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 […]
Former gallery partner James Oliver sues defunct Mary Boone over unpaid wages $15m in art
A former employee and gallery partner of Mary Boone has brought on a lawsuit against the defunct gallerist. James Oliver, a long-time associate who once came to her defence, is […]
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 […]
Gulbenkian case highlights authorities’ failure to pursue art fraud
International art fraud is once again under the spotlight with the news that London Metropolitan Police have issued a warrant for the arrest of Angela Gulbenkian, a former high-society art […]
A €100 raffle ticket could win you a painting by Picasso
In 2015, Pablo Picasso’s Les femmes d’Alger (Version ‘O’) set the artist’s auction record when it sold for a whopping $179.3 million at Christie’s. But, what if you could snag […]
Why should the art world be concerned about the prevalence of export bans?
Five years after he dramatically attempted to smuggle a rare Pablo Picasso painting out of Spain, Jaime Botín— the ex-president of Spanish financial institution Bankinter—has been sentenced to three years […]
Christie’s 100, where bidding started at just $100, wrapped up with success
Yesterday, an online auction at Christie’s wrapped up but this auction wasn’t like most of the art world’s sells today. Christie’s was hoping to bring in new clientele and first-time […]
