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Jeffrey Epstein Discussed Leon Black's Picasso Purchase from Gagosian

11/17/2025

A newly released set of emails written and received by the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein shows that he discussed a plan by billionaire art collector Leon Black to buy a Picasso painting from Gagosian gallery. Epstein’s ties to Black …

Метки : джеффри эпштейнлеон блэкпикассогагосинискусствоаукционы

Christie’s Named Sara Friedlander Chairman of Post-War & Contemporary Art for the Americas

11/07/2025

The auction world’s cliché about taste is that it follows the money. Sara Friedlander would like to flip the script. “You want to know my hierarchy?” she asked me as we stood in arms reach of the second “nurse” painting …

Метки : искусствоаукционырыноксара фридлендерколлекциисовременные художники

Christie's Took In a Combined $107.4 M. during Paris Art Week

10/30/2025

Paris Art Week heralded in promising results for both Sotheby’s and Christie’s, giving hope that the art market might finally be turning a corner. Sotheby’s two sales, titled “Surrealism and Its Legacy” and “Modernitês,” took in a combined €89.7 million …

Метки : искусствоаукционыsotheby'schristie'sпарижсовременное искусство

Sotheby's Records Surrealist Records in Paris—and More Art News

10/27/2025

The Headlines SUSPECTED LOUVRE THIEVES ARRESTED. Two suspects have been detained in connection with the theft of jewels, including pieces once belonging to Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie, from the Louvre on October 19. French prosecutor Laure Beccuau said …

Метки : лувркражаювелирные изделияскандалискусствоаукционы

Private Asset Management Company Acquires Bonhams

10/21/2025

Private Asset Management Company Acquires Bonhams London-based private equity firm Pemberton Asset Management has purchased auction house Bonhams from private equity group Epiris. The terms and amount of the sale remain undisclosed, but the acquisition comes two years after Epiris …

Метки : инвестицииаукционыbonhamspemberton asset managementepirisрынок искусства

Epirus Sells Bonhams to Pemberton Asset Management

10/19/2025

Pemberton Asset Management, a European private credit manager, has acquired Bonhams from the private equity firm Epiris for an undisclosed sum. In a recent email sent by Hans-Kristian Hoejsgaard, the chairman of the house’s board, to Bonhams’ staff and seen …

Метки : инвестицииискусствоаукционыbonhamspembertonepiris

Artwork Forfeited by Inigo Philbrick’s Partner Flops at Sotheby’s

10/08/2025

An artwork caught up in the saga of fraudster art dealer Inigo Philbrick came up for auction late last month in New York—and failed to sell. In 2023 Philbrick’s business partner, Robert Newland, was sentenced to 20 months in prison. …

Метки : искусствомошенничествоаукционыуэйд гайтонньюлендфилбрик

Carly Murphy Departs Christie’s to Join Art Basel

10/01/2025

Carly Murphy, Christie’s head of client strategy for the Americas, is leaving the auction house to join Art Basel as global head of collector and institutional relations. Murphy will begin the newly created position later this month, reporting to Vincenzo …

Метки : искусствоаукционыколлекционерыизмененияярмаркиart basel

Sotheby’s and Independent Announce Partnership

09/10/2025

Sotheby’s and Independent Announce Partnership Top auction house Sotheby’s and well-known New York art fair operatorIndependenton September 8 announced a multiyear collaboration that will see the latter mount its Independent 20th Century art fair, featuring work made between 1900 and …

Метки : искусствоаукционыхудожественные ярмаркиsotheby'sindependentкультурные события

Sotheby's to Launch First Series of Luxury Auctions in Abu Dhabi

08/28/2025

Sotheby’s will stage its first series of luxury marquee auctions in Abu Dhabi this December. Dubbed Abu Dhabi Collectors’ Week, the sales will run from December 3 to 5 and span cars, watches, jewelry, and real estate, alongside a “museum-quality” …

Метки : sotheby'sабу-дабиаукционыпредметы роскошиискусствоколлекционирование

Phillips to Debut 'First-of-its Kind' Priority Bidding Structure

07/23/2025

This September, Phillips will debut a new fee structure, a “first-of-its-kind buyer’s premium structure” featuring “priority bidding,” the auction house said in an announcement Tuesday. Here’s how it will work: A binding written bid must be placed at least eight …

Метки : аукционыкомиссияискусствоторговляставкиновости

Planned Art Park in Tasmania May Be Scrapped—and More Art News

07/18/2025

The Headlines THE HAMSTER WHEEL SPINS ON in the art market, Melanie Gerlis writes in the FT, but “can its players afford to step off?” She outlines how the big three auction houses are increasingly relying on luxury sales, and …

Метки : арт-рынокаукционыкультурные событияtasmaniastar warsискусство

Phillips Sues Wealthy Scion for Failure to Come Through on Pollock Purchase

07/18/2025

Phillips Sues Wealthy Scion for Failure to Come Through on Pollock Purchase International auction housePhillipshas filed suit against film producer David Mimran alleging that he failed to pony up the $14.5 million he had promised to pay for aJackson Pollockcanvas. …

Метки : искусствоаукционысудебные искиполлоксовременные технологиифинансовые скандалы

Big Three Auction Houses Hold Old Masters Sales in London This Week

07/04/2025

In a bid to stay relevant, the Old Masters trade has been trying to draw in younger buyers to counter its shrinking collector base, which generally comprises wealthy, older men. No easy task, but by encouraging cross-category buying and offering …

Метки : искусствоаукционыстарые мастераколлекционерырынокстратегии