Christie’s held its annual Art + Tech Summit on July 17, 2026. CHRISTIE’S LTD 2026 The annual Christie’s Art+Tech Summit has always taken on the year’s hottest topic. In 2026, the event could hardly avoid the elephant in the room that is artificial intelligence. A.I. was not only the opening theme but the focus of … Read more
Behind each house’s record totals are trophy collections, surging luxury categories, a growing online bidder base and gains concentrated at the top of the market. CHRISTIE’S LTD 2026 Just before the art world sailed off for its summer break, the two biggest auction houses posted record half-year results, with Christie’s leading at $4.5 billion in … Read more
Christie’s sales on June 25 brought £25.7 million ($34 million), with the sale of the Zabludowicz collection achieving £15.5 million ($20.5 million). CHRISTIE’S IMAGES LTD. 2026 The London sales opened with a record-setting £393.4 million night for Sotheby’s, led by the benchmark-shattering £273.6 million Lewis sale, which became not only the most expensive single-owner collection … Read more
Since its founding in 2022, Civil Art has raised more than $755,000 to create over 140 opportunities for API artists. Photo: Bochun Cheng Asian Americans account for only 1 percent of reported cultural engagement, making them the least supported community in New York. Civil Art—an organization that supports API artists, art writers, and cultural professionals—was … Read more
Christie’s May 20 evening sales achieved a combined total of $162,698,350. Photo: Alan Padilla There is very little room for error left among the major auction houses: increasingly, every consignment and sale must be executed with perfection, so that, at worst, a lot will go underestimated but still sell, particularly in the main evening sales … Read more
Joanna Flaum, Christie’s Vice President of 20th and 21st Century Art. CHRISTIE IMAGES LIMITED. 2026 It’s Art Week in New York, and while this week is all about the exhibitions, next week all eyes will be on the auctions. A certain type of art history major will no doubt be visiting Christie’s this weekend, eager … Read more
Heritage’s $7.6 million “Trading Card Games and Manga Signature®” auction result reinforced the market momentum for collectibles from the Pokémon franchise. Courtesy Heritage Auctions / HA.com Nineties nostalgia has created an entirely new market for anime- or fantasy-inspired trading cards, as well as for action figures, manga and vintage consoles and electronics, largely driven by … Read more
American media mogul SI Newhouse and British-American fashion editor and journalist Anna Wintour laugh at a party in New York City in 1990. (Photo by Sonia Moskowitz/Getty Images) The big sale in London – which closed at more than £364.4 million across the three major theaters – had not yet ended when Christie’s and Sotheby’s … Read more
Christie’s marquee evening sales in London delivered a combined £197,472,600 total. CHRISTIE’S IMAGES LTD. 2026 If the £131 million total achieved at Sotheby’s the previous evening suggested that the art market continues to move forward with remarkable composure—seemingly unfazed by wars, political fractures and a global economy unraveling in slow motion—Christie’s set out to reinforce … Read more