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• Sotheby's Hong Kong white-glove sale totals HK$839 million market-auction

  Sotheby's Hong Kong closed the Asian Sales season with a white-glove auction on June 18, 2021, selling all 47 lots for a total of HK$839 million (approx. €91 million). The sale…

• Blindarte Spring Auctions Succeed: Castellani and Fabre Top Lots market-auction

  Blindarte's spring auctions wrapped up successfully, benefiting from robust online engagement facilitated by a deferred-time auction format. Memmo Grilli highlighted various…

• Young Artists Drive Asian Auction Market in Hong Kong market-auction

  Hong Kong has emerged as a leading hub for contemporary art, with young artists driving sales despite pandemic uncertainties. At Christie's Hong Kong 20th & 21st Century Art…

• Asta Bertolami: collezione Fanfani tra moda, politica e storia market-auction

  Bertolami Fine Art sta organizzando un'asta per la collezione di Maria Pia Tavazzani Fanfani e di suo marito Amintore Fanfani. La prima parte dell'asta si terrà il 23 giugno 2021,…

• Etsy acquisisce Depop per 1,63 miliardi di dollari market-auction

  Etsy ha comunicato l'acquisto di Depop, un marketplace di moda specializzato nel mercato secondario, per 1,63 miliardi di dollari. Depop, fondata nel 2011 in Italia da Simon…

• Il Ponte auction achieves 99% sell-through rate and two world records in Milan market-auction

  Italian auction house Il Ponte achieved a 99% sell-through rate in its May 25–26 session, with a total of €8 million and two new world records for Ettore Sottsass and Sexto…

• Italian galleries urge VAT cut or face closure crisis market-auction

  The Italian National Association of Modern and Contemporary Art Galleries (ANGAMC) has sent a letter to Culture Minister Dario Franceschini, warning that 45% of Italian galleries…

• Vaughn Spann Releases Limited Hand-Finished Silkscreen Prints Online market-auction

  Artist Vaughn Spann introduced a collection of unique hand-finished prints on June 1st, 2021, at 2:00 PM Eastern Time. The release occurred exclusively through the Art+Culture…

• NFT Market Analysis: Italy's Position and Global Trends market-auction

  The article analyzes the NFT phenomenon, highlighting its uncertain legal, fiscal, and technological aspects while identifying structural features of the socio-economic system. It…

• Christie's and Sotheby's New York spring auctions total over $1.4 billion market-auction

  Christie's and Sotheby's held five spring auctions over three evenings in New York, generating over $1.4 billion combined. Christie's 21st Century evening sale on May 11 achieved…

• Basquiat NFT Sale Blocked by Estate Over Copyright Issues market-auction

  The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat halted the auction of a Basquiat drawing and its NFT on OpenSea, scheduled for April 26-30, 2021, after the owner claimed to sell copyright and…

• May Auctions: Modern and Contemporary Art at Sotheby's and Il Ponte market-auction

  Il Ponte's auction on May 25-26 in Milan features Italian 20th-century art, including Renato Guttuso's 1956 'Coltivazione del limone napoletano' (€50-70,000), three Piero Manzoni…

• Karl & Faber Fine Arts Reports Record Year Despite Pandemic market-auction

  Karl & Faber Fine Arts, a Munich-based auction house, achieved its most profitable year in 2020 since its founding in 1923, according to Teresa Meucci, the company's…

• Phillips spring sales: young artists and Enea Righi collection shine market-auction

  On April 15-16, 2021, Phillips conducted its spring contemporary art auctions, showcasing pieces from both emerging talents and renowned 20th-century artists. Notable sales…

• Gemma Testa on Supporting Artists During Lockdown market-auction

  Gemma De Angelis Testa, president of the Associazione Acacia, discusses her art collecting during the 2020 lockdown in an interview with Artribune. She purchased works by Frank…

• Christie's to Auction Rare CryptoPunks NFT Collection in May market-auction

  Christie's has announced it will auction a set of nine rare CryptoPunks, the pioneering NFT project created by Larva Labs, during its 21st Century Evening Sale on May 13. The lot…

• Sotheby's and Phillips Join NFT Auction Wave After Christie's Beeple Sale market-auction

  Following Christie's record $69.3 million sale of Beeple's 'EVERYDAYS: THE FIRST 5000 DAYS' in March 2021, auction houses Sotheby's and Phillips are launching NFT sales. Sotheby's…

• Presumed Caravaggio Painting Discovered at Madrid Auction for €1,500 market-auction

  A painting attributed to Caravaggio, estimated at just €1,500, was withdrawn from an Ansorena auction in Madrid after experts flagged it as a possible authentic work by the…

• Picasso's Portrait of Marie-Thérèse Walter to Lead Christie's Auction market-auction

  Christie's New York will auction Pablo Picasso's 1932 painting 'Femme assise près d'une fenêtre (Marie-Thérèse)' as the top lot of its 20th Century Evening Sale on May 11, 2021.…

• Spanish police thwart sale of fake Modigliani, El Greco, and Goya paintings market-auction

  Spanish police have prevented the sale of three forged paintings attributed to Amedeo Modigliani, El Greco, and Francisco Goya. The operation, reported by El País, involved a…

• Patrizia Sandretto on Buying Art During the Pandemic market-auction

  Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, president of the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo and a prominent collector, continued acquiring artworks throughout 2020 despite the pandemic.…

• Jeff Koons Found Guilty of Copyright Infringement for Porcelain Sculpture 'Fait d'Hiver' market-auction

  The Paris Court of Appeal has ruled against Jeff Koons for copyright infringement regarding his 1988 porcelain sculpture 'Fait d'Hiver', which reproduces a 1985 advertising…

• Banksy's 'Game Changer' Sells for Record £16.8 Million at Christie's market-auction

  In May 2020, Banksy’s artwork 'Game Changer' was given to Southampton University Hospital and later fetched £14.4 million (£16.758 million including buyer's premium) at Christie's…

• Banksy's 'Game Changer' to be auctioned for UK's NHS market-auction

  Christie's will auction Banksy's painting 'Game Changer' on March 23, 2021, during its 20th Century Art Evening Sale in London. The work, which appeared at University Hospital…

• AI-Generated Artwork Sells for $432,500 at Christie's, Sparking Debate on Machine Creativity and Economic Impact market-auction

  On October 25, 2018, Christie's auction house sold "Portrait of Edmond Belamy," a work generated by an artificial intelligence program, for $432,500, approximately 45 times its…

• Collector Giorgio Fasol on His 2020 Acquisitions and Hopes for a Post-Covid Art World market-auction

  Giorgio Fasol, a prominent Italian collector and founder of the Agiverona association, acquired works in 2020 by young artists Christian Manuel Zanon, Rebecca Moccia, and…

• Beeple's $69M NFT Sale: Revolution or Catastrophe for Art? market-auction

  On March 11, 2021, Christie's concluded its first auction dedicated entirely to a digital artwork: Beeple's 'Everydays: The First 5000 Days' sold for $69,346,250 in Ethereum,…

• Churchill painting owned by Angelina Jolie fetches record £7M at Christie's market-auction

  A painting by Winston Churchill, 'The Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque', sold for £7 million (€8.1 million) at Christie's London Modern British Art Evening Sale, setting a record for…

• Angela and Massimo Lauro's 18th-century farmhouse for sale via Sotheby's for €5 million market-auction

  Angela and Massimo Lauro are listing their 18th-century farmhouse in Sarteano, Italy, for close to €5 million with Italy Sotheby’s International Realty. Spanning 600 square…

• Major Contemporary Artists Launch NFT Auction Series Through Verisart and SuperRare market-auction

  A series of NFT auctions titled 10x10 will feature ten contemporary artists releasing their first solo NFT artworks over ten weeks, starting March 1, 2021. The initiative is a…

• Nyan Cat NFT sold for 300 ETH; Christie's to auction Beeple's 'Everydays' market-auction

  Chris Torres' Nyan Cat, a 2011 animated GIF, was sold as an NFT for 300 Ethereum (about $590,000). The sale highlights the growing crypto art market, which uses blockchain…

• Christo record at Sotheby's Unwrapped I auction: €8 million total market-auction

  Sotheby's Unwrapped I auction on February 17, 2021 in Paris achieved €8,048,310, selling all 28 lots from the private collection of Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Christo's The…

• Gucci Epilogue Campaign Revives Ken Scott's Floral Patterns market-auction

  Gucci has signed an exclusive agreement with Mantero Seta to use patterns and the brand of Ken Scott for its Epilogue collection. Creative director Alessandro Michele selected…

• Basquiat's 'Warrior' Becomes Most Expensive Western Art in Asia market-auction

  Jean-Michel Basquiat's 1982 painting 'Warrior' sold for HK$ 323.6 million (€35 million) at Christie's Hong Kong, setting a record as the most expensive Western artwork ever sold…

• Virgil Abloh, Damien Hirst, and Tetsuzo Okubo Collaborate on Online Auction market-auction

  Virgil Abloh, founder and creative director of Off-White, has launched an online auction on his platform Canary Yellow in collaboration with artist Damien Hirst and designer…

• Christie's Grand Tour Online Auction Maps Modern and Contemporary Art Across Italy market-auction

  Christie's has launched an online auction titled "Mapping Modern and Contemporary Art," running until February 10, 2021, that reimagines the 17th- and 18th-century Grand Tour as a…

• Santa Fiora appeals to bring Luca della Robbia's Madonna back from Sotheby's auction market-auction

  The town of Santa Fiora in Tuscany has requested the Italian Ministry of Culture to bring back a Madonna and Child created by Luca della Robbia, which is scheduled for auction at…

• Art Market Predictions for 2021: Fairs, Online Auctions, and the Digital Shift market-auction

  Following the disruptions of 2020, art market experts are forecasting a cautious return for major art fairs in 2021, with predictions shaped by vaccination rollouts and travel…

• San Francisco Art Institute may sell Diego Rivera mural to cover debt market-auction

  The San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI), California's oldest art school, is considering selling a site-specific Diego Rivera mural valued at $50 million to repay a nearly $20…

• Diana Baylon's Villa and Studio for Sale in Fiesole market-auction

  The villa of Italian artist Diana Baylon (1920–2013) in Fiesole, near Florence, is listed for sale at €1,100,000 through Sotheby's Realty Italia. The 280-square-meter independent…