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Basquiat Piece Set to Break Auction Records in Asia

Monday, February 15th, 2021

Surrealist Works form Collection of Man Ray’s Assistant Head to Auction

Friday, January 29th, 2021

Christie’s CEO Guillaume Cerutti Interviewed in Art News

Thursday, January 28th, 2021

Christie’s Reports 25% Drop in Sales for 2020

Wednesday, December 16th, 2020

Rauschenberg/Johns Collaboration for Bergdorf Goodman Heads to Auction

Tuesday, December 1st, 2020

Art Newspaper Charts Challenges Raised by Current Wave of Museum Deaccessions

Thursday, October 22nd, 2020

Brooklyn Museum Deaccession’s 12 Works from Collection

Thursday, September 17th, 2020

Christie’s to Sell Picasso Dora Maar Portrait in New York, Estimated at $20-$30 Million

Wednesday, September 16th, 2020

Christie’s Leads Fall NYC Sales with $25 Million Cezanne

Thursday, August 27th, 2020

Billionaire Sean Parker Embroiled in Dispute Over Rubens Work

Wednesday, May 6th, 2020

Christie’s Hit with Fine Over Uncollected Sales Tax

Monday, April 13th, 2020

Christie’s Shutters in Latest High-Profile Coronavirus Closure

Monday, March 16th, 2020

AO Auction Preview – London Impressionist/Modern and Post-War/Contemporary Sales, February 4th – 13th, 2020

Monday, February 3rd, 2020

Tamara de Lempicka Piece Heads to Auction at Christie’s as Market Heats Up

Thursday, January 16th, 2020

Washington Post Looks at Challenges to Estate of Purvis Young

Thursday, January 9th, 2020

Christie’s to Sell Marina Abramovic Augmented Reality Work

Thursday, November 21st, 2019

AO Auction Recap – New York: Post-War and Contemporary Evening Sales, November 13th – 14th, 2019

Thursday, November 14th, 2019

AO Auction Recap – New York: Impressionist and Modern Evening Sales, November 12th and 13th, 2019

Wednesday, November 13th, 2019

AO Auction Preview – New York Auction Week, November 11th – 14th, 2019

Friday, November 8th, 2019

Yves Klein ‘Anthropometries’ Piece Estimated to Top Record at Christie’s Next Month

Tuesday, October 22nd, 2019

Christie’s to Sell Umberto Boccioni Work for Upwards of $3.8 Million Next Month in New York

Tuesday, October 22nd, 2019

Sanyu Painting Looks to Set New Auction Record Next Month in Hong Kong

Thursday, October 17th, 2019

Christie’s to Offer Rare David Hockney Estimated at $25 Millino Next Month in New York

Wednesday, October 16th, 2019

AO Auction Results – London: Sotheby’s Contemporary Evening Sale, October 3rd, 2019

Thursday, October 3rd, 2019
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British Museum to Digitize Collection

October 18th, 2023

Following a string of controversial thefts, the British Museum has announced ambitious plans to digitize its collection. “Following the discovery that objects have been stolen from the collection, we have taken steps to improve security and are now confident that a theft of this kind can never happen again,” says interim director Mark Jones. “It is my belief that the single most important response to the thefts is to increase access, because the better a collection is known – and the more it is used – the sooner any absences are noticed.”
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Ann Philbin, Hammer Museum Head, To Retire

October 18th, 2023

Ann Philbin, director of UCLA’s Hammer Museum, has announced plans to retire. She will step down from the post in fall of 2024.
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Arthur Brand Recovers Series of Works Stolen from Dutch Town of Medemblik

October 18th, 2023

Art sleuth Arthur Brand has recovered a bundle of six paintings, stolen from the Dutch town of Medemblik this month. The works were delivered to Brand’s home after a statement that the thieves would have a hard time selling the pieces. “I’m very thankful that they decided to do the right thing. Stealing is wrong, but if you return it, at least you do something right,” he said. 
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