Art Market
Wassily Kandinsky’s Betonte Ecken Leads Christie’s 20th Century Evening Sale
Christie’s has chosen a Wassily Kandinsky painting to lead its 20th-century evening sale. Betonte Ecken, painted in 1922 and 1923,...
Klimt’s Litzlbergkeller to Lead Christie’s New York Fall Marquee Week
Christie’s will offer one of Gustav Klimt’s finest landscapes this November. 'Litzlbergkeller' headlines the 20th Century Evening Sale in New...
Art Basel Paris 2026 Delivers Strong Top-End Sales Despite Early Closure – Report
Art Basel Paris ended its week, closing two days early. The possibility of rioting in the French capital forced galleries to shutter and pack...
Monet’s Iris Painting Achieves Record €50 Million Sale at Sotheby’s Paris
Claude Monet’s painting Iris sold on Thursday at Sotheby’s Paris for €50 million, with fees, around $56 million. A Monet has never achieved...
Art Basel Paris Closes Two Days Early As Protests Grip France
Art Basel Paris will end its 2026 edition at 7 pm on Friday, October 23. The fair will stay shut on Saturday and Sunday. Organisers...
Basquiat: $30m Leonardo Inspired Painting Leads Christie’s 21st Century Evening Sale
Christie’s will offer Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Untitled (Leonardo and His Five Grotesque Heads) in its 21st Century Evening Sale in New...
Frieze 2026 Report: What Sold And What The Dealers Had To Say
Frieze London and Frieze Masters ran in Regent's Park from 14 to 18 October, and by the close the organisers and most dealers...
Christie’s London evening sales total £219m Led By An Early Kandinsky
Christie’s 20th- and 21st-century evening auctions in London achieved £219 million, or $289.4 million, a decent result that sat at the lower...
Barbara Hepworth Sculpture With Lee Miller Connection Expected to Fetch £8m
Christie's has chosen a 1946 Barbara Hepworth to lead its Modern British and Irish Art Evening Sale in London on 21 October. Sculpture...
Informa Swallows Up NY’s Independent and UK’s Clarion Events
Informa, the London-based events and publishing group, has acquired Clarion Events in a £2.24 billion deal. They will also add New York's...
Art Basel UBS Survey 2026 Finds Collectors Embracing Artificial Intelligence
The Art Basel and UBS Survey of Global Collecting 2026 finds a market recovering in confidence, with younger buyers spending aggressively,...
Sotheby’s To Sell Blaquier-Arrieta Collection A $450 Million Trove
Sotheby's has unveiled the Blaquier-Arrieta Collection ahead of a November sale in New York. The sheer scale of what is going under the...
