News Standard and Poor’s Downgrades Sotheby’s Credit Rating to B- Despite cloudy financial outlook, Sotheby's paid shareholders $8.5 million in dividends in the first quarter of 2024 and a total of $90 million last year. By Daniel Cassady Jun 17, 2024 3:43 pm
Market Basquiat Triptych to Sell at Sotheby’s London for Half Its Price from Two Years Ago Once valued at $30 million, it now has a $15 million–$20 million estimate. By Daniel Cassady Jun 14, 2024 4:00 pm
News Sotheby’s Will Reportedly Lay Off Dozens of Employees in the UK In May, the auction house's New York contemporary art sale was slow, but leadership said it was pleased with the result. By Alex Greenberger May 29, 2024 4:09 pm
News Sotheby’s Rainmaker Brooke Lampley Heads to Gagosian Brooke Lampley, the Global Chairman and Head of Global Fine Art at Sotheby's, is leaving the auction house to become a Senior Director at Gagosian. By Daniel Cassady May 23, 2024 6:15 am
News Top Collector Ron Perelman Sold 71 Works Worth $963 M. by Picasso, Warhol, Basquiat and Others to Repay Banks The Top 200 collector sold 71 works through Sotheby's auctions and private sales. By Karen K. Ho May 22, 2024 9:13 am
News Jerry Gogosian Apologizes After Mocking Sotheby’s Auctioneer’s Name Ashkan Baghestani accused her of using "hate speech" in a video she had posted to Instagram. By Anni Irish May 17, 2024 5:48 pm
News Leonora Carrington Smashes Record at Sotheby’s, Lawsuit Launched Over Lost Star Trek Ship, Spain Unveils Submerged Roman Treasures, and More: Morning Links for May 16, 2024 Here's what we're reading this morning. By The Editors of ARTnews May 16, 2024 9:25 am
Market Sotheby’s Modern Evening Sale Yields $235 M. Led by $38.4 M. Monet and Record-Smash for Leonora Carrington at $28.5 M. The evening sale was boosted by the record sale of a Leonora Carrington painting for $28.5 M. By Karen K. Ho May 16, 2024 12:29 am
Market New Record for Leonora Carrington as Surrealist Painting Sells for $28.5 M. at Sotheby’s Eduardo F. Costantini was reportedly the piece's buyer. By Harrison Jacobs May 15, 2024 9:20 pm
Market An Anxious May Auction Season Kicks Off With Tepid Results At Best There have been a few highlights so far. By Karen K. Ho May 15, 2024 2:04 pm
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