The singer-songwriter’s performance ‘The Eleven’ at the auction house involves ritual movements to salve modern problems
Arch-rival Christie’s also suffering from slowdown in auctions
Bonhams, Christie’s, Phillips and Sotheby’s open Hong Kong headquarters and expand exhibition spaces and sales
The $1bn cash injection comes as owner Patrick Drahi’s telco empire is struggling with debts
Citadel founder purchases nearly complete specimen at Sotheby’s auction
Ethiopian gallery shuts London space; new fair offers art under £600; optimism in Tokyo
Vivienne Westwood items excite; Gagosian to have first show in Seoul; Frieze London gets a makeover
1,500 vintage bottles to be sold from Taiwanese billionaire’s collection
Hong Kong sales disappoint; Banksy print from liquidated charity comes to Sworders; London and Newcastle galleries swap spaces
Sotheby’s loses head; Christie’s shelves June evening sale in London; Old Masters dealer gets into sculpture
One of the first female Masters of Wine on her life in bottles
Experiential art gets new support; Hong Kong sales reflect downbeat market; Government Art Collection to buy at London Gallery Weekend
Breaking down Sotheby’s foray into art-backed securities
Christie’s offers prime Chardin for €12mn; Phillips gets Basquiat trio; Kusama tops list of 2023 contemporary artists
Sotheby’s real estate franchise has a new owner who plans to disrupt the business of selling multimillion-pound homes
Tesfaye Urgessa is first Ethiopian pavilion artist for Venice; gallerist bucks trend in China; George Condo makes prints for Dia
What a controversial court case involving a Leonardo reveals about the risks and rewards of private art sales for auction houses
Dmitry Rybolovlev had accused auction house of conspiring to overcharge him for works by da Vinci, Klimt and others
Testimony in New York case pitting wealthy oligarch against the famed auction house has shed new light on high-end transactions
Dmitry Rybolovlev is seeking millions of dollars from the auction house for prices he claims were inflated
Dmitry Rybolovlev is seeking millions in damages over the purchase of famous works
2023 was a patchy year for auction houses and galleries but a surge in luxury goods and big-name sales softened the blow
Business models are nowhere near as plush as their carpets
Yves Bouvier and Dmitry Rybolovlev dispute highlighted role of freeports in Europe
Franco-Israeli billionaire under pressure to sell assets to pay down Altice debt
