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Christie's

Christie's Unveils Major Single-Owner Sale for May

Gerald Fineberg's $270 million art collection will be sold at Christie's including works by Gerhard Richter, Pablo Picasso, Christopher Wool, Barkley Hendricks and more.

Marion Maneker

20 March, 2023

Christie's

Double Visionary

Paul Allen's $1.62 billion sale saw strong results for Edward Hopper, David Hockney and Georgia O'Keeffe. Now Christie's is bringing seven additional works by the three artists to the May sales in New York.

Marion Maneker

09 March, 2023

Phillips

What’s the New Art Market Look Like?

The London sales were down by 30% from the previous year. The pullback surprised no one. The numbers may be lower at Sotheby's, Christie's and Phillips but the sales still emphasize artists with emerging markets.

Marion Maneker

08 March, 2023

Lot Announcement

Christie's Announces $144m Newhouse Single-Owner Sale

Christie's will offer 16 works from Si Newhouse Jr's art collection, including works by Pablo Picasso, Francis Bacon, Willem de Kooning, Roy Lichtenstein, Lee Bontecou and Jasper Johns, in single-owner evening sale in New York in May 2023

Marion Maneker

21 February, 2023

Christie's

Magritte Floats Into 2023 on a Tailwind

Christie's offers £4m work on paper, Le Retour as the Magrittte market comes off a record year of sales.

Marion Maneker

30 January, 2023

Christie's

Lucian Freud Works Follow Record Price in Allen Sale

Christie's has two works by Lucian Freud with a combined estimate of £6m in its February London sale following the new record price set at $86.265 million

Marion Maneker

20 January, 2023

Phillips

Auction Houses Ask the $16 Billion Question

In 2022, the three auction houses sold $13.6 billion at auction and $2.56 billion in private sales for a total of $16.16 billion.

Marion Maneker

21 December, 2022

Contemporary Art

What Happened in Hong Kong

Christie's and Phillips held sales of 20th 21st Century art in Hong Kong totaling $193 million and pointing to the market's direction.

Marion Maneker

02 December, 2022

Jaune Quick-To-See Smith, Going Forward, Looking Back, 1996

Auctions

Quick-to-See Smith's Slow Market Ascent

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith's work has received ongoing institutional support, but her price momentum is recent, as the market rediscovers artists it had previously excluded.

Cara Blumstein

01 December, 2022

Christie's

The Market for Les Lalannes Reaches La-La-Land

The design market's favorite Surrealist-inspired makers of functional art have seen a market explosion as the estate and some of their heirs sell into a ravenous market.

Marion Maneker

01 December, 2022

Christie's

Christie's Cleans Up Gigaweek with $422m Double Header

Christie's sold $421m in art by Modigliani, Rothko, Jeff Koons, Jean-Michel Basquiat and others to close out a $3bn season.

Marion Maneker

18 November, 2022

Christie's

What Does the Allen Sale Mean to the Art Market?

Paul Allen's $1.6 billion art collection is a never-to-be repeated event. But that doesn't mean its success can't tell us a lot about the state of the art market.

Marion Maneker

11 November, 2022

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