Jenny Saville Painting Sells for $12.4 M. at Sotheby’s London, Record for Living Female Artist
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October 5, 2018 by Judd Tully

On Friday night, in a salesroom at Sotheby’s London, Jenny Saville’s masterful seated nude self-portrait Propped (1992), which features the Read more…

Masterpiece Theatre: $8 M. Kline Sells at Frieze Masters; $15 M. Dubuffet, Film Greats On Offer
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October 5, 2018 by Judd Tully

After the blur of V.I.P. viewing on Wednesday in the two Frieze tents in Regent’s Park in London, a longer Read more…

Rare Richter’s a Bust, but Christie’s Moves $25.9 M. Bacon, $21 M. Fontana at London Sales
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October 4, 2018 by Judd Tully

Christie’s postwar and contemporary art evening sale got socked with a pricey trio of unsold lots, including a rare-to-market Gerhard Read more…

Even as Brexit Looms, Galleries Notch Sales on Frieze London’s Opening Day
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October 3, 2018 by Judd Tully

The latest iterations of Frieze London and Frieze Masters, artfully bivouacked in separate bespoke white tents at opposite ends of Read more…

Ferrari GTO sets Record at RM Sotheby’s
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August 26, 2018 by Judd Tully

A rare and race winning 1962 Ferrari GTO, one of only 36 produced between 1962-64, sold for a record $48.4 Read more…

London Calling—The June Evening Auctions Cruise Comfortably
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June 27, 2018 by Judd Tully

Strong demand, further enhanced by financial guarantees that insured success for top lots in the salesroom animated the action on Read more…

How Adrian Ghenie Conquered the Art Market
The Art Newspaper
June 23, 2018 by Judd Tully

The Romanian painter’s prices have increased 160-fold over the past decade. But who, or what, is behind this steep rise? Read more…

‘A Luxury Problem’: As Art Basel 2018 Rolls On, the Sales Beat Continues
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June 14, 2018 by Judd Tully

The biggest distraction from the 49th edition of Art Basel is the giant, exhausting, and fantastic Bruce Nauman retrospective “Disappearing Read more…

‘It Takes Time to Prove Yourself’: Joseph Nahmad on His New York Gallery’s Fifth Anniversary
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June 12, 2018 by Judd Tully

Joseph Nahmad, the 28-year-old scion of the powerhouse family that is synonymous with high-end trading in the field of Impressionist Read more…

$49.8 M. Francis Bacon Portrait Leads Solid $397.1 M. Christie’s Contemporary Sale
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May 18, 2018 by Judd Tully

Anchored by a powerful Francis Bacon cover-lot portrait, Christie’s closed the season’s evening auctions in New York on Thursday night Read more…