The Art Market Post-Pollock
Hyperallergic
A Hyperallergic analysis of spring marquee auctions argues that headline results—such as a Jackson Pollock selling for $181.2 million and a Constantin Brancusi for $107.6 million at Christie’s—mask...
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Christie’s Names Billionaire François-Henri Pinault Chairman, Signaling End of Tenure for Guillaume Cerutti
ARTnews.com
Christie’s appointed François-Henri Pinault as board chairman and non-executive director, a move that signals the end of Guillaume Cerutti’s tenure as chairman. François-Henri Pinault, president of...
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‘Prediction Markets’ Come to Art Auctions: Now You Can Bet on Basquiat and Monet, Courtesy of Kalshi
ARTnews.com
Kalshi, a “prediction market” platform that frames its offerings as regulated derivatives trading, launched a new category allowing users to bet on art-auction outcomes, including the prices of...
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Collectors Anita and Poju Zabludowicz to Sell $20.1 M. in Art at Christie’s
ARTnews.com
Collectors Anita and Poju Zabludowicz will sell £15 million ($20.1 million) worth of art at Christie’s next month through an in-person London auction on 25 June and an online sale, totaling 106...
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Gabrielle Goliath, Richard Avedon, “Chicken Linda”
Hyperallergic
Hyperallergic editor-in-chief Hakim Bishara reflects on skipping New York art fairs and auctions, including a record-breaking $181 million Jackson Pollock sale at Christie’s, and questions whether...
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Who Won New York’s $2.1 Billion Auction Week?
Artnet News
During New York’s May auction week, the “Big Three” houses sold around $2.1 billion across their evening sales, more than double the just-over $1 billion achieved in the comparable sales last May....
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India's Kiran Nadar Museum to take over Christie's London headquarters this summer
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
The Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA) in New Delhi will stage a month-long, free, non-selling exhibition at Christie’s London headquarters in St James’s titled “The Meeting Ground: Scenes from the...
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Christie’s S. I. Newhouse Sale Totals $630.8 M., Bringing Cumulative Total to $1 B.
ARTnews.com
Christie’s held a 16-lot evening sale in May of works from the collection of media magnate S. I. Newhouse, totaling $630.8 million with fees and pushing cumulative Newhouse sales at Christie’s to...
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S.I. Newhouse’s Brâncuși Sells at Christie’s for Record-Breaking $107.6 M.
ARTnews.com
Constantin Brâncuși’s Danaïde (1913), a bronze head formerly owned by media magnate S. I. Newhouse, sold at Christie’s on Monday for a $93 million hammer price, totaling $107.6 million with fees and...
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France Passes Landmark Restitution Law for Looted Art
Artnet News
Artnet News reported on 10 May 2026 that the Aspen Art Fair will return to Hotel Jerome from 29 July to 1 August 2026 for its third edition, featuring more than 35 exhibitors including Albertz Benda,...
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This month’s blockbuster auctions in New York could bring upwards of $2.5bn
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
The Art Newspaper reported that New York’s May 2026 auctions at Christie’s, Sotheby’s, Phillips, and Bonhams are cumulatively estimated at $1.8 billion to $2.6 billion, as the market seeks to build...
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Manhattan D.A.’s Office Returns More Than 650 Looted Artifacts to India
ARTnews.com
On April 28, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., announced the repatriation of 657 trafficked antiquities to India, valued at nearly $14 million, following investigations by the D.A.’s...
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The Venice Biennale has long been a sales platform—now no one is pretending otherwise
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
The Art Newspaper says the Venice Biennale’s long-standing but often downplayed role as a sales platform is unusually overt this year, with dealers, auction houses, and private foundations openly...
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A $35 M. Warhol, a $45 M. Basquiat, and More: Who’s Selling The Top Works in the May Sales?
ARTnews.com
ARTnews previews major May auction sales amid a market that returned to 4 percent growth last year, reaching $59.6 billion, according to the Art Basel & UBS Art Market Report. Christie’s will offer...
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The Venice Biennale’s Polite Fiction of Being ‘Above the Market’ Is Wearing Thin
Artnet News
An Artnet News market column argues that the Venice Biennale’s claim to be “above the market” is increasingly strained as galleries more often finance artists’ costly biennial projects in hopes of...
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Picasso Painting That Cost S. I. Newhouse a MoMA Board Position Heads to Christie’s for $55 M.
ARTnews.com
Christie’s New York will auction 16 works from the collection of late publishing magnate S. I. Newhouse (died 2017) on May 18 at Rockefeller Center, with the group expected to total about $450...
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The Met is Finally Treating Lee Krasner as Pollock’s Equal—Will the Market Follow?
ARTnews.com
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s upcoming exhibition “Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous,” opening in October, will present Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner as a “story of equals,” bringing together...
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Go Time! Gagosian Christens New Madison Avenue Space With Duchamp Readymades
Artnet News
Gagosian will open a newly overhauled ground-floor gallery at 980 Madison Avenue in New York on April 25 with an exhibition of Marcel Duchamp readymades, timed to the Museum of Modern Art’s Duchamp...
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Works from Marian Goodman’s Collection to Anchor Christie’s May Sales
ARTnews.com
Christie’s will sell works from dealer Marian Goodman’s personal collection in its May marquee sales in New York, months after her death in January at age 97, with the group expected to total about...
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Judge rules dealer David Nahmad must return $30m Nazi-looted Modigliani
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
The New York Supreme Court ruled that Lebanese billionaire art dealer David Nahmad must return Amedeo Modigliani’s Seated Man With a Cane (1918), a painting estimated to be worth up to $30 million,...
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11-Year Restitution Dispute Over Prized Modigliani Ends With Loss for Nahmad Family
ARTnews.com
ARTnews.com reports that an 11-year restitution dispute over Amedeo Modigliani’s Seated Man With a Cane (1918) ended with a New York ruling against billionaire dealer David Nahmad and his family....
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Raja Ravi Varma Painting Sells for $17.9 M., New Auction Record for Indian Art
ARTnews.com
Raja Ravi Varma’s Yashoda and Krishna (ca. 1890s) sold for $17.9 million at Saffronart in Delhi on April 1, setting a new auction record for an Indian artist. The sale surpassed the previous...
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Bic Family Heirs File Lawsuit for Return of Fra Angelico Painting ‘Stolen’ by Chauffeur
ARTnews.com
Heirs to the Bic family fortune sued in New York on March 19 for the return of a Fra Angelico painting, Saint Sixtus (ca. 1453–55), alleging it was stolen by the family’s chauffeur and later sold...
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Vaccine billionaire buys $17.9m Raja Ravi Varma, setting new record for Indian painting at auction
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
Raja Ravi Varma’s oil painting “Yashoda and Krishna” (1890s) set a new auction record for a South Asian painting when it hammered at $15 million ($17.9 million with fees, or 1,672 million Indian...
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Guillaume Cerutti departs Christie's and other positions in Pinault’s companies
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
Guillaume Cerutti is leaving all roles across François Pinault’s companies, including the chairmanships of Christie’s and Stade Rennais, after previously being reported to be departing as president...
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Hong Kong Marquee Art Sales Total $164.9 M., Up 18 Percent From Equivalent 2025 Auctions
ARTnews.com
Christie’s, Phillips, and Sotheby’s generated a combined $164.9 million from their modern and contemporary evening sales in Hong Kong timed to Art Basel Hong Kong week, an 18% increase over...
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French government blocks sale of newly discovered drawing by German Renaissance master Hans Baldung
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
France’s culture ministry blocked the planned 23 March sale at Drouot Paris of a newly identified drawing by German Renaissance artist Hans Baldung Grien, issuing a 21 March decree declaring it a...
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Christie’s Launches First New York Auction Devoted to Anime and Manga
Artnet News
Artnet News reported that Christie’s is launching its first New York auction devoted to anime and manga, with the story published on 27 February 2026 (site date line: 28 February 2026). The article...
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The $12.7 Million Painting That Exposed a Museum Scandal
Artnet News
An Artnet News report recounts how a painting that sold for $12.7 million became central to exposing a museum scandal, drawing attention to governance and accountability issues within the institution...
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Wassily Kandinsky Painting Estimated at $21.3 M. to Headline Christie’s 20/21 Spring Evening Sale in London Alongside Henry Moore Work
ARTnews.com
Christie’s will headline its London 20/21 Spring Evening Sale with a Wassily Kandinsky painting estimated at $21.3 million, according to ARTnews. The same sale will also feature a work by British...
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Leon Black and Ronald Lauder Joined Forces to Buy Masterpieces, Epstein Files Show
Artnet News
U.S. Department of Justice releases of millions of Jeffrey Epstein investigation files in early February 2026 revealed that New York collectors Leon Black and Ronald Lauder sometimes bought major...
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Lost Michelangelo Draws $27 Million, Trouncing Estimate and Smashing Record
Artnet News
A previously unknown drawing attributed to Michelangelo was submitted to Christie’s via its “Request an Auction Estimate” service and subsequently offered at auction. The work sold for $27 million,...