The auction market was anything but cautious in 2025. When major works appeared on the block, bidding escalated quickly, and ...

According to the LA Times, Chuck Close, Laddie John Dill and the estate of sculptor Robert Graham are suing the world’s largest auction houses, Sotheby’s and Christie’s, for royalties they say they ...

The third-most-expensive auction item, “No. 31 Yellow Stripe,” painted by Mark Rothko, was sold at Christie’s. The ...

All eyes are on the big auction season in New York. With at least $1.67 billion of art on offer at Sotheby’s, Christie’s, and Phillips, the estimates are up 54 percent from the same cycle a year ago. ...

The art market had a summer of closures and consolidations. But major collections, blue-chip art and guarantees have pushed expectations high for the marquee sales. The art market had a summer of ...

After graduating from Columbia Journalism School, I landed at the Wall Street Journal Europe in Brussels. My job was to research data and create graphics. It was the fall of 2000. The dot-com bubble ...

The marquee evening auctions in New York are the art market’s biannual blood sport. It’s when Christie’s, Sotheby’s, and Phillips have five days to off-load masterpieces at higher price points than ...