Impressionist and Modern Sale—But Expectations for the Category Are Softening Auction house experts attribute the increasingly slim sale estimates to a dearth of masterpieces. By Colin Gleadell, Feb 4, 2020
Auctions Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz’s Marriage Certificate and Never-Before-Seen Ceramics Are Heading to Auction at Sotheby’s The items come from the collection of O’Keeffe’s friend, the artist Juan Hamilton. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Feb 4, 2020
Auctions Blockbuster Collections Could Deliver More Than $1 Billion at Auction This Spring. For the Major Houses, the Race Is On Christie's, Sotheby's, and Phillips are all competing for the Macklowe and Donald Marron collections. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 2, 2020
Auctions The White-Glove Sale of the Johnson Publishing Company’s Art Collection Shatters Expectations, With 85 Percent of Lots Setting New Records The sale marks a final chapter for the venerable Chicago-based publishing company, which declared bankruptcy last year. By Caroline Goldstein, Jan 31, 2020
Auctions Led by a Dazzling Tiepolo Altarpiece, Sotheby’s Old Masters Sales in New York Raked in More Than $76 Million A drawing by Mantegna also set an auction record for a work by the Renaissance master. By Judd Tully, Jan 30, 2020
Auctions Picasso’s Granddaughter Is Selling a Trove of His Unique—and Highly Coveted—Ceramic Works at Sotheby’s London Next Month The eclectic collection of ceramics and drawings has relatively approachable prices for Picasso. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 29, 2020
