News
A Dana Schutz Portrait of Trump Just Sold For More Than $711,000
The painting of Trump ominously descending an escalator on the day he announced his presidential campaign was sold by Phillips in London today.
Auctions
News
Virtual Auction Will Benefit the Bronx Documentary Center and Bronx Photographers
The BDC’s 6th annual photo auction benefit, open through October 22, features a diverse set of images that engage with issues of social justice and themes of social change.
News
“Stan” the Tyrannosaurus Rex Kills at Christie’s Auction
Eclipsing its projected price tag of $8 million, a T. rex named Stan sold for a whopping $31,847,500.
News
Keith Haring’s Personal Collection Will Be Sold to Benefit New York’s LGBT Center
Over 140 objects from Haring’s personal collection, including works by Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat, will be sold by Sotheby’s to benefit the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center of New York.
Opinion
A Benin Bronze With Fishy Provenance Goes to Auction
While conversations about historic monuments ignite public debate, a small sculpture which was likely looted heads to auction at Christie’s Paris.
News
Kent Monkman Auctions One of His Drawings to Support Toronto’s Indigenous Communities
Proceeds from the sale will be donated to Toronto Aboriginal Support Services Council (TASSC), a nonprofit that provides cultural, socio-economic, health, and housing support for the city's Indigenous residents.
News
A Look at a Formerly Lost, Glimmering Manuscript by Persian Poet Hafez
The Divan’s whereabouts remained a mystery until last year, when Dutch art crime investigator Arthur Brand — sometimes referred to as “the Indiana Jones of the art world” — tracked it down.
Art
Objects Returned to Benin by French Collectors Had Been Removed From a Contested Auction
The transaction illuminates the role individuals can play in rectifying Europe's history of colonial plunder, but it also reveals the inner workings of a system that allows such objects to land in private hands to begin with.
Art
Disneyland and Walt Disney World Treasures Go to Auction
What price can we put on the wonder of childhood?
In Brief
Sotheby's Auction House Goes Private After $3.7 Billion Sale
French-Israeli billionaire Patrick Drahi will soon own one of the world's largest auction houses after it spent 31 years on the stock exchange.
In Brief
Study Suggests Blue and Red Artworks Dominate Auction Sales
Dutch researchers concluded that blue and red paintings spark nearly 20% higher bids at auctions in the US, China, and the Netherlands.
Opinion
Will Blockchain Create a More Transparent Art Market or Merely Entice More Investors?
This week, Christie's announced that it would pilot blockchain technology to record its fall auction season, but will the digital ledger system solve the market's transparency problems?