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Art sales

Independent Opens With Solo Presentations, Early Sales and (Most Importantly) Breathing Room

Dealers are optimistic that the next few days will bring more conversations and sales as fair-hopping buyers make their way to Pier 36.
By Elisa Carollo
An auctioneer leads a Sotheby’s sale before a seated audience, with a Mark Rothko painting displayed on the wall and bidding information shown on a screen.

Sotheby’s $433 Million Contemporary Evening and Mnuchin Sales Kicked Off New York’s May Marquee Auctions

The total fell neatly within the top end of the presale estimate of $325.6-444.6 million.
By Elisa Carollo
A large abstract painting with sweeping, ribbon-like strokes of red, blue, yellow, and gray flowing across a pale background, creating an energetic, loosely intertwined composition.

Dominique Lévy, Brett Gorvy and Amalia Dayan Want to Bring Auction Urgency to Private Secondary Market Sales

The Lévy Gorvy Dayan collaborators are venturing together into "the dark side" of private transactions.
By Elisa Carollo
A sculpture of a white classical-style figure with its head engulfed in a large pink and red textured mass stands in the foreground of a contemporary art fair booth while visitors talk beside abstract paintings in the background.

ARCOmadrid Balances Curatorial Quality With an Easygoing Spirit

By Sarah Moroz
Adrien Meyer leads the bidding at Christie’s London as Henry Moore’s King and Queen appears on the screen behind the rostrum during the evening sale.

London Saw Few Auction Shakeups as Guarantees Steadied the Market

By Elisa Carollo
Auctioneer conducting bidding during Sotheby’s Modern & Contemporary Evening Sale in London, with works by Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon from the Joe Lewis collection displayed behind the podium.

Sotheby’s Opens the London Spring Marquee Sales With a £131M White-Glove Night

By Elisa Carollo
A towering white camel sculpture dominates a booth with patterned blue walls, while a visitor walks past holding a brochure in the exhibition space.

Early Sales at Frieze L.A. Signal Renewed Collector Confidence

By Jordan Riefe
Auctioneer stands at the podium addressing a seated audience while Safeya Binzagr’s Coffee Shop in Madina Road appears on a large bidding screen.

Sotheby’s “Origins II” Results Suggest Saudi Collectors Are Prioritizing Legacy

By Elisa Carollo
An exhibition booth with bright blue walls presents textile works, garments and sculptural objects arranged symmetrically, including woven wall hangings, a colorful sweater with text and small sculptural figures placed on pedestals and the floor.

What You Missed at ZONAMACO 2026

By D. Scott Patria
New York Observer: A visitor in an orange jumpsuit closely examining a large reflective sculptural installation composed of mirrored spheres and metal framework.

After Doha’s Spectacle, Delhi Delivered Substance

By Elisa Carollo
A wide interior view of M7 shows a tall vertical banner reading “Art Basel Qatar” hanging between floors, with visitors moving through the space and staircases on either side.

Curated, Contextual, Slower and Strategic: A New Blueprint for Art Fairs Emerges in Doha

By Elisa Carollo
Painting of an austere fat woman dressed in red hanging over a pool.

Sotheby’s Reveals a Cross-Category Mix of Luxe Lots in Its First Auction In Saudi Arabia

By Elisa Carollo
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