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Middle aged Asian woman with short hair poses in front of drawing of cherries

Chinese Auction Houses Prepare to Compete with Western Rivals

Poly Auction and China Guardian are reportedly focusing on expanding their contemporary art consignors.
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
People speak to bidders on the phone, standing in front of an Andy Warhol print

The Market for Million-Dollar Artwork is Growing Faster Than Ever

As the rich get richer, they're spending their money on multi-million dollar artwork, according to a new report from Sotheby's.
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Five flags hang outside the entrance of Sotheby's building

US Judge Rules Sotheby’s Must Face Fraud Charges From Russian Billionaire

The auction house will still have to face allegations of fraud from Russian oligarch Dmitry Rybolovlev.
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Julian Radcliffe standing in his office in London.

Every Art Collector Needs This Database. But Is it Being Manipulated by Thieves?

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

Marc Porter of Christie’s on COVID-19’s Permanent Impact on How Art Is Bought and Sold

By Helen Holmes
Chris Marinello, CEO of Art Recovery International.

The Art World Calls This Man When Masterpieces Go Missing

By Alanna Martinez
A 1953 map of Disneyland created by Walt Disney and Herb Ryman, which will be sold at Van Eaton Auctions and is estimated to fetch betwee $750,000 and $1 million.

Walt Disney’s First-Ever Disneyland Map Sells for $708K

By Alanna Martinez
The deposition of Mary Daniel against Margaret Scott, dated August 4, 1692.

Christie’s Sells Rare Deposition From Salem Witch Trials for $137K

By Alanna Martinez
Sensation Comics #1 (DC, 1942) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white pages.

Wonder Woman’s Most Iconic Comic Art Through the Years

By Alanna Martinez
A 1953 map of Disneyland created by Walt Disney and Herb Ryman, which will be sold at Van Eaton Auctions and is estimated to fetch betwee $750,000 and $1 million.

The First-Ever Map of Disneyland Offers a Vision of What Could Have Been

By Alanna Martinez
An auction at Christie's in London.

Christie’s Moves (Cancels?) London Art Sales Under New Leadership

By Guelda Voien
Amedeo Modigliani's Nu couché (Reclining Nude).

Prominent Gallerist Says Two Buyers Are Propping Up Art Auction Market

By Guelda Voien
Swiss blue-enameled gold box.

Glass Cabinet for Your Diamond Snuffbox? Inside the World of Auctioning Vertu

By Daniel Grant
Gerhard Richter

Eric Clapton’s Richters Yield $74M, Auction Houses Prey on FOMO: Science … And More

By Guelda Voien
Christie's Shanghai.

Heritage Auctions Says Christie’s-Owned Collectrium Stole Millions of Their Listings

By Guelda Voien
The Shanghai skyline.

China Rises in Global Art Sales, Sunlight Is Damaging Oxford University’s Dinosaurs

By Alanna Martinez
TOPSHOT - A pedestrian shelters from the rain beneath a Union flag themed umbrella as they walk near the Big Ben clock face and the Elizabeth Tower at the Houses of Parliament in central London on June 25, 2016, following the pro-Brexit result of the UK's EU referendum vote. The result of Britain's June 23 referendum vote to leave the European Union (EU) has pitted parents against children, cities against rural areas, north against south and university graduates against those with fewer qualifications. London, Scotland and Northern Ireland voted to remain in the EU but Wales and large swathes of England, particularly former industrial hubs in the north with many disaffected workers, backed a Brexit.

London Sales Begin to Feel Brexit Burn, Jimmy Carter’s Art Hits Auction Block

By Alanna Martinez
Frida Jahlo's Dos desnunos en el bosque

Frida Kahlo Piece Is Most Expensive By Latin American Artist Ever Sold at Auction

By Guelda Voien
Francis Bacon's Two Studies For A Self-Portrait.

Sotheby’s Bounces Back, With Twombly and Bacon Leading a $242M Sale

By Paul Laster
Actor Dustin Hoffman.

Dustin Hoffman Leads Medici Family TV Series, Museums to Show Gurlitt Trove—and More

By Alanna Martinez
Henry Moore, Reclining Figure, (1969-70).

Columbia Students Oppose Campus Art, Michael Douglas Gifts Film Collection—and More

By Alanna Martinez
Katie Hollander. (Photo: Kelly Taub)

Creative Time Names Katie Hollander Director, White Cube Drops Marc Quinn—and More

By Alanna Martinez
Photo courtesy of Getty Images.

Sotheby’s Reports $12M Loss in Q4, Following Risky Taubman Guarantee

By Guelda Voien
John Hayes's A friend from the deep features some of the youngest depictions of pups in the sale. And yes, it includes kittens too. Est. $2,000-$3,000. (Photo: Bonhams)

When Art Goes to the Dogs: Bonhams to Hold Canine-Themed Sale

By Alanna Martinez
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