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Elisa Carollo

Arts Reporter

Elisa Carollo is an art writer, art advisor and curator with a focus on contemporary and ultra-contemporary art. With over a decade in the art business at different levels between secondary and primary market, as well as engaging institutions and Biennales, she covers the latest from the Art World and Art Market for Obsever.

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A neoclassical museum hall with white columns and sculptures is occupied by a large, low rectangular structure supported by cylindrical pillars, its underside covered in printed newspaper pages and hovering over a tiled floor bordered by green carpet.

The Carnegie International Tests What “We” Still Means in a Fractured World

By Elisa Carollo
A photograph of an auction scene at Christie’s shows auctioneer Yü‑Ge Wang on the podium, mid‑gesture, selling Gerhard Richter’s Kerze (Candle). Two large screens flank her: the left displays the sale price in multiple currencies (USD 30,000,000; EUR 25,812,000; GBP 22,524,000; CHF 23,604,000; JPY 4,768,086,000; HKD 234,798,000; CNY 204,234,000), while the right shows the lot details, including the painting’s title, date (1982), dimensions, and a photograph of the candle. The room is filled with seated bidders, some capturing the moment on phones, conveying a tense and attentive atmosphere typical of high-stakes contemporary art sales.

Christie’s Wednesday Sales Achieved $162.7 Million as Bonhams’ 20th & 21st Century Evening Sale Topped $22 Million

By Elisa Carollo
An auctioneer leads Sotheby’s Modern Evening Auction as Henri Matisse’s La Séance du matin appears on the screen beside a $17.5 million bid.

Sotheby’s $304M Modern Evening Auction Confirms the Market Has Found Its Footing

By Elisa Carollo
A Phillips auctioneer takes bids in a packed saleroom as Andy Warhol’s Sixteen Jackies appears on the screen beside its estimate.

Phillips’ $115.2 Million Evening Sale Was a Testament to the Power of Pre-Planning and Priority Bidding

By Elisa Carollo

At TEFAF New York, the Masterpiece Market Had Plenty to Celebrate

By Elisa Carollo
An auctioneer stands at Christie’s rostrum during the sale of Jackson Pollock’s Number 7A, 1948, displayed on a large screen beside a $157 million hammer price, with the auction room audience seated in the foreground.

Christie’s $1.1 Billion Night Confirms the Health of the Market’s Upper End

By Elisa Carollo

At the Guggenheim’s 2026 YCC Party, Artist Diane Severin Nguyen Created Breathing Room

By Elisa Carollo
A crowded Future Fair aisle shows visitors moving between gallery booths displaying paintings and sculptural works.

Artists to Watch: Future Fair and 1-54’s Best Discoveries

By Elisa Carollo

Independent Opens With Solo Presentations, Early Sales and (Most Importantly) Breathing Room

By Elisa Carollo
An auctioneer leads a Sotheby’s sale before a seated audience, with a Mark Rothko painting displayed on the wall and bidding information shown on a screen.

Sotheby’s $433 Million Contemporary Evening and Mnuchin Sales Kicked Off New York’s May Marquee Auctions

By Elisa Carollo
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