Sotheby’s $433 Million Contemporary Evening and Mnuchin Sales Kicked Off New York’s May Marquee Auctions The total fell neatly within the top end of the presale estimate of $325.6-444.6 million. By Elisa Carollo
Dominique Lévy, Brett Gorvy and Amalia Dayan Want to Bring Auction Urgency to Private Secondary Market Sales The Lévy Gorvy Dayan collaborators are venturing together into "the dark side" of private transactions. By Elisa Carollo
Observer’s 2025 Art Market Recap: Recovery After a Year of Recalibration On the cusp of 2026, optimism is returning to the art world, tempered by a growing recognition that its next chapter will demand structural reinvention. By Elisa Carollo
Observer’s 2025 Art Power Index: The Art Market’s Most Influential People By The Editors, Christa Terry, Dan Duray, Elisa Carollo, Farah Abdessamad and Merin Curotto
Picasso Cubist Portrait of a Harem Shatters Auction Record, Brings $179M at Christie’s By Philip Boroff