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£5m online auction breaks record for Sotheby’s
Since late March, Sotheby’s has moved nearly 20 auctions online, one of which was the eighth edition of their “Contemporary Curated” London auction. Prior to the auction, the sale was […]
Art World Roundup: More COVID-19, COVID-19, and Kanye West
In this week’s Art World Roundup we bring you more COVID-19 news and a little bit of Kanye West’s early artworks. LA arts project helping feed the community Having provided […]
Art World Roundup: more COVID-19 news, an update on the boy thrown from the Tate, and #MuseumBouquet
In this week’s Art World Roundup, we cover more side effects of COVID-19, some more uplifting than others. We also have an update on the health of the boy who […]
Sotheby’s nears $1 billion in private sales during 2019
For the second year running, Sotheby’s has hovered around the $1 billion mark in private sales. While the auction house isn’t a stranger to making billions, it’s usually for their […]
The emperor has no clothes: the scams and swindles driving up art prices
For many, the headline-making stunt Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan pulled at Art Basel Miami this year—Cattelan duct taped a banana to a blank white wall, called it “Comedian”, and sold […]
The ‘Prince of Chintz’ comes to auction: late designer Mario Buatta brings in $7.6m at Sotheby’s
Flip through an interior design magazine and the most colour you’ll find might be in a pop amid the greys and beiges most popular today. That, however, was not the […]
Christie’s, Sotheby’s, Phillips battle it out to sell $700m Macklowe collection
In the midst of a very public and nasty divorce, Harry and Linda Macklowe have been court ordered to sell off 65 works from their extensive art collection. With that […]
