Art
Panama Papers Shed Light on the Shadowy Art Market
The leaked files pertaining to the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca have helped shed light on dealers and collectors' pervasive use of shell companies to buy, sell, and hold art.
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News
Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: a trove of taxidermy animals went missing, five Francis Bacons were stolen, and a gang of crooked auction house porters went on trial.
News
Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: 14 members of a British museum-robbing ring were convicted, Christie's sued collector Jose Mugrabi for failing to pay for a $37 million Basquiat he won at auction, and the NYPD seized a crate labeled "art" only to find it full of weed.
Opinion
Move Over, Modigliani: Some Slightly More Altruistic Ways to Spend $170.4 Million
On Monday, Amadeo Modigliani's "Nu couché" (Reclining Nude), a 1917 painting of a woman sprawled naked on red bedding, fetched $170.4 million at Christie's.
Art
An Illustrated Guide to Auction House Terminology
What is “chandelier bidding?” How do third-party guarantees work? And what are the “three D’s?”
Art
Artists Redraw Their Own Books
Some unique artist books are currently on view at Christie's in New York.
News
Making Sense of NYC's $1.5 Billion Art Auction Week
Listen up: $1.5 billion!
In Brief
Christie's Goes Prix Fixe with eBay Pricing Model
An upcoming sale at Christie's London titled "Buy or Bid" will allow patrons to purchase lots at a fixed price, the auction house announced in a release.
Art
An Illustrated Guide to Artist Resale Royalties (aka 'Droit de Suite')
American artists and legislators have been actively battling to introduce a national Artist Resale Royalty for almost half a century. Here is our illustrated introduction.
Art
The Rise and Fall and Rise Again of a Chair by Le Corbusier
Amie Siegel's three-part installation on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Provenance," traces the rehabilitation of ruined Le Corbusier furniture from Chandigarh, India, as upscale appetences for chic global lifestyles.
News
Auction Houses Lobby Against Artist Resale Royalty Act
The fight to obtain resale royalties for visual artists may be gaining momentum thanks to the newly introduced American Royalties, Too (ART) Act of 2014, but the major auction houses are determined to stop it.
News
Basquiat Estate Files Suit Against Christie's
The estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat has filed a complaint in the US District Court in Manhattan over a Christie's online auction comprising contested and unauthenticated works, the New York Times reported.