Carlie Porterfield
Thousands call on Christie’s to cancel AI art auction in open letter
The sale has sparked backlash from critics who say AI programmes exploit human artists
Christie’s staging auction made up entirely of AI art
The Augmented Intelligence sale is the first of its kind to be held at a major auction house
Justin Sun, the buyer of Sotheby’s $6m banana, sues megacollector David Geffen over $78m Giacometti sculpture
Sun claims he is the rightful owner of Le Nez, which is purportedly now in Geffen’s possession in New York
Chappell Roan wears Edgar Degas-inspired gown to the Grammys
The Good Luck, Babe! singer pulled a vintage Jean Paul Gaultier dress inspired by Impressionism from the designer's archive for the award show red carpet
A cheery Keith Haring flag and a serene drawing by Caspar David Friedrich: our pick of the February sales
Plus a dreamy Symbolist painting and a Cuban cityscape
1-54 Marrakech fair opens with strong sales and a spotlight on Morocco’s growing art scene
Sales highlights from the VIP preview include a major Amoako Boafo acquisition and works by leading Moroccan artists
Master Drawings New York touts ‘being part of a larger community’
The 19th edition of the fair dedicated to works on paper features 29 exhibitors from across the US and Europe
Sotheby’s made $6bn in 2024—but sales dropped for second consecutive year
Overall sales fell by 23% compared to 2023, though the private division grew
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair's Marrakech edition invites ‘deeper engagement’
The fair is presenting a more intimate and in-depth event for its sixth Morocco edition, with 14 of the 30 exhibitors based in Africa
Los Angeles dealer Douglas Chrismas sentenced to prison time for embezzlement
The Ace Gallery founder has also been ordered to pay back millions in restitution
‘We deserved a better time on this earth’: New York’s Palo Gallery presents Palestinian photography
Three artists living in exile collaborated on the exhibition "Longing: In Between Homelands"
Christie’s to host exhibition of works from owner François Pinault’s collection in Los Angeles
The non-selling portrait exhibition will be on display at Christie’s Beverly Hills during the Frieze Los Angeles fair
Our pick of the January sales: a saintly Warhol and an early Indonesian Modern masterpiece
Also starring this month are an Escher paradox print and a Venice watercolour by John Singer Sargent
Brafa turns 70, plus new fairs in Cyprus and Texas—a quick look at art fairs in 2025
Vima, the first international contemporary art fair in Cyprus, opens in the spring, while Untitled Art expands to Houston
Family of late Marlborough Gallery chairman Pierre Levai sue his lover, claiming she ‘kept him sick, starved’
Max and Rosemary Levai claim Pierre’s “long-time paramour” Marcia Levine is responsible for his death and should not receive any of his inheritance
New York's Pace African and Oceanic Art gallery closes
The New York gallery first opened in 1971
MFA Boston's Old Master paintings could bring up to $3.8m at auction
The deaccessioned works, to be offered at Christie's in New York, include 17 pieces by Dutch and Flemish artists from the 17th century
Sly’s knockout Ernie Barnes tribute to Rocky Balboa goes on view at Art Basel Miami Beach
The actor famous for playing Rocky commissioned the huge work from the late artist in the 1980s
Dina Danish’s tapestries at Art Basel Miami Beach depict current events
The artist’s textile works depict important events from recent years, including the assassination attempt on the US President-elect
Seven-figure works by Hammons, Kusama and others among first sales at Art Basel Miami Beach 2024
Dealer Larry Gagosian said "colllectors are taking their time" on the fair's first day
Five years after the banana frenzy, Maurizio Cattelan takes aim at gun violence at Art Basel Miami Beach
The artist is debuting a new work, intended as a statement on gun violence, at Gagosian’s stand
An equestrian painting with a newly discovered secret and postage stamps worth framing: our pick of the December sales
Plus a a little-known Botticelli and a sleek, Modernist ceramic bowl
Works by Basquiat, Haring and Hockney help Christie's 21st century evening sale net a healthy $106.5m
However, despite assistance from big names, it was emerging artists who were the real stars of the show
Untitled Art fair will expand to Houston in 2025
According to its organisers, this latest addition to the art-market calendar will be a boutique invitational fair
‘The world's most expensive banana’: Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian fetches $6.2m at Sotheby’s New York
The buyer, the collector and crypto investor Justin Sun, immediately vowed to eat the banana
Auction houses expect this month's New York sales to bring in as much as $1.6bn
The most valuable lot of the week is a record-breaking Magritte with a third-party guarantee, but the most talked-about is a conceptual still life by Maurizio Cattelan
Painting by the AI robot Ai-Da sells for more than $1m at Sotheby’s
It’s a new record for a work of art created by a robot, the auction house says
The ADAA Art Show spotlights the Houston art scene
The fair's new "Spotlight On..." programme will call attention to a new city each year
Marc Straus is the latest New York dealer to open in Tribeca
The new gallery will open in David Lewis’s former space
An erotic Poussin painting and an early version of the Statue of Liberty: our pick of the November sales
Plus, some all-American nostalgia and a classic Dorothy Bohm photograph