Louise Bourgeois's record-breaking $32.8m Spider crawls to top of Sotheby's contemporary art sale
A double-header night of The Now and contemporary art auctions set ten new artist records, boosting confidence after a lacklustre Christie's sale of the Gerald Fineberg collection
Late real estate developer Gerald Fineberg’s collection comes up short at Christie’s New York
Despite the underwhelming result, the sale notched new auction records for Barkley Hendricks and Alma Thomas
Works by Klimt and Magritte lead Sotheby’s stolid Modern art sales in New York
The firm’s Modern art evening sale and single-owner Mo Ostin auction brought in a below-estimate hammer total of $363.9m, or $427m with fees
Hedge to hedge: a secondary market for third-party auction guarantees is on the rise
There is a growing trend for guarantors to spread their risk by selling off parts of their guarantees—violating auction house rules
Art dealer weighs in on 'upside down' Mondrian painting: 'It looks like a Venetian blind that is pulled up'
News that a German museum has been hanging work “the wrong way” for 75 years has sparked debate about whether the artist would have even cared
Auction of longtime Vogue editor André Leon Talley’s collection exceeds expectations at Christie's
The white-glove sale brought in nearly $1.4m (with fees) across 64 lots, including rare portraits and works by Andy Warhol
Restituted, record-setting Bronzino and gruesome Rubens lead Sotheby’s Old Masters sales in New York
The auction house’s four-part auction extravaganza was a decidedly mixed bag, bringing a total of $74.5m across 124 lots
Record-breaking Goya portraits lead the way at Christie’s muted $62.7m Old Masters auctions in New York
Despite works the collection of film producer Jacqui Eli Safra that were enticingly offered with no reserves, the auction house’s two marquee sales fell short of expectations
Modigliani and Basquiat push Christie’s New York double-header sales of 20th and 21st century art to $421.9m
The epic evening saw strong results from a wide-ranging, two-part offering that spanned the 1880s to this year
Phillips’s $138.7m contemporary art sale in New York reflects ‘a general cautiousness in the market’
The measured result, which slightly surpassed its low estimate and the total take from the same sale last year, was bolstered by a late Cy Twombly that fetched $41.6m
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's collection brings record-smashing $1.5bn at Christie's evening sale in New York
A $149.2m Seurat studio scene and $137.7m Cézanne landscape led the 60-lot, white glove sale
US seeks extradition of London businessman arrested on suspicion of moving art to help Russian billionaire avoid sanctions
The indictment of Graham Bonham-Carter has rattled a number of art market figures
'It's about setting the record straight': A Warhol of disputed authenticity and chequered association heads to auction
Offered next month for $500,000 to $700,000, the silkscreen canvas work is from the same series as another that was at the centre of $20m lawsuit against the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
As market for young artists grows, Sotheby’s turbocharged The Now sale in New York threatens to eclipse its contemporary evening auction
While both back-to-back sales did well, works by artists under 40 were snapped up at a rate not matched by their elders, making seven artist records
Christie’s evening sales total $831.3m, with Texan poker player’s surprise bidding spree upstaging blue-chip successes
On a night when many works outpaced expectations in Christie's New York saleroom, Ernie Barnes’s “The Sugar Shack” sold for more than 76 times its high estimate
Warhol's Blue Marilyn sells for record-smashing $195m at Christie's auction of Swiss dealers' collection
The collection of Thomas and Doris Ammann brought in $317.8m with fees, making it one of Christie's biggest single-owner sales ever
'We call for an immediate cessation of all hostilities': Russian-owned Phillips auction house issues statement in support of Ukraine
The firm, owned by the Mercury Group, posted the message on Instagram yesterday, to some criticism
Late Botticelli painting sputters at Sotheby’s Old Masters auction in New York, selling for $45.4m
The star lot of the sale, a rediscovered and austere portrait of Christ, hammered just below its estimate
Strong prices for female painters and young artists—but Francis Bacon's Pope sells to the guarantor—at Phillips's $137.9m auction in New York
The 20th century and contemporary art evening sale saw stiff competition for works by Shara Hughes, Joan Mitchell, Amy Sherald and Cecily Brown
Caillebotte masterpiece goes to Getty and four auction records smashed at Christie’s New York sale of Edwin Cox’s Impressionist trove
Last night's single-owner sale of the late Texan oilman's vaunted collection brought in a massive $332m
Andy Warhol’s Muhammad Ali and other heavyweights help Christie’s make $420m in 20th-century sale in New York
Only five of the 59 lots went unsold in the auction last night
Basquiat remains 'king of capital gains' as rare work fetches $40m at Christie's white-glove sale in New York
All lots sold and records were set for ten artists, including Peter Doig, Stanley Whitney, Xinyi Cheng and Nicolas Party at last night's confidence-boosting 21st-century evening auction
Christie's rounds off New York's auction week with strong $481m 20th century sale—and half of it was pre-sold through guarantees
The sale was led by a classic 1932 Picasso of Marie-Thérèse at $103.4m and set new records for Alice Neel, Grace Hartigan, Barbara Hepworth and Alighiero Boetti
Hands up who's bidding for classic post-war art? Picky response to Anne Marion's all-American collection reflects market's shifting tastes
Sotheby's auction of the Texan rancher's collection totalled $157.2m and set new records for Kenneth Noland, Larry Rivers and Richard Diebenkorn
How did Adrian Ghenie conquer the art market?
The Romanian painter’s prices have increased 160-fold over the past decade. But who, or what, is behind this steep rise?
Art collector who perished in Trump Tower blaze remembered as 'expert' in Pop art
Todd Brassner was close with and owned works by Andy Warhol, who made him a portrait
Picasso’s broad brush lifts the market
Is the Spanish artist’s star turn in London the start of a new phase of his market, or business as usual?
Seller beware: why does the art market fail to learn from its past?
Chowaiki & Co has imploded, but it is just the latest in a long line of art scams
Phillips and Sotheby's deliver healthy totals for contemporary art
Capping an epic week of auctions, solid results featuring records for female artists and a Ferrari bode well for market's future—so long as it doesn't overheat
Podcast episode nine: $450m! The Leonardo breaks all records
How the art sale of the century happened, with Judd Tully, our man in the salesroom. Plus, a new museum in Indonesia