Sotheby’s White Glove Macklowe Sale
Blog
May 17, 2022 by Judd Tully

Sotheby’s staged the second tranche of the esteemed Macklowe Collection on Monday evening and snared the highest priced single owner Read more…

Christie’s evening sales total $831.3m, with Texan poker player’s surprise bidding spree upstaging blue-chip successes
The Art Newspaper
May 14, 2022 by Judd Tully

On a night when many works outpaced expectations in Christie’s New York saleroom, Ernie Barnes’s “The Sugar Shack” sold for Read more…

Christie’s 21st Century Evening Sale
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May 11, 2022 by Judd Tully

Christie’s recently reformatted 21st Century Evening sale, a cerebral mix and match of younger and more established artists, showed off Read more…

Warhol’s Blue Marilyn sells for record-smashing $195m at Christie’s auction of Swiss dealers’ collection
The Art Newspaper
May 10, 2022 by Judd Tully

The collection of Thomas and Doris Ammann brought in $317.8m with fees, good for Christie’s forth-biggest single-owner sale ever. Powered Read more…

How Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Sisters Organized an Exhibition Dedicated to Their Brother’s Life and Legacy, Full of Works Unseen for Decades
Artnews
April 14, 2022 by Judd Tully

“King Pleasure,” a massive exhibition and homage to Jean-Michel Basquiat organized by the late artist’s two sisters, Lisane Basquiat and Read more…

Willie Birch, Artist and ‘Social Chronicler,’ Is Portraying the World as He Sees It
Artnews
March 21, 2022 by Judd Tully

Fresh off a stellar appearance at last fall’s edition of the Prospect New Orleans triennial, Willie Birch is back in Read more…

The London Sales
Blog
March 7, 2022 by Judd Tully

Last week’s London and beyond trio of auction house evening sales of modern and contemporary art held at Christie’s, Sotheby’s Read more…

Russian-owned Phillips auction house issues statement in support of Ukraine
The Art Newspaper
March 2, 2022 by Judd Tully and Anna Brady

‘We call for an immediate cessation of all hostilities’ – The firm, owned by the Mercury Group, posted the message Read more…

Late Botticelli Painting Sputters at Sotheby’s Old Masters Auction in New York, Selling for $45.4m
The Art Newspaper
January 27, 2022 by Judd Tully

The star lot of the sale, a rediscovered and austere portrait of Christ, hammered just below its estimate The Man Read more…

Judd Tully Recaps the November Contemporary Auctions
ArtTactic
November 24, 2021 by Judd Tully

In this week’s episode of the ArtTactic Podcast, Judd Tully, independent arts journalist, helps us recap the major November contemporary Read more…