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THE LATEST ARTICLES
Marion Maneker
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November 21, 2025
New York’s $2B Gigaweek Shocker
Fresh reporting on an ebullient gigaweek in New York, where more than $2 billion worth of art was sold, approaching the market high in 2022, even as bidders sought out art as more than just an asset.
Sotheby’s $706 Million Reset
Last night was years in the making for Sotheby’s, which brought Leonard Lauder’s remarkable collection to its Breuer Building debut for the sort of brand-amplifying flex that makes or breaks a fiscal year. It could not have gone better… almost.
Marion Maneker
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November 18, 2025
Christie’s $700 Million Night
With brisk bidding and an uplifting sense that people were buying art for art’s sake, Christie’s first auctions of New York’s fall season revealed a market returning to solid ground. With six well-known collections on offer, the single night yielded some $690 million in sales, even if the action in the eight-figure range was less heated.
Marion Maneker
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November 14, 2025
Philly Dreamworld
Three new surrealism shows in Philadelphia—an unsung art center—arrive at a moment when the genre has become a dominant theme in the art world.
Condition Report: Jeff Koons on Jeff Koons
The 70-year-old iconoclast is back with his longtime gallery and still elevating objects to thrilling, shiny new heights. Here, he expounds on the power of porcelain, the philosophy of reflection, and (almost) compares himself to Leonardo.
Marion Maneker
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November 11, 2025
November Rain
On the eve of the November sales, a new optimism has returned to the art market: Overall volume is up, estimates are set to be beaten, and great works are being offered at good prices. Next week’s New York sales results could confirm the new momentum. Or not.
Marion Maneker
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November 7, 2025
An Art Flâneur’s Guide to New York
A meandering preview of Manhattan’s most pressing gallery shows, from the Studio Museum in Harlem’s Tom Lloyd retrospective to Gagosian’s arresting Richard Prince exhibition, in anticipation of the New York sales season.
Don’t Call It a Comeback…
The numbers from October’s European auctions are in, and they are defying the tired narrative of a moribund art market. In fact, according to the data, the market is strong and getting stronger.
Marion Maneker
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November 4, 2025
The Art Reality Distortion Field
The gulf between how the art world operates and how the art press says it operates has never been wider. While journalists cry wolf and fixate on the treatment of artworks as mere financial assets, they are likely missing the point, and the opportunity. As it turns out, it may be a great time to buy.
Marion Maneker
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October 31, 2025
Night at the Museum
With its striking new David Adjaye–designed museum, Princeton is signaling that art and the humanities still matter—not just as a subject of study, but as a core part of campus life, community, and institutional identity. Plus, it should help in the escalating battle to attract new students and cultivate alumni gifts…