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More art by Claude Monet was sold in New York’s May sales than trades in even the biggest years for the artist. A full $310 million was traded for Monet paintings last month. That’s more than sold in 2019, a banner year for the artist.

The auction cycle takes a WFH week with a series of online sales

One of the largest Yves Klein Anthropométrie works still in private hands stars in London-to-Paris relay sale at Christie's

The usual suspects—Monet, Warhol and Picasso—dominated the overall market share for the May sales in New York. But when we segment the market into Impressionist & Modern, Post-War & Contemporary and 21st Century art, many more artists begin to appear center stage. 

21st Century art saw the most aggressive bidding but the value still lies in Impressionist and Modern art. The New York cycle of marquee auctions—dominated by the sales of three major collections—totaled $2.74 billion.

The Marilyn might not have brought excitement but it did win Warhol market share; Monet caps two years of rising value with $310 million in sales.

The major New York sales may be behind us, but their momentum continues into a number of London, Paris, and Hong Kong sales

The Bullet: The Now: $72,930,850 with 100% sold (23/23 + one lot withdrawn); Contemporary Evening sale: $210,502,700 with 93% sold (26/27 + one lot withdrawn) Composition of Results: The Now: 65% above/ 26% within/ 7% below estimates  Contemporary Evening sale: 33% above/ 41% within/ 26% below estimates 

Detailed results from tonight's evening sale at Phillips including the monumental sale of Basquiat's Untitled from 1982, plus ultra contemporary stars Lauren Quin, Anna Weyant, and Shara Hughes.

Results from the Modern Evening Sale at Sotheby's New York, in which half of the sale’s lots were covered by IBs

With an auction circuit hungry for both new names and figurative works, Polish painter Ewa Juszkiewicz’s stardom is no surprise. This week at Christie’s 21st Century Evening Sale, her 2019 painting Portrait of a Lady (After Louis Leopold Boilly) sold for $1,560,000.

A breakdown of the second half of the Macklowe Collection at Sotheby's plus need-to-know lots from Rothko to Koons and the state of global bidding