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christies london sales 2026

Christie’s London achieved a robust £197.5 million ($263.8 million) across three evening sales, marking a significant 52 percent increase over the previous year. The marathon auction event included the 20th/21st Century sale, the Art of the Surreal sale, and a dedicated session for the Roger and Josette Vanthournout collection. Highlighting the evening was a record-breaking £26 million sale for Henry Moore’s sculpture "King and Queen," alongside strong performances for works by Dorothea Tanning and Toyen.

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trending_up market schedule Mar 3, 2026 visibility 22 link 10 artists

sbi art auction modern legacy bloom now

SBI Art Auction is set to host a major two-day auction event in Tokyo this March, coinciding with Art Fair Tokyo. The first sale, "Modern Legacy," features a prestigious single-owner Japanese collection including masterpieces by Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita, Edvard Munch, and Egon Schiele. The second sale, "Bloom Now," focuses on contemporary and Pop art, highlighting works by Roy Lichtenstein and Takeda Teppei, with the combined events carrying a low estimate of JPY 1.25 billion ($7.9 million).

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article news schedule Feb 10, 2026 visibility 14 link 6 artists

jeff koons stella mccartney capsule 2026

Jeff Koons and Stella McCartney have launched a limited-edition capsule collection for Spring 2026. The collection features ready-to-wear items like hoodies, t-shirts, tote bags, and keychains, adorned with prints of Koons's artworks such as "Untitled (Girl with Dolphin and Monkey)" (2006) and sculptures from his "Made in Heaven" series, paired with McCartney's playful slogans like "Slippery When Wet" and "Doggy Style." The release also includes a reimagined pendant based on Koons's iconic "Rabbit" (1986) sculpture.

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trending_up market schedule Feb 5, 2026 visibility 20 link 11 artists

adam lindemann too much art column

Adam Lindemann draws a parallel between the oversupply of wine and the current state of the art market, noting that too many galleries and artists are producing work while demand from collectors is slowing. He cites the glut of art fairs, particularly the 840 galleries exhibiting during Miami Basel week in December 2025, and quotes advisor Allan Schwartzman describing the market as "tired." Lindemann observes that even mega-trophies like Leonardo's *Salvator Mundi* are rare exceptions, and that museums are becoming more selective in accepting donations.

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trending_up market schedule Dec 18, 2025 visibility 20 link 12 artists

report rebounding art auction market 2025 arttactic

ArtTactic's year-end report reveals that the global art auction market rebounded to $4.55 billion in 2025, an 11.1% increase from 2024. Sotheby's saw a 17% sales jump and Christie's a nearly 7% rise. Historic single-owner sales, including estates of Leonard Lauder, Cindy and Jay Pritzker, and Pauline Karpidas, drove recovery with $884.9 million in total. Old Masters, Impressionist, and modern art surged 42.3% year-on-year, while contemporary and post-war art lagged. The trophy market (works over $10 million) grew 19.4% to $1.48 billion, led by Impressionist art up 80.4% to $1.04 billion, fueled by three Gustav Klimt canvases from the Lauder collection.

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trending_up market schedule Dec 11, 2025 visibility 17 link 9 artists

blink 182 banksy sale

A Banksy painting from his 2005 'Crude Oils' exhibition sold for £4.3 million ($5.5 million) at Sotheby’s Modern and Contemporary Evening Auction in London. The work, *Crude Oil (Vettriano)*, came from the collection of Mark Hoppus, co-founder of the pop-punk band Blink-182, who acquired it in 2011. The painting reimagines Jack Vettriano’s *The Singing Butler*, replacing the idyllic beach scene with environmental pollution, including hazmat-suited workers and a sinking container ship. The sale occurred shortly after Vettriano’s death at age 73.

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museum exhibitions schedule Dec 9, 2025 visibility 18 link 6 artists

documentary pretty dirty marilyn minter art

A new documentary titled "Pretty Dirty: The Life and Times of Marilyn Minter" premiered at the DOC NYC film festival at IFC Center, chronicling the artist's four-decade career and personal struggles. Directed by Jennifer Ash Rudick and Amanda Benchley, the film follows Minter's journey from a dysfunctional upbringing in the South—with an emotionally abusive mother and her own battles with addiction—to her eventual rise as a major figure in contemporary art. It highlights her gritty, provocative enamel-on-metal paintings, her commercial work for Tom Ford and Zara, and her cultural impact through projects like Madonna's 2009 tour and the TV show Gossip Girl. The documentary features interviews with celebrities such as Lizzo, Jane Fonda, and Miley Cyrus, as well as art-world peers like Laurie Simmons and Jeff Koons.

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trending_up market schedule Dec 2, 2025 visibility 28 link 13 artists

john moran modern contemporary fine art

John Moran Auctioneers is holding a Modern and Contemporary Fine Art sale at its Monrovia headquarters, featuring standout works by Deborah Butterfield and Joel Shapiro, alongside pieces by Alice Baber, Sandro Chia, Jonas Wood, Banksy, and Takashi Murakami. Highlights include two horse sculptures by Butterfield—Untitled (Foal) (2015) and Untitled (Large Horse) (2013)—and Joel Shapiro's Untitled (1996), all from the Estate of Herbert and Anne Lucas. The sale also includes works from other notable 20th- and 21st-century artists, positioning it as a key end-of-year auction event.

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article news schedule Nov 24, 2025 visibility 16 link 9 artists

ai brueghel santa scene removed

A controversial AI-generated Christmas mural installed at Riverside Walk, a mall in Kingston upon Thames, southwest London, was removed after public backlash. The artwork, rumored to be by YBA artist Mat Collishaw, featured nightmarish imagery including deformed snowmen, monstrous Santas, and distorted figures, sparking outrage on Reddit and in local media. The private developers behind the installation claimed it was inspired by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, but the council denied involvement in its planning or funding.

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trending_up market schedule Nov 20, 2025 visibility 33 link 23 artists

christies 21st century evening sale totals november 2025

Christie's 21st-century evening sale on Wednesday, November 2025, achieved a hammer total of $99.7 million on 44 lots, within the pre-sale estimate of $87.5–$127 million. With fees, the final total reached $123.6 million. The sale opened with 18 lots from the collection of Chicago philanthropists Stefan Edlis and Gael Neeson, featuring works by Cindy Sherman, Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselmann, and Diego Giacometti. A Giacometti coffee table sparked a seven-minute bidding war, selling for $4.53 million. Three artist records were set: Firelei Báez ($1.1 million), Olga de Amaral ($3.1 million), and Joan Brown ($596,500). Only one work, by Cecily Brown, failed to sell.

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article local schedule Nov 19, 2025 visibility 12 link 2 artists

david hockney bradford drone light show

A fleet of over 600 drones choreographed by Skymagic lit up the night sky over Bradford, England, on November 13, recreating iconic paintings by David Hockney including *A Bigger Splash* (1967), *Mr. and Mrs. Clark and Percy* (1970–71), and *A Year in Normandie* (2021). The event, held in Roberts Park, celebrated Bradford’s designation as the U.K. City of Culture for 2025 and honored Hockney, the region’s most famous living artist. It marked the first time drone swarm technology has been used for a light painting in the U.K. and the first time Hockney’s work has been rendered by drones.

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trending_up market schedule Nov 18, 2025 visibility 26 link 17 artists

christies marquee fall 20th century evening sale report

Christie’s fall marquee 20th-century evening sales on Monday night generated a combined $690 million across two auctions, far exceeding the pre-sale low estimate of $534.7 million. The first sale featured 18 lots from the collection of the late Robert and Patricia Ross Weis, including works by Picasso, Matisse, Mondrian, and Rothko, while the second 62-lot sale included pieces by Calder, Hockney, Chagall, and Giacometti. Bidding wars drove 16 lots to sell at or above their high estimates, with adviser Ralph DeLuca winning several high-profile battles, including a Matisse painting for $32.3 million and a Max Ernst sculpture for $20.2 million. The sell-through rate was 97% by value and 96% by lot, with only one withdrawn lot and three unsold works.

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article culture schedule Oct 31, 2025 visibility 17 link 3 artists

justin sun maurizio cattelan banana trump memecoin

Crypto billionaire Justin Sun announced on X that he is purchasing $100 million worth of President Donald Trump's memecoin, $TRUMP, which will soon be tradeable on the TRON blockchain. This follows Sun's previous high-profile art world moves, including buying Maurizio Cattelan's duct-taped banana artwork "Comedian" at Sotheby's for $6.2 million and later eating it, as well as a legal dispute with collector David Geffen over a stolen Alberto Giacometti sculpture. Sun also attended a White House dinner for leading $TRUMP buyers in May, which spurred $148 million in coin purchases.

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article news schedule Sep 22, 2025 visibility 14 link 9 artists

art world figures time 100 list

Time magazine released its annual Time 100 list on September 20, 2025, naming the most influential people of the year across six categories. Four art world figures made the list: visual artists Yoshitomo Nara and Mickalene Thomas (categorized as an "innovator"), architect Annabelle Selldorf, and novelist/filmmaker/performance artist Miranda July. The list also includes corporate CEOs, Trump administration members, fashion designers, and athletes, with each entry accompanied by a write-up from a fellow celebrity.

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christies kawamura memorial dic museum art monet renoir

Christie’s has been consigned to sell works from the collection of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, including pieces by Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse, and Henry Moore, as part of its fall marquee auctions. A top highlight is Monet’s oil painting *Nymphéas* (1907) with a low estimate of $40 million. The museum, located in Sakura, Japan, and owned by the DIC Corporation, decided last December to downsize and relocate, selling 75 percent of its 384 artworks valued at $77.5 million. The sale includes eight works in Christie’s 20th Century Evening Sale in November, with additional pieces in day sales for Impressionist and Modern Art as well as Post-War and Contemporary Art.

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article culture schedule Sep 16, 2025 visibility 23 link 12 artists

sylvester stallones palm beach house has works by warhol condo botero and many other contemporary art stars

Sylvester Stallone and Jennifer Flavin's Palm Beach home, featured in a Veranda profile, showcases their extensive contemporary art collection. The house includes works by Andy Warhol, George Condo, Damien Hirst, Bridget Riley, Fernando Botero, Rashid Johnson, Sterling Ruby, and LeRoy Neiman, among others. Stallone, who began collecting at age 16, treats the home as a constantly rotating gallery, with a long hallway kept blank for changing displays and a dining room anchored by a Hirst mosaic and Condo abstract. The collection is integrated into daily life, with art hanging in the screening room, entry, and even near the gym.

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museum exhibitions schedule Aug 28, 2025 visibility 10 link 3 artists

banksy piranhas london museum

A Banksy mural featuring a fish tank full of piranhas, installed overnight on a police sentry box in London's financial district in August 2024, has been acquired by the London Museum. The work was one of nine animal-themed pieces the artist created across the capital over nine consecutive days. After being removed by the City of London Corporation, the booth was displayed at Guildhall Yard and then placed in storage; it will go on permanent view in 2026 at the London Museum's new Smithfield location, part of a $280 million relocation project.

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article news schedule Aug 14, 2025 visibility 14 link 3 artists

justin sun maurizio cattelan comedian bloomberg news lawsuit

Justin Sun, the billionaire founder of TRON and buyer of Maurizio Cattelan's "Comedian," filed a lawsuit against Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg Inc. on August 11 in the U.S. District Court in Delaware. He seeks a temporary restraining order and injunctions to prevent Bloomberg from publishing his highly confidential financial information, including specific cryptocurrency holdings, which he claims would cause irreparable harm, risk of theft, hacking, and physical danger to him and his family. Bloomberg's attorney argued the application is moot because the article had already been published hours before Sun's lawyers gave notice. The Bloomberg profile estimated Sun's net worth at $12.4 billion, detailing his ownership of over 60 billion Tronix, 17,000 Bitcoin, 224,000 Ether, and 700,000 Tether.

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trending_up market schedule Aug 5, 2025 visibility 13 link 5 artists

philip falcone blce art loans picasso hirst ruling

The New York Supreme Court ruled against former hedge fund manager Philip Falcone in a case brought against pawnbroker BLCE over loans secured by artworks and a diamond ring. Judge Lyle E. Frank sided with BLCE's counter-claims of fraud and breach of contract, finding that Falcone made misrepresentations when securing loans with the same artworks—including pieces by Pablo Picasso, Damien Hirst, and Richard Prince—from multiple lenders. Falcone had claimed the ring was "wrongfully foreclosed," but the court determined he failed to raise genuine issues of material fact.

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trending_up market schedule Jul 23, 2025 visibility 11 link 4 artists

rare m c escher works auction

A cache of M.C. Escher drawings and prints, created during his time in Italy and later, fetched a stunning total of $7.8 million at Christie’s on July 22, quadrupling its low presale estimate. The auction, titled 'The Art of Infinity,' featured 65 lots, with nearly every work on paper surpassing the previous record for an Escher work in the medium. The top lot, *Reptiles* (ca. 1943), sold for $529,200—five times its low estimate—while *Relativity* (ca. 1953) achieved $504,000, ten times its low estimate. The sale largely came from the collection of Robert Owen Lehman Jr., a documentary filmmaker and member of the Lehman banking family.

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article culture schedule Jul 16, 2025 visibility 13 link 13 artists

strategies art world

Cem A., an artist and anthropologist known for the art meme page @freeze_magazine, argues that the art world is suffering from an oversupply of graduates trained by art schools that cannot sustain them. He describes a paradox where art graduates face high unemployment and are dismissed as unqualified for non-art jobs, while those who remain in the field must align with market trends and the attention economy, risking burnout and compromised creativity. Cem A. shares his own experience of being rejected for being "too artsy" before finding success through his Instagram page, which opened doors that traditional career paths could not.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jul 9, 2025 visibility 14 link 5 artists

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Pop star Ed Sheeran is launching his debut painting collection, "Cosmic Carpark Paintings," at HENI Gallery in London's Soho district from July 11 to August 1. The series of multicolored drip and splash works was created in a disused carpark using house paint, inspired by Jackson Pollock. Sheeran, who began painting in 2019, will sell original canvases and prints for £900 ($1,200) each, with 50 percent of proceeds going to the Ed Sheeran Foundation to support youth music programs in the U.K. The exhibition was encouraged by Sheeran's friends Damien Hirst and HENI founder Joe Hage.

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article news schedule Jun 25, 2025 visibility 23 link 10 artists

vito schnabel 190 bowery

Vito Schnabel's curated exhibition 'First Show/Last Show' at 190 Bowery, a landmark building recently acquired by Aby Rosen, was abruptly closed to the public just before its scheduled opening on May 16. The show, which would have been the first public access to the graffiti-laden former bank since 1966, was initially announced with a three-hour public opening, but organizers cited 'unprecedented demand' and switched to an appointment-only format from May 18 to 29. The exhibition features works by seven male artists: Joe Bradley, Dan Colen, Jeff Elrod, Ron Gorchov, Mark Grotjahn, Harmony Korine, and Julian Schnabel.

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j hobermans book everything is now 1960s nyc downtown yoko ono andy warhol

J. Hoberman's new book, *Everything Is Now: The 1960s New York Avant-Garde—Primal Happenings, Underground Movies, Radical Pop*, offers a sweeping cultural history of the downtown New York scene in the 1960s. The book centers on figures like Jonas Mekas, Andy Warhol, Yoko Ono, and Jack Smith, weaving together experimental films, happenings, music, and the chaotic energy of the era. Hoberman, a longtime critic and curator, draws on his personal connections to the scene, including his mentorship under Mekas, and will present a selection of shorts from the book at Anthology Film Archives in June.

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campaign for barbara hepworth sculpture gathers momentum

A campaign to return Barbara Hepworth's sculpture "Rock Form" (1964) to the Mander Centre in Wolverhampton, UK, is gaining momentum. The sculpture, valued at £1 million, was removed from the shopping centre in June 2024 during a redevelopment. Campaigners argue it was originally offered to the previous owner at cost price on the condition of public display, and they fear current owners—the Royal Bank of Scotland and Delancey—may sell it privately.

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barbara hepworth takes top lot at londons british art sales

London's auction houses held seven sales of Modern British art this week, achieving £22.3 million (including buyer's premium) against a presale estimate range of £21.3 million to £31.7 million. A total of 547 of 705 lots sold, a 77.6% sell-through rate. Bonhams struggled, with half its top lots unsold, including a Henry Moore bronze estimated at £1–2 million, but Pyms gallery and art adviser Wentworth Beaumont bought key works below estimate. Sotheby's raised £6.4 million, led by Edward Burra's *Striptease, Harlem* (1934) at £842,500, and a Paul Nash watercolor tripled its estimate to £212,500. Christie's achieved the highest total at £12 million, topped by Barbara Hepworth's *Figure (Sunion)* (1960), bought by Pyms gallery for over £800,000.

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article news schedule May 29, 2025 visibility 11 link 5 artists

banksy sentimental lighthouse

Banksy has unveiled a new artwork featuring a lighthouse with the text 'I want to be what you saw in me,' posted on his Instagram account without any caption or location details. The piece, rendered in his signature black stencil on a stucco wall, appears to be his first major work since the 2023 'Beastly London' campaign, which included animal-themed murals across the city. Within two hours of posting, the image garnered over 300,000 likes, continuing the artist's tradition of cryptic, location-ambiguous public interventions.

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person people schedule May 27, 2025 visibility 11 link 2 artists

jen deluna blurred paintings bite dogs pinup

Artist Jen DeLuna creates blurred paintings based on vintage found photographs, primarily of 1970s pin-up girls and aggressive dogs. Working at PLOP residency in East London, she uses a large brush to blur wet paint, creating a hazy, memory-like effect. Her works include portraits like *Rallying Sigh* (2024) and canine pieces like *Hounding* (2024), which she hangs together to create a dialogue between femininity and animal aggression.

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article news schedule May 22, 2025 visibility 11 link 5 artists

sean combs diddy may lose kerry james marshall painting

Sean Combs, also known as Diddy, may lose a prized Kerry James Marshall painting, *Past Times* (1997), among other assets if found guilty of sex trafficking charges, which he has denied. The painting was purchased at Sotheby's in 2018 for $21.1 million, setting an auction record for Marshall. Reports indicate Combs had been actively collecting art since 2014 with adviser Maria Brito, but with multiple civil suits pending, speculation has grown that he might be forced to sell.

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trending_up market schedule May 21, 2025 visibility 10 link 9 artists

10 artworks perfect valentines day art

Artnet News has curated a list of 10 artworks available through its Gallery Network as Valentine's Day gift suggestions. The featured works include pieces by artists such as Damien Hirst, Marc Chagall, Man Ray, and Emilie Charmy, with prices available upon inquiry. The selection ranges from contemporary works like Hirst's 'Butterfly Heart' (2020) to historical pieces like Chagall's 'The Adolescents' (1975), all presented as alternatives to traditional Valentine's gifts like roses or chocolates.

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