Auctions
Sotheby's to sell $70m of art stored at MoMA to benefit New York museum's digital initiatives
Francis Bacon triptych and Renoir still life among works from the collection of CBS founder William S. Paley that have been "under the museum's stewardship" since his death
L.S. Lowry painting could fetch a record £8m for football charity that received official ‘mismanagement’ warning
The Players Foundation says the current financial crisis has forced it to reassess how it manages its assets and ensures its benevolent work is ongoing
Christie’s partners with renowned French antiques dealer Benjamin Steinitz on blockchain-recorded sale
The collaboration with Artory is the first in the history of the decorative arts
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Erika Jayne and estranged husband Tom Girardi’s art collection up for sale in court-ordered auction
Works by Miro, Hockney and Glenna Goodacre are among those being sold to pay off creditors as couple face allegations of embezzlement
Radiant Baby that Keith Haring drew on his childhood bedroom wall heads to auction
The work narrowly escaped being lost forever at the hands of a paint-happy homeowner who “didn’t think it was particularly interesting”
Art and mental health charity celebrates £1m funding partnership and new show at London's Hauser & Wirth
Hospital Rooms has worked with award-winning artists to commission works across UK hospitals
Auction houses say the art market is booming. But what lurks beneath these shiny numbers?
Despite what hyperbolic marketing might suggest, sales of 20th-century titans are failing to reach expected price points
Digging deep for Old Master treasures: mixed results at London sales as dearth of 'good material' continues
Christie's made a perky £28.1m while Sotheby's raised only £7.1m—a dramatic drop from pre-pandemic totals
From a new recording of the song that made Bob Dylan famous to a gay rights protest artefact: our pick of the highlights from this summer's sales
Plus, a “crypto-jukebox”, a striking piece of Modern British silver and a sea battle by a Dutch Old Master
Banking on the Monets: Christie’s London to Paris relay auctions bring in a solid £203.9m
There were few fireworks in the three-part sale as the froth comes off the top of the market
A single owner sale of works by Gertrude Abercrombie may bring her market the attention it has long deserved
The 21 lots come from the collection of the Chicagoans Laura and Gary Maurer, the preeminent collectors of Abercrombie works
Francis Bacon’s portrait of rival and friend Lucian Freud could make more than £35m in London sale
Work from a private European collection fuels the market for the blue-chip artist
From Dora Maar's photograph of Picasso to Chagall's depiction of wedded bliss: our pick of the highlights from June's sales
Plus, a contemporary woven Japanese basket and a colourful work on paper by Kirchner
'Why the sudden deregulation of New York's auction houses could lead to a more transparent art market—and a more opaque one too'
With old codes now dispensed of, my hope is to lobby for new oversights that could enforce stricter and clearer rules
What does New York’s abrupt winding back of auction house regulations mean for the art market?
The houses say they will not change their practices, but the move could mean more opaque bidding and guarantees
Can Ernie Barnes score again? A sale at Bonhams may hold the answer
After his record-shattering sale at Christies in May and the announcement of gallery representation, can Ernie Barnes hold on to the momentum?
Frieze Week in New York: mammoth auction sales and a shifting art fair landscape
Plus, the Albers Foundation plans a Senegal space, and a golden Indian manuscript at the British Library
American museums try to cash in as deaccessioning truce expires
This month’s New York auctions brought mixed results for museums that sold off works just as pandemic exemptions ended
Late artist Ernie Barnes finally scores gallery representation—and a new auction milestone
Andrew Kreps Gallery and Ortuzar Projects have announced they will co-represent the artist’s estate
Paintings rescued from Ukraine—by being rolled up in drainpipes—offered in Sotheby's humanitarian fundraising sale
Artists and dealers have donated works to the online auction raising money for the International Rescue Committee in Ukraine
From a possible record-breaking Philip Guston to coins linked to Caesar’s assassination: our pick of the highlights from May's sales
Plus, a rediscovered Titian and a reliquary sculpture from Gabon
New York City removes rules governing auction houses in bid to stimulate business
But firms say they will continue to operate policies and practices that promote transparency
Kimbell Art Museum revealed as buyer of Chardin's strawberries masterpiece—but must wait for Louvre’s next move
The Louvre has two-and-a-half years to buy the record-breaking €24m painting
Christie's aims to raise $1m for Ukraine in string of benefit sales
In April and May, the auction house will sell works to support the World Monuments Fund, Médecins Sans Frontières and CORE, the relief organisation founded by Sean Penn
Christie’s uses hologram technology to take a $20m Degas sculpture on tour
The hologram, produced by the Los Angeles-based company Proto, is currently on view at Christie’s San Francisco and will next be transported via the cloud to Hong Kong
With a $20m estimate, this Louise Bourgeois spider is the most expensive sculpture offered at auction in Asia
Spider IV will be offered at Sotheby's Hong Kong contemporary evening sale later this month
Three accused in New Zealand art auction political donations scandal
Claims centre on five paintings bought by Chinese businessman Yikun Zhang for a combined $60,000 in a charity sale held by the country’s Labour Party in 2017
Picasso’s muse as sea creature—will it break $100m at Sotheby's New York sale?
Femme nue couchée was shown in Tate blockbuster exhibition in 2018
Rodin's The Thinker to sell for up to €14m
Christie's Paris will offer the posthumous cast of the famous bronze at auction in June
A surfeit of riches: a good time to sell art, despite the war?
From the $200m Warhol Marilyn at Christie's to the second part of the Macklowe sale at Sotheby’s, the May auctions in New York will be bigger than ever—against the odds