The major November evening sales signalled a clear rebound in the art market , with results reminiscent of pre-pandemic years such as 2019. Anchored by several major collections at Christie’s and Sotheby’s, the season was defined by the return of high-quality consignments— and by a high level of activity that extended across all three major houses. In   total, New York’s auction week generated roughly $2.2 billion—roughly a +75% increase compared to 2024— , a figure that conf

Next week, Christie’s New York  will present The Collection of Robert F. and Patricia G. Ross Weis , a refined and deeply personal ensemble that traces over seventy years of thoughtful collecting. The evening sale, taking place on 17 November 2025, gathers more than eighty works spanning the great currents of twentieth-century art—from Cubism to Abstract Expressionism—anchored by key paintings by Piet Mondrian, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Mark Rothko, and Joan Miró . Estima

This November in New York, Sotheby’s will stage what may be one of the most anticipated auction events in recent memory : the evening sale of the lifetime collection of Leonard A. Lauder. On 18 November 2025, 24 masterworks from the late cosmetics magnate’s personal collection will come to auction—an event poised to celebrate not only a life dedicated to beauty but also a moment of renewed optimism in the art market. In addition, the sale will take place in the historic Breue

Since the shockwaves of 2022/2023—rising interest rates, squeezed liquidity and a pause among speculative buyers—, the global art market...

Mark Ryan Chariker is one of a kind amongst emerging American painters . Born in Spartanburg, South Carolina in 1984, Chariker grew up in...

Yoshitomo Nara —Reach Out to the Moon, Even If We Can't Hayward Gallery (June 10—August 31, 2025) Yoshitomo Nara’s first major UK survey...

Wolfgang Tillmans Retrospective , Centre Pompidou June 13—September 22 From June 13, the Centre Pompidou presents what will be its last...

Born in 1946 in Portland, Oregon and deceased in 1999 in San Francisco, Martin Wong was one of a kind, both in terms of style and...

Lucas Arruda at Musée d’Orsay (Paris) April 8, 2025 — July 20, 2025 From April 2025, the Musée d’Orsay will showcase the luminous...

The sales held by Christie’s during the evening on 19 November 2024—The Collection of Mica Ertegun and 20th Century Evening Sale—are...

Willem de Kooning's Woman Ochre (1955) On November 29, 1985, the day after Thanksgiving, Willem de Kooning's Woman Ochre (estimated at the time at $400,000) was stolen from the University of Arizona Art Museum in Tucson. At the time, the museum was not yet equipped with surveillance cameras, and no fingerprints were found. The only clue: a red car had stormed out of the museum. De Kooning's Woman and Bicycle (1952-1953) Completed in 1955, Woman Ochre is an extension of the

The latest exhibition of the Pinault Collection opened its doors in Paris last month. Entitled Le monde comme il va after the eponymous...

Nathanaëlle Herbelin is a figurative painter born in 1989, who lives and works between Paris and Tel Aviv. She was born and raised in...

Born in 1936 in Piraeus, 8 kilometers away from Athens’ city center, and deceased in 2017 in Rome, Jannis Kounellis is a prominent...

Born in 1938 in New Jersey, Pat Steir is an American artist who started off as a graphic designer and illustrator before turning to...

After the huge disappointment of the October sales in Hong Kong, which confirmed the current crisis of supply and demand that we have...

The New York fall auctions just went by. They were nervously anticipated by most market players, as the auctions that would once and for...

The recent auction sales of September and October 2023 just went by in Hong-Kong, London, and Paris. As expected, they all indicate the...

The first half of 2023 has gone by, and we now have a clearer understanding of the factors at play behind the havoc that was witnessed...

In the world of contemporary art, few artists have achieved the level of vulnerability and emotional intensity displayed by Tracey Emin....