Auction houses
Sotheby’s UK profits dropped by almost a quarter last year amid 'Brexit red tape'
An auction house spokesperson says Companies House figures do not represent full scope of business
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'Exploring Art: From the Renaissance to Contemporary' launches this autumn at Christie’s
Lempertz to sell Max Pechstein self-portrait following settlement with Jewish doctor's heirs
The painting was pulled from a sale in June following reports it was sold under duress in 1936 by Walter Blank, who died in Spain while fleeing Nazi Germany
Ancient Mesoamerican artefact with ties to ritual ball game returned to Mexico
An auction house in Austria intended to sell the artefact before officials stepped in, according to the Mexican government
Christie's Modern and contemporary evening sale in London plummets 66% from last year's equivalent auction
Few big-ticket consignments and New York's turbo-charged May sales marred tonight's performance
Major Robert Colescott painting coming to auction during Armory Week in New York
"1919" is among Colescott’s most important works, according to Bonhams, and figured prominently in a recent touring retrospective
Louvre interrupts sale of €2.6m record-breaking terracotta sculpture
Under patrimony laws the museum cannot intervene during the auction but can buy up works at the final price
Wool you look at that: rare set of François-Xavier Lalanne sheep net $1.3m at Bonhams New York
Buyers flocked to Lalanne’s famous sheep and helped ramp prices up past the auction house's estimates
Basel auction house prepares for first sale after being acquired by Artcurial
Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer will offer a selection of works from the estate of Florence and Antoine Poncet
Resale rules have become the art world norm: what are they and are they enforceable?
Art sales contracts now often include terms stating when and how you can—or rather, how you cannot—sell a work on
'The prestigious places are the worst': low pay still dogs the art industry, despite optimistic salary survey
The art market salary report offers insights into salaried employment but the impact of low wages—and having children—in a time of rapid inflation are missing
French actor Alain Delon’s art collection heads to auction
"The Leopard" star’s collection could bring in as much as €5m at Bonhams in Paris
Wealthy American art collectors capitalise on tax-efficient gift scheme
Donor Advised Funds allow individuals to claim tax relief while they are still alive through making gifts of art and other assets—without obligation to pay out money to charity straight away
Sotheby's veteran Kevin Ching joins Christie's as chairman of Asia
Ching will be based in Hong Kong and starts the new role on Wednesday
Louise Bourgeois's record-breaking $32.8m Spider crawls to top of Sotheby's contemporary art sale
A double-header night of The Now and contemporary art auctions set ten new artist records, boosting confidence after a lacklustre Christie's sale of the Gerald Fineberg collection
Phillips scores $69.5m in New York evening sale, led by Banksy’s take on Basquiat
A painting by Noah Davis reached more than nine times its low estimate after a 12-minute bidding war
Christie’s pulls off a safe 21st-century evening sale in New York, powered largely by a $58m Basquiat
While a handful of lots—including new records for Diane Arbus and Simone Leigh—created a buzz in saleroom, bids felt reined in amid economic uncertainty
From the world’s most expensive Bible to Andy Warhol's portrait of O.J. Simpson: our pick of the highlights from May's sales
Plus, the poems that became sculptures
What are you worth? New report reveals art world salaries, from £22,500 for gallery assistants to over £250,000 for top sales directors
The report, published by recruitment firm Sophie Macpherson, used base salary data from 2022
Battle of the Basquiats: Christie’s and Sotheby’s both have big, eight-figure paintings lined up for marquee spring sales
'El Gran Espectaculo (The Nile)' and 'Now’s the Time' are estimated to sell for $45m at Christie’s and $30m at Sotheby’s, respectively
Artcurial expands into Switzerland with a stake in auction house Beurret Bailly Widmer
The Swiss company will now be called Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer, with the three Swiss founders remaining as partners
'Don't fear recession—it could create the art market’s next revolution'
While auction houses and dealers are increasingly worried of a downturn, a look back to the 1970s and 1980s suggests that their anxieties might be unfounded
Van Gogh was an early admirer of Vermeer: 'celestial blues and yellows.. I can’t paint as beautifully as that'
And a surprise: Vincent’s brother Theo helped sell two paintings by the Delft master
Backroom deals for wet paintings: why contemporary art is driving private sales for auction houses
Shortening art market cycles and the politics around "flipping" artworks are leading collectors to conduct business away from public scrutiny
Bonhams closes gender pay gap by 39%, but Sotheby’s and Christie’s lag behind
UK’s public institutions continue to provide a greater degree of equity—though this is not even across all pay brackets
Global art market 'beginning to cool’, according to latest Art Basel/UBS report
Total sales grew just 3% in 2022, while China's zero-Covid policies saw UK overtake it as second-biggest market
After fallout, Sotheby’s seeks to fix ‘glitch’ in its NFT sale by including more women
Auction house faced online backlash over male-dominated digital art sale
Renoir portrait once owned by art dealer Ambroise Vollard could fetch €650,000 at Paris auction
Painting was sold by Vollard in 1930 and has never been publicly exhibited before
Phillips unveils new Asia headquarters in Hong Kong, promising investment in local scene after 'difficult' few years
The opening of the 52,000 sq ft Kowloon space kicked off the city's first international art week since Covid restrictions lifted
Works worth more than $20m accounted for nearly half of auction sales in 2022, according to new Sotheby's report
Report also highlights how Asian, Millennial and Gen X buyers are changing the demographic of the market