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

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

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

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

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

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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