Generous guarantees and a giant Warhol net a healthy $346.5m for Christie’s Modern evening sale in New York
The Art Newspaper
May 17, 2024 by Judd Tully

The reassuring result was a marked increase from last year’s equivalent auction—despite a cyberattack that has taken down the auction Read more…

Sotheby’s makes $198.1m in consistently strong Modern evening sale in New York
The Art Newspaper
May 16, 2024 by Judd Tully

The results were led by Monet’s ‘Meules à Giverny’ and Leonora Carrington’s record-breaking ‘Les Distractions de Dagobert’ Breaking through the Read more…

Andrew Crispo was the Ultimate Rogue
Blog
March 20, 2024 by Judd Tully

The New York Times’ obituary of former art dealer Andrew Crispo, famously tagged as the “sex-slay figure” in a Daily Read more…

New York Old Master sales deliver tepid results at Christie’s and Sotheby’s
The Art Newspaper
February 2, 2024 by Judd Tully

Scattered seven-figure highlights failed to make up for dozens of passed lots and multiple key withdrawals The premier auctions among Read more…

Richard Hunt: Anvil and Acetylene
Richard Hunt at Dorsky Gallery
December 18, 2023 by Judd Tully

This essay was orginally published on the occasion of Richard Hunt’s 1989 solo show at Dorsky Gallery. A dog-eared photograph Read more…

Brisk Sotheby’s Modern evening sale in New York delivers moderate results
The Art Newspaper
November 14, 2023 by Judd Tully

The auction, spanning Monet to Miro, made $190.3m—just above its low estimate—and was preceded by the record-breaking sale of a Read more…

Christie’s 20th century evening sale in New York defies fears of a jittery market
The Art Newspaper
November 10, 2023 by Judd Tully

Swan song of veteran auctioneer Jussi Pylkkänen made $640.8m—the house’s highest total for a non-single-owner sale in six years. It Read more…

Sotheby’s London Sells a $44.7 Million Restituted Kandinsky
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March 9, 2023 by Judd Tully

A standout Modernist masterpiece by Wassily Kandinsky, “Murnau mit Kirche II (Murnau with Church II)” from 1910, recently restituted to Read more…

Auction of longtime Vogue editor André Leon Talley’s collection exceeds expectations at Christie’s
The Art Newspaper
February 15, 2023 by Judd Tully

The white-glove sale brought in nearly $1.4m (with fees) across 64 lots, including rare portraits and works by Andy Warhol Read more…

Restituted, record-setting Bronzino and gruesome Rubens lead Sotheby’s Old Masters sales in New York
The Art Newspaper
January 26, 2023 by Judd Tully

The auction house’s four-part auction extravaganza was a decidedly mixed bag, bringing a total of $74.5m across 124 lots What Read more…