Art Market
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 this year. More...
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 families of the past...
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 £13.1 million with fees,...
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 up in 2022 with great...
Leonardo DiCaprio’s Basquiat And Picasso Involved In 1MDB Scandal Fetch $36m
Four major artworks once entangled in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) corruption scandal have been sold by the US Marshals Service, raising...
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 for spectacle, but for themselves....
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. At this rare convergence point,...
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...
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 Masters market, achieving a...
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 at Christie's on Tuesday...
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...
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 as the undisputed...