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Plus, a Pre-Raphaelite treasure, an iconic James Bond poster and a set of nine intricately inlaid panels
Sotheby's will offer Chinese antiquities and Impressionist portraits amassed by the scion of one of Hong Kong's richest families
Long undervalued, especially at auction, her works are now appealing to a wider base of collectors and prices are set to rise accordingly
Christie's made a perky £28.1m while Sotheby's raised only £7.1m—a dramatic drop from pre-pandemic totals
Bidding was strong for red-chip artists, but the air is much thinner at the top of the market
Work from a private European collection fuels the market for the blue-chip artist
“Having that kind of cross-category [collaboration] between art and design helps to pull different types of buyers into the market,” says Eliza Ravelle-Chapuis, head of Sotheby’s East Hampton gallery
The French-Israeli billionaire is the majority shareholder in BT through his firm Altice
The Wurundjeri Corporation hopes to crowdfund $175,000 to secure the return of the pieces, which are being sold by the De Pury family at Sotheby’s New York
Plus, the Albers Foundation plans a Senegal space, and a golden Indian manuscript at the British Library
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
Despite a hefty number of lots, the sale flew by and was peppered with memorable moments, auction records and Oliver Barker’s tireless showmanship
Nearly 60% of the works in the auction house’s ‘The Now’ sale are by women artists, though they are still in the minority by value
Combined with the $676.1m take from the first sale in November 2021, the 65 works from the Macklowe collection brought in a staggering $922.2m
Auction house is banking on musician’s Black and White Paintings co-created with Ed Godrich
Artists and dealers have donated works to the online auction raising money for the International Rescue Committee in Ukraine
The recent London auctions suggested a market of extremes, with some seeking the safety of guarantees and others speculating on works by young stars on the rise
Spider IV will be offered at Sotheby's Hong Kong contemporary evening sale later this month
Femme nue couchée was shown in Tate blockbuster exhibition in 2018
The sale at Sotheby's New York in May will coincide with the delayed opening of the controversial exhibition Philip Guston Now in Boston
The London-headquartered The Fine Art Group and New York-based Schwartzman& are collaborating—but this is not a merger, they stress
A number of new appointments are announced today at the auction houses, with a different EMEA president for Christie's and new managing director in the Middle East at Sotheby's
The move comes as the art market steps up its due diligence
The French conceptual artist made nine "empty zones" in the last three years of his life, which could be purchased only with pure gold
The sales, popular with London-based Russians and regional collectors in Russia alike, had been scheduled for June
The 25-lot sale tomorrow includes works that reflect "how irrational, how ugly, and how challenging the modern world can be"
Back-to-back auctions, with works from Degas to Banksy, brought in a total of £221m
Sotheby’s will auction the surviving picture of the strolling couple on 2 March, estimated at £7m-£10m
Ex-staff are now considering legal action, claiming they were not kept informed of changes to the scheme