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As more works from Katz's prime period in the 1970s come to auction, could his market finally get momentum? It’s a big auction season for the most famous names and for emerging talent. But there’s also a few familiar artists whose work seems poised to try to break out of past sales patterns.

It's fun to guess who might spend $200 million—or much more—on Marilyn. But what impact will a new Warhol record have on the art market? LiveArt Market Monitor tries to answer the question.

LiveArt Market Monitor's report Warhol's Marilyn and the Art Market is available as a pdf with additional charts and content. You may download and share it from here. When Christie’s announced that it would be selling Doris Ammann’s 40-inch square Warhol image of Marilyn Monroe this May, the news was stunning but the r

Sotheby’s Hong Kong sale cycle was overshadowed by China’s zero Covid policy, but that didn’t seem to dampen demand. Over four sales, nearly $200 million in art was sold and sell-through rates were in the ninetieth percentiles for the Evening sales and eightieth percentiles for the Day sales. 

Christie’s bringing back to the market an important large Gerhard Richter abstract painting that once set a record price for these works at $34 million. The painting doesn’t have a published estimate but the whisper number isn’t really more than the previous sale. Christie’s will only say they expect the work to sell f

Sotheby’s major Hong Kong sales will also take place on Wednesday the 27th. The Modern Evening Auction, beginning at 6 am EDT, has already drawn press attention with all eyes on Picasso’s red portrait of Dora Maar.

The market for works by Claude Monet entered a dramatic new phase during the pandemic. Works that had been priced at auction between $27 and $36.5 million before the pandemic began seem to be trading at prices from $48 million to $70 million.

Sotheby’s has been sending art advisors around the world an image of Francis Bacon’s Study for Red Pope, 1962, second version 1971 with an estimate around $40 million.

It’s a small painting on masonite board fewer than three feet by two feet but a Jackson Pollock from 1949 packs a market wallop. Christie’s announced Number 31 will be sold in May with a whisper number of $45 million. The work has been included in several prominent Pollock shows, most notably the retrospectives held at

A cityscape by Wayne Thiebaud that was commissioned for the bio-medical research organization the Gladstone Institute’s building in San Francisco will be sold at Christie’s on May 12th to fund dedicated programs in scientific training and mentoring. The triptych, City Views is estimated at $10 million, is one of the la

Sotheby’s Hong Kong is eager to capitalize on demand for Picasso in Asia. “Interest in Picasso has been surging among Asian collectors,” says Felix Kwok, Head of Modern Art for Sotheby’s in Asia.

Claude Monet’s most prized works in the market these days are the ones that come from a series that depicts a landmark or view with different effects from the changing light and weather. Grainstacks, Venetian views, Britain’s House of Parliament, or poplar trees lining a road.