While today’s art world has been shaped by the prism of price, our current economic model may not be inevitable
The French capital seems resurgent, but other elements may intervene
Chippendale-style furniture, elephant tureens and a broadside edition of the Declaration of Independence were in demand at the sales series last week
Art as a blue-chip investment has had its day, as buyers chase the latest "red-chip" names
Art dealers, shippers and auctioneers are unsure about how leaving the single market will impact their business—but there is a silver lining
As his new book is published, the auction house chief compares coronavirus fallout to previous economic disasters
Expecting the worst, French, German and Austrian auction houses have been surprised by how well sales have held up through the pandemic
The two rivals have made record online and private sales as pandemic overturns traditional live auction format
Star sold seven illustrations in aid of Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity
Online auction of art and antiques that would have been exhibited at Parisian fair achieves €1.5m with 21 of 91 lots sold
The $29.2m painting sold at Sotheby's last night in a live-streamed contemporary art sale that took place in Hong Kong as Christie's held its marquee sale in New York
Christie's and Sotheby's have rapidly adapted to 'bricks and clicks' sales, but they will need to do more to attract top-notch consignments and the experience-hungry generation
The figures, carved by tribal members every winter and left in ceremonial shrines atop a mountain, have regularly been stolen and made their into museums and private collections throughout the US and Europe
Now the chairman of Sotheby's Financial Services, Klabin was previously approached to back a competing offer to block last year's buyout of the auction house by Patrick Drahi
With no Frieze Art Fair, contemporary art London sales at Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips will now take place at the end of October, when Fiac is due to open in Paris
Mutually beneficial collaborations between Western and Chinese auction houses are on the rise
Destinee Ross-Sutton has co-organised the online selling show Say It Loud which features works by 22 artists including Nelson Makamo and Yoyo Lander
Value of private sales at auction house remain around the same as last year at $575m but number of online auctions more than doubles
The industry remains subtly discriminatory and must abandon some obsolete ways if it is to truly change for the better
New 20th and 21st Centuries department will be led by Alex Rotter and Giovanna Bertazzoni
Airline has called in Sotheby's to value and sell at least ten pieces from its collection, which includes works by Damien Hirst, Bridget Riley and Peter Doig
The co-founder of Art Agency, Partners will transition to a consultant role as Nina del Rio takes the helm of the auction house's advisory services
The coronavirus lockdown is boosting lower level virtual sales, but only a major live auction will kick-start the top end of the art market and revalidate prices
Collaboration, dubbed 2020+, will take place in late September: Christie's says it is not a reaction to easing of coronavirus lockdown in Chinese city
Chief executive Charles Stewart lays plans for the auction house’s flagship sales to be held in New York next month
In the era of social distancing, auctioneers may have to conduct sales to an empty room
Featuring galleries like Petzel, Lehmann Maupin and Jack Shainman, the buy-now marketplace transacts sales through the auction house at publicly listed prices
Manhattan prosecutors say the auction house failed to collect sales tax on $189m in private sales over five years
Plus, Sean Scully talks about his favourite "lonely work", The Moroccans by Matisse in New York's Museum of Modern Art. Produced in association with Christie's
Move is in line with Christie's and Phillips which postponed their sales to late June, but Sotheby's is yet to announce when its auctions will actually happen