As market for young artists grows, Sotheby’s turbocharged The Now sale in New York threatens to eclipse its contemporary evening auction
The Art Newspaper
May 20, 2022 by Judd Tully

While both back-to-back sales did well, works by artists under 40 were snapped up at a rate not matched by 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…

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…

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…

Strong prices for female painters and young artists—but Francis Bacon’s Pope sells to the guarantor—at Phillips’s $137.9m auction in New York
The Art Newspaper
November 18, 2021 by Judd Tully

The 20th century and contemporary art evening sale saw stiff competition for works by Shara Hughes, Joan Mitchell, Amy Sherald Read more…

Andy Warhol’s Muhammad Ali and other heavyweights help Christie’s make $420m in 20th-century sale in New York
The Art Newspaper
November 12, 2021 by Judd Tully

Only five of the 59 lots went unsold in the auction last night Following on the high heels of the Read more…

Caillebotte masterpiece goes to Getty and four auction records smashed at Christie’s New York sale of Edwin Cox’s Impressionist trove
The Art Newspaper
November 12, 2021 by Judd Tully

Last night’s single-owner sale of the late Texan oilman’s vaunted collection brought in a massive $332m Who said Impressionism was Read more…

Basquiat remains ‘king of capital gains’ as rare work fetches $40m at Christie’s white-glove sale in New York
The Art Newspaper
November 10, 2021 by Judd Tully

All lots sold and records were set for ten artists, including Peter Doig, Stanley Whitney, Xinyi Cheng and Nicolas Party Read more…

Christie’s rounds off New York’s auction week with strong $481m 20th century sale
The Art Newspaper
May 15, 2021 by Judd Tully

– Half of it was pre-sold through guarantees The sale was led by a classic 1932 Picasso of Marie-Thérèse at Read more…

Hands up who’s bidding for classic post-war art?
The Art Newspaper
May 13, 2021 by Judd Tully

Picky response to Anne Marion’s all-American collection reflects market’s shifting tastes Sotheby’s auction of the Texan rancher’s collection totalled $157.2m Read more…