Get the inside conversation in your inbox
Marion Maneker
•
Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday (Wednesday is an Inner Circle exclusive)
Puck’s daily art market email, anchored by industry expert Marion Maneker, offers unparalleled access to the mega-auctions and galleries, elite buyers and sellers, and the power players who run this opaque world.
THE LATEST ARTICLES
Marion Maneker
•
June 2, 2026
Lifting the Fog on London’s Gallery Scene
In its sixth year, London Gallery Weekend isn’t just supporting nascent galleries and luring 50,000 art enthusiasts to town. It’s fortifying London’s place as a major art city.
Marion Maneker
•
May 29, 2026
A Separate Pace
The global gallery represents a wide range of artists, but there is something different about the four shows currently on view in New York.
Condition Report: Sotheby’s Caroline Seabolt & Ashkan Baghestani
A joint interview with the heads of Sotheby’s day sales on the depth of last week’s sales, the importance of estates in driving them, and the enduring thrill of selling another Hopper.
Marion Maneker
•
May 22, 2026
Closing Time
A timely look at the market themes, top lots, and various peculiarities of a short, buoyant New York auction cycle that still seemed unusually long.
The Art Market’s Cut-Your-Loss Bounce
Beyond the billion-dollar single-night bonanzas and the movie-star promo spots, smaller sales are revealing a less sexy dynamic in the market: Collectors are exercising the freedom to sell without taking too big a loss—and their willingness to move on is creating liquidity that will fuel future growth.
Marion Maneker
•
May 19, 2026
Christie’s Manic Monday
The May auctions continued in thrilling fashion at Christie’s last night, as feverish bidding pushed new records for the mainstays of modernism—Pollock, Brancusi, Miró, Rothko—and the art-hoovering skylords of finance dropped the G.D.P. of a small country on the Si Newhouse collection. So can we call that an art market triumph? Not so fast…
Marion Maneker
•
May 17, 2026
Sotheby’s Day Sales Smoke Signals
News and notes on the revealing trends surrounding Sotheby’s latest round of day sales, in which 93 percent of the 350 lots found buyers. Is this another sign of a market boom?
Marion Maneker
•
May 15, 2026
Sotheby’s $433 Million Pep Talk
The numbers from Sotheby’s last night were very strong—the Mnuchin sale totaled $166 million, and the various owners’ sale made nearly $267 million—but the market still hasn’t rebuilt the confidence necessary to see real momentum pick up again.
Seven Days in May
This May’s sales are dominated by big collections—Newhouse, Mnuchin, et al.—but a handful of competitive discretionary sales will ultimately reveal more about the state of the market and the competition between the houses. By Marion Maneker
Marion Maneker
•
May 8, 2026
Art Gangs of New York
As thousands of art tourists throng Manhattan for the planetary alignment of Frieze, TEFAF, and the Independent art fairs, endless gallery exhibitions are opening to capture their share of this river of capital. Herewith, a guided tour through some of the shows you won’t want to miss.