Just two months after buying the Nordic firm Bukowskis, the private-equity-owned auction house is bolstering its presence across the Pond
Jeha began his career at the auction house as an intern in the Impressionism department
Back-to-back auctions, with works from Degas to Banksy, brought in a total of £221m
The firm, owned by the Mercury Group, posted the message on Instagram yesterday, to some criticism
The middle market, traditionally the art world’s unloved child, offers treats galore
Portrait of a Lady by the artist and his workshop is expected to sell for up to £4m at DesaUnicum in Warsaw next month
As the Chinese art specialist steps back at Bonhams, he reflects on 50 years in the auction world as it went from provincial to global
Ex-staff are now considering legal action, claiming they were not kept informed of changes to the scheme
With the forced shift to online sales due to Covid-19 restrictions, global sales at Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Phillips boomed in 2021, with an increased focus on luxury goods as the rich get richer
Auction houses continue to show little sign of progress and lag behind public sector institutions
The private-equity-owned auction house's acquisition of the Swedish firm is a first move in its bid to extend its global network
Seoul's biggest auction houses have allegedly violated an agreement made with Galleries Association Korea to ensure "healthy balance" within the art market
Results are the highest since 2015 and come in just behind Sotheby’s $7.3bn. Hong Kong expansion plan will continue despite Beijing crackdown, as auction house "separates what is political and what is business"
The firm’s sales were bolstered by a sharp increase in online bidders, who accounted for 92% of all bids this year
Proceeds from Artists Against Tyranny auction at Jane Lombard Gallery will support pro-democracy movement in junta-controlled Myanmar
The firm is buying the London-based books and works on paper specialist Forum Auctions—it previously bought Dreweatts and Bloomsbury for £1.25m in 2017
New York's "gigafortnight" sales of the Cox and Macklowe collections showed there is still a market for classics—even while a Beeple sells for $29m to a tweeting tech entrepreneur
The 20th century and contemporary art evening sale saw stiff competition for works by Shara Hughes, Joan Mitchell, Amy Sherald and Cecily Brown
Artpass ID has been created by Dutch tech entrepreneurs David Dehaeck and Nathalie Haveman, and has Rakhi Talwar, former global compliance head at Christie’s, on the team
The auction house made Banksy's world record for the pre-shredded work Love is in the Bin
The ambitious auctioneer started out in car racing before going into art and antiques, eventually retiring to his farm near Exmoor to rear a herd of beef cattle
The London-based dealer of four decades is downsizing and having a 200-lot sale of contemporary art, Modern furniture, ethnographic art and antiquities
When prices and cultural value are so easily confused, there is a case for the return of critical evaluation—in updated form
Auction house will move into Zaha Hadid-designed luxury tower The Henderson in 2024, where it will hold year-round sales and exhibitions
The auction house has teamed with up Gallery Climate Coalition to raise between $5m-$10m for ClientEarth
Auction sales, according to the analysts ArtTactic, are up 230% to a total of $5.9bn so far this year at the three major auction houses, Christie's, Sotheby's and Phillips
An export ban was placed on the drawing in 2017 but the French culture ministry has not purchased the drawing as planned
Seasonal two-storey space is newest addition to Monaco's growing commercial art scene
The thrusting land of NFTs and tech nomads favours the young—and has yet to shake off the old ties of nepotism
But the show goes on at Sotheby’s and Christie’s with a mixture of in-person and remote bidding, while British dealers are getting creative in the Big Apple