Phillips
Phillips scores $69.5m in New York evening sale, led by Banksy’s take on Basquiat
A painting by Noah Davis reached more than nine times its low estimate after a 12-minute bidding war
Auction houses anticipate $2.2bn from New York spring sales despite cooling market
Demand for ultra contemporary works may have eased but there is little sign of a sales slump, say the New York firms
Phillips unveils new Asia headquarters in Hong Kong, promising investment in local scene after 'difficult' few years
The opening of the 52,000 sq ft Kowloon space kicked off the city's first international art week since Covid restrictions lifted
Works worth more than $20m accounted for nearly half of auction sales in 2022, according to new Sotheby's report
Report also highlights how Asian, Millennial and Gen X buyers are changing the demographic of the market
Phillips reveals launch programme of Asia headquarters in Hong Kong
Works by Yayoi Kusama, Matthew Wong and Loie Hollowell will headline a preview exhibition for its inaugural auctions in March
The donating game: How artists like Tracey Emin are driving philanthropy in the art world
The British artist is among those who have donated millions of pounds’ worth of art to charities—perhaps we could all take a leaf out of her book?
Guarantees, withdrawals and billionaires bidding at their own auction houses: Flagging market gets by with a little help from its friends
Don't be fooled by the higher-than-ever sale figures—the market is softening
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
How does the market judge 'juvenile' work by name-brand blue-chip artists? Two early Warhol paintings are about to find out
Offered next week at Phillip's New York, the works were made during Warhol's student days and bear no resemblance to his signature styles
From a restituted Chagall painting to a family portrait by Freud: our pick of the highlights from November's sales
Plus, a bovine Lalanne sculpture and a pair of Chinese vases
Phillips partners with Beijing auction house Yongle for series of joint sales
Joint venture announced amid declining sales figures at Chinese auction house
After a busy auction season, Phillips delivers good, but not ground-breaking, results at its 20th century and contemporary art sale in London
The auction house made £17.5m with a record achieved for British painter Antonia Showering
Frieze Week in New York: mammoth auction sales and a shifting art fair landscape
Plus, the Albers Foundation plans a Senegal space, and a golden Indian manuscript at the British Library
Phillips racks up a record $225m in New York—with Basquiat alone bringing in $85m
Women accounted for nearly half of the lots, led by Yayoi Kusama and her early Infinity Net paining which sold for a record $10.5m
Appeals court sides with Phillips in dispute with Chinese collector over auction of Gerhard Richter fighter jet painting
The decision, the latest (and possibly last) in a legal saga that stretches back to 2015, upholds a 2021 decision in the auction house’s favour
Phillips donates £5.8m, the auction house's share from its evening sale of 20th-century and contemporary art, to Ukrainian Red Cross
The sale felt fresh, with 83% of works making their auction debut and in-demand young artists again taking centre stage, with a new record for Issy Wood
Cornelia Parker and Anselm Kiefer donate works to raise money for £14.5m Warburg Institute redevelopment
Phillips will sell 16 works in aid of the London University institution tomorrow
'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
Phillips taps into demand for contemporary Ghanaian art with selling exhibition
Birds of a Feather, held in collaboration with the Ghanaian company Artemartis, will run next month at the auction house's Berkeley Square headquarters in London
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
Art dealer's huge studio ceramics collection is up for sale—including the pot that Hans Coper swapped for a goat called Jennea
Phillips and Maak Contemporary Ceramics will jointly sell the collection of the late John Driscoll on 10 November, including works by Lucie Rie, Bernard Leach and Hamada Shoji
Young, emerging artists continue to dominate Frieze week auctions as Phillips sets seven records
Asian bidders set the pace again as several works sell for ten times their lower estimate at the auction house's 20th century and contemporary art evening sale. But are these prices sustainable?
Records set for Cinga Samson, Avery Singer, Vija Celmins, Titus Kaphar and Julie Curtiss at Phillips's $118.2m evening sale
Auction house chose to hold its 20th century and contemporary art evening sale in New York during what is traditionally the London season due to "detonated" calendar
June auction highlights: from a delicate Degas pastel to a Kandinsky painting once owned by the Guggenheim museum
Our pick of the best objects up for sale in London and New York
Phillips names Stephen Brooks, a former Christie's financial officer, as new chief executive
The current chief, Edward Dolman, will shift in September to a new role as executive chairman of Phillips’ holding company
The 'quintessential' Art Deco smoking (or vaping) room—yours for £2m
Jean Dunand's Les Palmiers was designed for a Parisian apartment in the 1930s
All ears: why collectors can’t get enough of industry hype right now
In an increasingly asset-driven art trade, collecting by listening to the buzz is fast becoming the norm
Phillips London sets new records for Emily Mae Smith and Portia Zvavahera in £26.3m contemporary evening sale
While the top lot of the night—a fiery self-portrait by George Baselitz—struggled to meet its low estimate, a bidding war broke out over Dana Schutz's painting of a bright orange Trump
Phillips rolls out 'Articker' to predict the next hot artists through exhibitions and media coverage
Like a stock ticker, the new data platform scrapes the internet to give users a constant stream of information about art
In the first partnership of its kind, Phillips and Poly Auction set their sights on Hong Kong
Mutually beneficial collaborations between Western and Chinese auction houses are on the rise