The Hotly Anticipated Auction of the Macklowe Collection, Predicted to Raise...
The upcoming auction season in New York just got a few hundred million dollars slimmer with the not entirely surprising news that veteran art dealer Michael Findlay has decided to halt the sale of the...
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What to Do When the Art World’s on Lockdown? Kenny Schachter Goes Searching...
“Corona, Corona, Corona, baby!” That’s the new rallying cry that on-the-run art dealer Inigo Philbrick—aka “Inigo! Inigo! Inigo!” as his now-infamous daily shower rant goes—wrote to me the other day....
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Mega-Galleries Aren’t the Only Ones Supporting Pandemic Relief Efforts....
Like most independently owned businesses, art galleries are grappling with the fallout from the global pandemic, the canceled exhibitions and indefinite closures wreaking havoc on their finances and...
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The Good News? Global Online Auctions Grew 63 Percent Last Month. The Bad...
Auction houses may be closed to the public, but some buyers and sellers seem to have had no problem exchanging a paddle for the click of a mouse. The number of online-only auctions held around the...
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Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and for How Much—at the Online Editions of the...
Conventional wisdom has it that there is no such thing as “the art market”—only many mini-markets with overlapping clientele. But over the past two months, all of these markets have collapsed into one:...
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In an Unprecedented Partnership, Sotheby’s Is Hosting an Online Sales...
In a venture that proves just how strange the times are, Sotheby’s is launching a digital marketplace for art galleries that goes live today. The lineup of galleries involved in the Sotheby’s Gallery...
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Christie’s Will Replace Its Marquee June Sales in New York With a Streaming...
Forced to delay sales during one of its most high-profile seasons, Christie’s has unveiled a radical solution to holding the star-studded auctions of Impressionist, modern, postwar, and contemporary...
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Sotheby’s Online Contemporary Sale Fetches $13.7 Million—More Than Doubling...
Sotheby’s reported a key milestone yesterday when its year-to-date online sales ticked over $100 million, thanks to a $13.7 million online contemporary day sale that opened May 4 and closed May 14. The...
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The Collection of Cable-Television Impresario Ginny Williams, Full of...
Some of the most anticipated collections heading to market, such as the Macklowe Collection, are on hold amid the lockdown. But Sotheby’s has managed to secure another high-profile get: the collection...
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Sotheby’s Will Reimagine the Auction Experience by Livestreaming Its...
What will the high-flying, big-moneyed auction of the future look like in our post-pandemic reality? Sotheby’s executives, including new owner Patrick Drahi, gave an early glimpse into that future...
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