Collector Sues Sotheby’s Over Modigliani Work with Authenticity Issue
While Sotheby’s was busy preparing to bring record-setting work by Frida Kahlo and Gustav Klimt to the block…
Klimt’s Elisabeth Lederer Portrait Sells for $236.4 M. at Sotheby’s
A watershed moment for the November auctions arrived tonight at Sotheby’s, where Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer (1914–16) sold…
The Phillips Collections moves forward with controversial deaccession plan.
The Phillips Collection will proceed with plans to sell major works by Georgia O’Keeffe, Arthur Dove, and Georges…
Thomas S. Kaplan is Selling a $20 Million Rembrandt Drawing of Lion
Sotheby’s hosted a lunch for American-Franco precious metals mogul, philanthropist, and conservationist Thomas S. Kaplan at its Paris…
What Happens When the Old Whitney Breuer Building Becomes a Sotheby’s
When I heard in 2023 that Sotheby’s, one of the Big Three auction houses alongside Christie’s and Phillips,…
Steve Cohen Revealed as Consignor of Cattelan’s Golden Toilet
The Headlines GOLDEN THRONE. For nearly a decade, the art world has speculated about the fate of Maurizio…
V&A East Opens with Gen Z in Mind
The Headlines A MUSEUM FOR GEN Z. Gus Casely-Hayford, director of the new V&A East, wants London’s long-awaited…
Morning Links for October 31, 2025.
The Headlines ROYAL FLUSH. During the marquee New York sales next month, Maurizio Cattelan, whose duct-taped banana sold for $6.2 million…
Young Bordeaux Wine Struggles at Auction While Mature Vintages Thrive
This story is from an installment of The Oeno Files, our weekly insider newsletter to the world of…
Hemmerle’s Scabiosa Stellata Earrings Are Its Most Complex Jewels
As with so many of Hemmerle’s jewelry creations, inspiration began with a flower, this time, the scabiosa stellata,…
David Hockney’s iPad Drawings Smash High Estimate at Sotheby’s
A group of 17 iPad drawings by David Hockney, titled “The Arrival of Spring,” hit the auction block…
How Basquiat Became One of the World’s Most Valuable Artists
In September, Gaston & Sheehan, a tiny auctioneer in Pflugerville, Texas, sold Red Man One, a 1982 painting…