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THE LATEST ARTICLES
Marion Maneker
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December 10, 2024
Sotheby’s Black Tuesday
Shortly after closing on a $1 billion financing, the 280-year-old auction house is drastically cutting back staff in offices around the world. With new real estate that emphasizes luxury retail and plans to exploit the power of its brand, what does the future look like for a leaner, meaner Sotheby’s?
Marion Maneker
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December 8, 2024
Magic City Moves
There isn’t one definitive Art Basel Miami Beach experience. Everybody rushes around chasing their own bliss. And while the parties and brand activations might have been toned down—sorry, no Rihanna this year—many attendees said the quality of the artwork on offer was better and the prices were more realistic.
Marion Maneker
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December 3, 2024
Secret Gartenfeld
Forget Basel. The real center of Miami’s overachieving art community may be the newish Institute of Contemporary Art and Alex Gartenfeld, its wunderkind director, who has transformed the scene in a mere decade.
Marion Maneker
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December 1, 2024
The Making of an $18.8 Million Mini Magritte
The behind-the-scenes story of how a small gouache work from the Belgian master leveraged timing, demand, and deal heat to draft off the Ertegun piece for a new record of its own.
Marion Maneker
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November 27, 2024
Ken Griffin’s Magritte & Other Auction War Stories
There were heroes amid the $1.3 billion in sales during last week’s New York auctions, and a couple humbling moments, too. But a closer inspection reveals something less flashy: steady, systematic gains for an art market that’s finally recovering from its post-pandemic malaise.
Marion Maneker
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November 24, 2024
Beyond the Banana-rama
Look past the crypto spectacle of Cattelan’s $6.2 million duct-taped fruit, and it’s clear that the premier auctions showed a steady appetite for the superstars’ stand-out works—Magritte, Ruscha, Prince—but a less reliable hunger for everything else. Of course, the houses are declaring victory.
Marion Maneker
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November 20, 2024
Miller’s Crossing
News and notes from the November sales romp: Buyers have cash and determination, but are still picky; Picasso had a rough night; and Matisse was mixed. But Kandinsky cleared $21 million and an unsigned Monet waterlilies sold for $65.5 million. (And yes, those Les Lalannes tables everyone is going wild for did just fine.)
Marion Maneker
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November 17, 2024
Keeping Up With the Neuendorfs
A major Artnet shareholder is crying foul over the Neuendorf family’s abrupt cancellation of this week’s annual meeting, delaying an inevitable boardroom showdown.
Marion Maneker
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November 12, 2024
A Cecily Brown Christmas
A major retrospective at the Dallas Museum of Art, plus a show at the Paula Cooper Gallery, make the case for the painter as one of the most compelling, intellectually and politically engaged artists at work today.
Marion Maneker
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November 10, 2024
The Art Market’s New November Math
A rise in the competition for third-party guarantees and attractive presale estimates indicate that dealers and consignors are feeling good about the upcoming auctions, including Mica Ertegun’s $95 million Magritte, Sid Bass’s $50 million Ruscha, and a “value proposition” $20 million Basquiat.