Lalanne Hippo Bar: $31.4m Decorative Arts Record Breaker At Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s has once again proved that the market’s appetite for Lalanne’s menagerie is nowhere near sated. On Wednesday in New… Read More
11 December 2025
Art Market News
Art Basel Miami Beach 2025 Full Market Report
Art Basel Miami Beach 2025 wrapped up its edition with a confident bravado not seen for many years. When the… Read More
8 December 2025
Rubens Painting Lost For Four Centuries Sells For €2.94 Million
A long-lost painting by Peter Paul Rubens, hidden for 4 centuries, was sold for €2.94 million this week in Versailles…. Read More
2 December 2025
Michelangelo: Newly Discovered Sistine Chapel Study Set For Auction At Christie’s
The academic world is occasionally disrupted by someone, somewhere, uploading a photograph to an auction house portal. This time—almost absurdly—a… Read More
25 November 2025
Frida Kahlo Dazzles NY Auction Week With $54.6m World Record
Sotheby’s wrapped its marathon week of New York autumn sales on Thursday night with the kind of back-to-back performance the… Read More
21 November 2025
Sotheby’s Breuer Debut: $236.3m Klimt Record With Sale Totalling $706m
Sotheby’s eased into its new headquarters with its first evening sales at the former Whitney Museum, designed by Marcel Breuer…. Read More
19 November 2025
Sotheby’s Transforms Marcel Breuer Brutalist Masterpiece Into NY Headquarters
New York: There’s something almost poetic about seeing the Breuer alive again — that hulking, cantilevered block of brutalist calm… Read More
8 November 2025
Maurizio Cattelan: America Born Again Expected To Sell For £10m+
When Maurizio Cattelan unveiled America in 2016—a fully functioning toilet cast from more than 100 kilograms of 18-karat gold—it was… Read More
31 October 2025
The Long Sixties: Major Collection of Counterculture Ephemera To Be Sold
London – The 1960s wasn’t just a run-of-the-mill decade. It was a seismic shift in thought, music, protest, and possibilities…. Read More
28 October 2025
Art Basel Paris 2025 Final Sales Report – Artlyst
Art Basel Paris has settled into its second year at the Grand Palais with the confidence of a show that… Read More
26 October 2025
Art Basel Paris 2025: Power Prestige And The Paris Effect
Art Basel Paris 2025 has settled into itself. Now in its fourth edition, the fair feels less like an ambitious… Read More
22 October 2025
Frieze London 2025: What Sold And What The Dealers Said – Report
This year’s Frieze London and Frieze Masters drew an estimated 90,000 visitors from 108 countries, a figure that underlines London’s… Read More
20 October 2025
Bonhams Auction House Sold To Pemberton Asset Management
Bonhams, one of the world’s oldest auction houses, has changed hands once again, raising questions about the viability and expectations… Read More
19 October 2025
Frieze Announces Landmark Abu Dhabi Fair For November 2026
The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) and Frieze have announced a new partnership that… Read More
12 October 2025
Art Basel Qatar: Announces Galleries For Key New Fair
When Art Basel plants its flag in Doha next February, it won’t just be adding another fair to its global… Read More
12 October 2025
Almine Rech Pulls Out Of London As Mayfair Gallery Enters Liquidation
The international gallery Almine Rech has confirmed the closure of its London operation, marking the end of its presence in… Read More
4 October 2025
Artnet/Artsy In Turmoil As CEO Resigns Before AGM
Artnet AG’s already turbulent year took another turn this week with the abrupt resignation of CEO Jacob Pabst, delivered on… Read More
1 October 2025
Three Lucian Freud Works Go Under The Hammer At Christie’s
Christie’s has announced the sale of three paintings by Lucian Freud, each from the same private collection, in its 20th/21st… Read More
27 September 2025
Christie’s Offers Masterpieces From Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum
Christie’s had secured a significant consignment from Japan’s Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, which closed its doors in March… Read More
22 September 2025
Sotheby’s Bets Big: Pritzker and Lauder Estates Hit the Block
Sotheby’s will stage one of its most ambitious autumn seasons in living memory, as two of the most prominent collecting… Read More
17 September 2025
Francis Bacon: Chopped Down Portrait Of A Dwarf Heads to Sotheby’s
UPDATE: Francis Bacon’s Portrait of a Dwarf (1975) has sold above its £6 million to £9 million estimate, hammering down at… Read More
15 September 2025
Christie’s Winds Down Digital Art Department As NFT Market Contracts
Christie’s has ended their romance with NFTs and Digital Art by closing their dedicated digital art department, a unit set… Read More
12 September 2025
Robert And Patricia Weis Modern Art Collection To Be Auctioned
For over half a century, Patricia G. Ross Weis and Robert F. Weis built a collection of 20th-century art not… Read More
31 August 2025
British Art Fair Announces Exhibitors For Autumn 2025 Edition
Now in its fourth decade, the British Art Fair returns this autumn as both a marketplace and a living archive…. Read More
24 July 2025
Christie’s Half Year Figures 2025 Points To Art Market Equilibrium
Christie’s first-half figures for 2025 reveal a market holding steady—$2.1 billion in sales, mirroring 2024’s tally. Yet, stability comes with… Read More
17 July 2025
Art Basel Qatar Unveils Inaugural Edition With Artist Wael Shawky At The Helm
Artlyst News Desk: Art Basel Qatar has confirmed the launch details of its highly anticipated Qatar edition, scheduled to debut… Read More
9 July 2025
Baroque Painter Diana de Rosa Breaks Auction Record at Sotheby’s
A previously unknown painting by Diana de Rosa, a rare female voice in 17th-century Neapolitan art, has stunned the Old… Read More
8 July 2025
Canaletto: Venice Ascension Day Painting Achieves Record £31.9m At Christie’s
Canaletto’s luminous Venice, the Return of the Bucintoro on Ascension Day, has sold for a record price of £31.9 million… Read More
2 July 2025
Jenny Saville’s Charcoal Drawing Mirror Achieves £2.1 Million at Sotheby’s
A monumental charcoal drawing by Jenny Saville, Mirror (2011-12), has sold for £2,114,000, far exceeding its pre-sale estimate of £800,000–1,200,000…. Read More
25 June 2025
Art Basel 2025 Sales Plus What The Dealers Had To Say
Marking its 55th edition, Art Basel returned to Messe Basel this June with an ambitious presentation that confirmed its position… Read More
22 June 2025
Art Basel 2025: Strong Sales Amid Shifting Market Dynamics
As Art Basel’s VIP days concluded on Wednesday evening, the 55th edition of the fair—featuring nearly 300 galleries—transitioned smoothly into… Read More
18 June 2025
Tamara de Lempicka Nude Goes Under The Hammer At Sotheby’s
Update: The painting by Tamara de Lempicka, depicting her lover Rafaëla in the nude. La Belle Rafaëla (1927) sold after… Read More
17 June 2025