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antiquesandartireland.com
Peter Doig’s Ski Jacket (1994) sold for €16,381,960 at Christie’s London evening sale, achieving the highest Frieze Week total in London in seven years. Notable records include Paula Rego, Suzanne Valadon, Annie Morris and Esben Weile Kjær, with works by Peter Doig, Lucian Freud, Gerhard Richter, and Cezanne also selling for multi‑million amounts.
noorroyalgallery.com
The article discusses Hong Kong autumn sales across Christie’s, Phillips, and Sotheby’s, highlighting blue-chip strength from artists such as Pablo Picasso, Yayoi Kusama, Yoshitomo Nara, and Marc Chagall, and slower demand for ultra-contemporary works. It provides auction results including Christie’s Salvo piece, Picasso and Zeng Fanzhi figures, Phillips' sale totals, and notable results like Yoshitomo Nara – Pinky and Javer Calleja’s underperforming lots.
press.christies.com
Henri Matisse: Lines of Connection, an online sale of works on paper from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation, concluded the morning of October 8, 2025 realizing more than $2.5 million with proceeds benefiting charities across New York. The top lot was Deux têtes, which realized $304,800, followed by Nu au chapeau (La robe jaune) at $127,000, Autoportrait at $107,950, and Les Glaïeuls at $95,250. Other notable results included Etude de branche at $24,130, Etude d'ornements pour les Lettres Portugaises at $27,940, and Les trois modeles at $57,150.
codex.vasari.art
George Condo is represented jointly by Sprüth Magers and Skarstedt, ending his six-year relationship with Hauser & Wirth. Condo has previously shown with Sprüth Magers since 1984 and was represented by Skarstedt from 2004 to 2019; recent market activity includes over $6 million in auction sales and a retrospective at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris. Auction records show a peak of $6.8 million and living-artist sales totaling $39.2 million at auction in 2024.
press.christies.com
Peter Doig's Ski Jacket led the sale at £14,270,000 / $19,064,720 / €16,381,960 as part of Christie's 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale which totaled £106,925,400 / $142,852,334 / €122,750,359, 30% higher year on year; Paula Rego, Suzanne Valadon, Annie Morris and Esben Weile Kjær achieved world auction records. The Ole Faarup Collection lots totaled £27,318,500 / $36,497,516 / €31,361,683, and buyers were 56% from EMEA, 28% from Americas, 16% from APAC.
news.artnet.com
Peter Doig’s Ski Jacket (1994) sold for £12 million (£14.3 million with fees) at Christie’s London, achieving about $19.2 million including fees. The event, Christie’s 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale, reported total sales after fees of £106.9 million ($142.8 million) and 55 lots sold from 61 offered, with Doig as the top seller and several notable flops including works by Pablo Picasso and Gerhard Richter.
codex.vasari.art
Christie’s announces a two-part auction titled Beyond Ordinary – Then. Now. Next. with 106 lots from the Zabludowicz Collection, scheduled for June 2026 in London, including a live auction and an online session with an estimated total of about £15 million. Notable artists include Philip Guston, Damien Hirst and Richard Prince; Guston’s Mirror Head is estimated up to £5.5 million and Hirst’s I Love You is highlighted as a significant work from the period of his Turner Prize win.
artnews.com
Peter Doig’s 1994 painting Ski Jacket sold for £14 million (about $19 million) at Christie’s London, setting a strong tone in the 20th/21st Century Evening Sale which totaled $142.9 million across 61 lots. The sale reflects a significant year-over-year gain and a high sell-through rate of 90 percent by value; Paula Rego’s 1995 Dancing Ostriches triptych also set a new record at £3.4 million ($4.6 million).
codex.vasari.art
David Zwirner gallery will officially represent Yoshitomo Nara, with a first solo show planned in New York. The deal was brokered through Nara’s international agent Joe Baptista and Equivalence Art Agency; Baptista was formerly at Pace Gallery. Nara’s past representation included Blum Gallery, which closed earlier this year. Pace Gallery’s Marc Glimcher commented on the development. Nara’s auction record is $25 million, and his career includes surveys at OCMA, Guggenheim Bilbao, Hayward Gallery, and LACMA, highlighting his status in the blue-chip market.
europesays.com
Peter Doig’s Ski Jacket (1994) sold for £14,270,000 ($19,064,720) at Christie’s 20th/21st Century London Evening Sale in London, with Doig’s Country Rock (1998-1999) selling for £9,210,000 ($12,304,560). Other notable results included a work by Domenico Gnoli at £977,000 and René Magritte at £762,990; total evening sale value was £106,925,400 ($142,852,000).
theartnewspaper.com
Peter Doig’s Ski Jacket (1994) sold for £14.2m at Christie’s, exceeding its £6m-£8m estimate. The evening sale, part of Frieze week, had a total of £106.9m, within expectations and about 30% higher than last year’s comparable sale. The coverage notes a mixed picture with strong performances offset by lower estimates and price corrections in other works.
artnews.com
The painting California (IKB 71) by Yves Klein, the largest format he made in International Klein Blue (IKB), sold at Christie’s Paris for €18.4 million ($21.4 million), a new auction record for Klein in France. The work was offered as the cover lot in the Avant-garde(s) including Thinking Italian sale, with a reported estimate of €16 million to €25 million.
sothebys.com
Amedeo Modigliani’s Elvire en buste sold for €27 million ($31.3 million) at Sotheby’s Paris, setting a new record for a Modigliani painting sold in France. The sale helped anchor a record Paris week totaling €89.7 million across Modernités and Surrealism and Its Legacy, with another Modigliani, Raymond, selling for €10.6 million.
malaymail.com
Yves Klein’s blue monochrome California (IKB 71) sold for €18.4 million (RM90 million) at Christie’s in Paris, the highest price ever paid for a Klein painting in France. The work is a four-metre by two-metre blue monochrome and is titled California (IKB 71).
www-s1.npr.org
Picasso portrait of muse Dora Maar, titled Bust of a Woman with a Flowered Hat, was auctioned for 32,012,397 euros (about $37 million) at the Drouot auction house in Paris, including buyer fees. The painting, from Picasso's early Blue Period and part of the Woman in a Hat series, had remained in the family collection since 1944.
news.artnet.com
Pablo Picasso’s Buste de femme au chapeau à fleurs (Dora Maar) (1943) sold for €32 million ($37.2 million) at Hôtel Drouot, above its €8 million presale estimate. The work had been unseen in public for eight decades and was previously known only from a Brassaï photograph and a reproductions in Christian Zervos’s catalogue raisonné.
internationalartacquisitions.com
Paris proves its place - International Art Acquisitions reports on Art Basel Paris 2025, noting strong attendance and resilience of the global art market. The piece covers major high-value sales including Gerhard Richter Abstraktes Bild (1987) at $23 million, Amedeo Modigliani Jeune fille aux macarons (1918) near $10 million, Mehretu painting (2007) at $11.5 million, and Georg Baselitz Cowboy (2024) at $4 million, among others.
hyperallergic.com
The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation are named in a lawsuit regarding Vincent van Gogh's 1889 Olive Picking, allegedly looted by the Nazis, with heirs seeking restitution or the painting’s value and damages over $75,000.
Christie’s
Christie’s reports on Christie's Hong Kong Chinese Paintings Ni Zan's River Pavilion, Mountain Colours Achieves HK$160M/US$20.7M. Its source account states that hong Kong – On 28 October 2025, Christie's Hong Kong held its Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy auction.
Christie’s
Christie’s examines The Prince & Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan collection and its significance for artists, collectors, institutions, or the art market.
Christie’s
Christie’s examines Hockney’s first double portrait comes to auction and its significance for artists, collectors, institutions, or the art market.
Phillips
Phillips details IMPORTANT 20TH-CENTURY FRENCH DESIGN TO LEAD PHILLIPS’ LONDON AUCTION, including the artists, works, estimates, and sale context documented in the release.
Phillips
Phillips details PHILLIPS’ OCTOBER EDITIONS & WORKS ON PAPER SALES TOTAL $6.8 MILLION, including the artists, works, estimates, and sale context documented in the release.
Christie’s
Christie’s examines A guide to the Pop-influenced Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara and its significance for artists, collectors, institutions, or the art market.
The Art Newspaper
Frieze will take over Abu Dhabi Art and launch its first Middle East fair in November 2026 through a partnership with the Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism. The expansion gives Frieze eight fairs and places it in direct regional competition with Art Basel's planned Doha edition.
The Art Newspaper
Sotheby's will offer Jean-Michel Basquiat's 1981 Crowns (Peso Neto), made in Annina Nosei's gallery basement and included in his first solo show. The work has never appeared at auction and carries a $35 million to $40 million estimate.
Phillips
Phillips details PHILLIPS’ OCTOBER PHOTOGRAPHS AUCTIONS TOTAL $8.5 MILLION, including the artists, works, estimates, and sale context documented in the release.
Phillips
Phillips details PHILLIPS REVEALS HIGHLIGHTS FROM OCTOBER EDITIONS & WORKS ON PAPER AUCTIONS, including the artists, works, estimates, and sale context documented in the release.
The Art Newspaper
Pablo Picasso's Buste de Femme hammered at HK$196.75 million, setting an Asia record for the artist. The result led a Christie's Hong Kong evening sale that made $72.6 million, down 46 percent from the comparable auction a year earlier.
The Art Newspaper
Almine Rech closed its Mayfair gallery and placed the UK company into voluntary liquidation. Companies House filings put the branch's deficit at £6.3 million, although £6 million relates to intercompany and shareholder loans.