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...

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...

The last big auction season of the year has come to an end: the 2022 November sales are over, and the art market can finally reflect upon...

After several decades where Paris was somewhat overshadowed by its immediate British neighbour on the contemporary art market–with France...

In a stellar display of what only the art market can produce, the prices for artworks by Lynne Drexler skyrocketed in the last few months...

The most recent auctions in late June and early July display an important dip both in sales and prices, after the sales of May had...

This November, the art market officially turned the page of the covid era in New York. The three main auction houses cumulated an...

Although emerging artists have already been on the roll in most auction rooms these last few years, London Frieze week auctions this ...

Halfway through 2021, the art market shows no sign of slowing down. As most Western cities are emerging from the health crisis,...

New York and Hong Kong contemporary May sales confirmed the positive market trend at the start of 2021. While most blue chip artists...

Despite a rather fragmented auction month in March, the market balance seems to be restored after a difficult year in 2020. The emerging...

Flipping artworks has become common practice among collectors and dealers alike. This trend, which originated in the early 2000s, has...

For the first time in years, most sales fell below or barely within their pre-sales estimates this Fall. It seems like a significant...

This summer, the 3 main auction houses Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Phillips had to reinvent themselves in order to survive the global...