Art Market
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 from 5–7 February...
Companies House Accounts Show Bonhams Closed Deep In The Red
Bonhams has wrapped up its 2024 tax year deep in the red, according to newly filed accounts at Companies House. The auction house reported a pre tax...
Peter Paul Rubens Reversible Drawing Discovery Unveiled At Brafa
Three years ago, a Brussels-based art dealer, Klaas Muller, followed a hunch and bought a period study on paper of an old bearded man with a glazed,...
George Washington Portrait By Gilbert Stuart To Be Auctioned
A portrait of George Washington painted by Gilbert Stuart, the artist who created the image used on the US dollar bill, is up for grabs.
Condo London Returns In January 2026 – Artlyst Guide
Condo London returns in January 2026 with a new line-up of artists in this great annual exchange. What began as a response to spiralling costs and...
The Top Ten Most Expensive Artworks Sold at Auction In 2025
Here’s how 2025 looked from the rostrum, after the dust had settled and the adrenaline finally wore off….
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 York, a rare copper...
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 machinery runs smoothly and the buyers...
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. The hammer came down at...
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...
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 house likes to wheel...
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. The hulking granite...