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Jean-Michel Basquiat

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Marion Maneker • June 30, 2024

A Picasso Surprise & The Basquiat Boom

The June sales in London are in the midst of being downgraded. But that doesn’t mean we can’t learn a thing or two from the tepid results, which show the market is still bottoming. Plus, a preview of the Old Master sales.
Marion Maneker • June 23, 2024
London Art Fog
Jean-Michel Basquiat "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Derelict"
The London sales may not have headline lots, but there are still plenty of opportunities for surprises… and this market sure needs surprises.
Marion Maneker • June 4, 2024
Is Basquiat the New Picasso?
Jean-Michel Basquiat circa 1985
In both New York and Hong Kong last month, Jean-Michel displaced the Spanish master as the new benchmark for the art world. For years, the artist’s market—driven via headline-inducing purchases by the likes of Ken Griffin and Jho Low—seemed to have exceeded real collector demand. Now that’s all changing.
Christies Global Head of Private Sales Adrien Meyer sells the top lot of the evening Andy Warhol's Flowers
Marion Maneker • May 21, 2024
Warhol, Basquiat & A $1.4 Billion Question
Exactly how rich are the rich feeling these days? Data from the May sales suggest some reasons to be cheerful—$35 million for Warhol, $28 million for Leonora Carrington, $22 million for Joan Mitchell—despite a 50 percent drop in auction house sales.
Sotheby's Andy Warhol Jean-Michel Basquiat "Untitled"
Marion Maneker • May 5, 2024
The $1.2 Billion Art Fantasy
As gigaweek begins in New York, the big auction houses are fantasizing about more than a billion in sales—down from last year, sure, but also not terrible for a year without a signature artist or collection in the spotlight.
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Marion Maneker • April 23, 2024
Art Market Shocks & Leon Black’s Math
The business of art, often misunderstood in the media, is a mysterious alchemy of ego, economic cycles, and a genuine passion for the sublime. But explaining the unexplainable is why I joined Puck.