Pierre-Auguste Renoir, View of the Sea from Haute-Cagnes, 1910 (oil on canvas) was restituted to the heirs of Jakob Goldschmidt and then repurchased by the city of Hagen for display at Osthaus Museum Hagen; the arrangement was supported by Kulturstiftung der Länder, North Rhine-Westphalia state, and the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir — View of the Sea from Haut-Cagnes
France passes landmark restitution law for looted art. The article references New York’s May auction calendar with marquee sales at Sotheby’s, Christie’s, Phillips, Bonhams, and Fair Warning, and mentions specific works such as Mark Rothko’s Brown and Blacks in Reds (1957), a 1948 Jackson Pollock drip painting, Claude Monet’s La Route de Vétheuil, effet de neige (1879), Yoshitomo Nara’s Words Mean Nothing at All (2012), Banksy’s Girl and Balloon on Found Landscape (2012), and details about the S.I. Newhouse collection.
The Art Newspaper previews New York's May 2026 spring sales at Christie's, Sotheby's, Phillips and Bonhams, with works cumulatively estimated to bring between $1.8bn and $2.6bn. Estates and collections offered include those of S.I. Newhouse, Marian Goodman, Robert Mnuchin, Agnes Gund and Enrico and Adele Donati; headline lots cited include Gerhard Richter's Kerze (Candle) (1982) at $35m to $50m, Mark Rothko's Brown and Blacks in Reds (1957) at $70m to $100m, Jackson Pollock's Number 7A (1948) at about $100m, Constantin Brancusi's Danaide at about $100m, Pablo Picasso's Arlequin (Buste) up to $40m, Vincent van Gogh's La Moisson en Provence at $25m to $35m, and Jean-Michel Basquiat's Museum Security (Broadway Meltdown) (1983) at $45m and up.
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Andy Warhol — 4 Colored Marilyns (Reversal Series) — $4m to $6m
Andy Warhol — Brigitte Bardot — $14m to $18m
Andy Warhol — Sixteen Jackies — $15m to $20m
Constantin Brancusi — Danaïde — in the region of $100m
Édouard Manet — Pivoines dans une Bouteille — $7m to $10m
Gerhard Richter — Kerze (Candle) — $35m to $50m
Jackson Pollock — Number 7A — in the region of $100m
Jean-Michel Basquiat — Museum Security (Broadway Meltdown) — $45m and up
Lee Bontecou — Untitled — $1.2m to $1.8m
Mark Rothko — Brown and Blacks in Reds — $70m to $100m
Pablo Picasso — Arlequin (Buste) — up to $40m
Pat Passlof — Fortune — $300,000 to $500,000
Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Fleurs — $500,000 to $700,000
Vincent van Gogh — La Moisson en Provence — $25m to $35m
Willem de Kooning — Untitled III — $25m to $35m
Yoshitomo Nara — ...Words Mean Nothing at All — $4m to $6m
Mark Rothko's Brown and Blacks in Reds (1957) sold for $85.78m at Sotheby's in New York on 14 May 2026, part of the Robert Mnuchin collection evening auction. The price represented a roughly 12 percent annualized return over its previous $6m sale in 2003.
Sotheby’s May sale in New York totaled $433.1 million, led by an $85.8 million Rothko from the Mnuchin estate. The sale included 11 works from Robert Mnuchin and Adriana Mnuchin, with total group sales of $166.3 million with fees.
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Agnes Martin — Untitled #10 — $8.9 million
Andy Warhol — Brigitte Bardot — $24.8 million
Ding Shilun — Three Princes — $358,400
Florian Krewer — night hunters — $256,000
Jean-Michel Basquiat — Museum Security (Broadway Meltdown) — $52.7 million
Joan Mitchell — Loom II — $7.8 million
Joseph Yaeger — The Euphemism — $320,000
Lucio Fontana — Concetto spaziale, Il cielo di Venezia — $16.4 million
Mark Rothko — Brown and Blacks in Reds — $85.8 million
Mark Rothko — No. 1 — $20.8 million
Mark Rothko — Orange, Red, Yellow — $86.9 million
Mark Rothko — Untitled — $16.5 million
Roy Lichtenstein — Half Face with Collar — just shy of $13 million
TEFAF New York 2026 opened at the Park Avenue Armory with an invite-only preview on 14 May and public days from 15 to 19 May, reporting strong momentum. Reported sales included ML Fine Art placing Andy Warhol's Mao in the first hour, Mennour selling Lucio Fontana's Concetto Spaziale for $2.3 million, Thomas Gibson Fine Art selling Henry Moore's Reclining Figure for $395,000 and John Chamberlain's Honeybee Banquet for $250,000, and Tina Kim Gallery placing Ha Chong-Hyun paintings.
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Andy Warhol — Mao
Berndt Friberg — Studio Vases for Gustavsberg
Carl Axel Acking — Ceiling Lamp Model 981 — $42,500
Diego Giacometti — Torsade Coffee Table
Eugène Printz and Jean Dunand — Dining table in lacquered beech
Christie's 20th Century Evening Sale in New York totaled $490.3m, meeting its pre-sale estimate. The top lot was Mark Rothko's No. 15 (Two Greens and Red Stripe) (1964) at $98.39m, followed by Roy Lichtenstein's Anxious Girl (1964) at $46.06m, Cy Twombly's Untitled at $45.48m, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir's Woman with Lilacs (Portrait of Nini Lopez) at $28.23m.
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Alice Neel — Mother and Child (Nancy and Olivia) — $5.69m
Amedeo Modigliani — Almaïsa
Cy Twombly — Untitled — $45.48m
Joseph Cornell — Untitled (Medici series, Pinturicchio Boy)
Mark Rothko — No. 15 (Two Greens and Red Stripe) — $98.39m
Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Woman with Lilacs (Portrait of Nini Lopez) — $28.23m
Christie's reports a single-night sales total of $1.121,126,500 across Masterpieces: The Private Collection of S.I. Newhouse and the 20th Century Evening Sale in New York, with Jackson Pollock and Constantin Brancusi achieving record results in the evening sales.
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Aleksandr Rodchenko — Maquette for 'War of the Future' — $1,524,000
Alice Neel — Mother and Child (Nancy and Olivia) — $5,687,000
Constantin Brancusi — Danaïde — $107,585,000
Henri Matisse — Nature morte, fougeres et grenades — $4,833,000
Jackson Pollock — Number 7A, 1948 — $181,185,000
Joan Miro — Portrait de Madame K. — $53,535,000
Mark Rothko — 15 (Two Greens and Red Stripe) — $98,385,000
Jackson Pollock, Number 7A, 1948, sold at Christie’s for a hammer price of $157 million, with fees totaling $181.2 million. The work was formerly owned by S. I. Newhouse and set an auction record for Pollock.
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Jackson Pollock — Composition with Red Strokes — $55.4 million
Jackson Pollock — Number 17, 1951 — $61 million
Jackson Pollock — Number 19 — $58 million
Jackson Pollock — Number 31 — $54 million
Jackson Pollock — Number 7A — $157 million hammer; $181.2 million with fees
Christie's Masterpieces: The Private Collection of S.I. Newhouse sale in New York totaled $630.8m, exceeding its pre-sale high estimate with a 100 percent sell-through. The top lots were Jackson Pollock's Number 7A (1948) at $181.2m, Constantin Brancusi's Danaide (1913) at $107.6m, Joan Miro's Portrait de Madame K (1924) at $53.53m, and Pablo Picasso's Tete de femme (1907) at $48.36m.
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Constantin Brancusi — Danaïde — $107.6m
Jackson Pollock — Number 7A — $181.2m
Joan Miro — Portrait de Madame K — $53.53m
Pablo Picasso — Tête de femme (Fernande) — $48.36m
Sotheby's The Now and Contemporary evening sale in New York totaled US$266.8 million with fees, selling 40 of 44 lots. Jean-Michel Basquiat's Museum Security (Broadway Meltdown) (1983) led at US$52.7 million; other results included Willem de Kooning's Untitled III at $26m, Andy Warhol's Brigitte Bardot at $24.83m, Lucio Fontana's Concetto spaziale, Il cielo di Venezia at $16.49m, Mark Rothko's Untitled at $16.47m, Roy Lichtenstein's Half Face with Collar at $12.99m, Agnes Martin's Untitled #10 at $8.9m, Helen Frankenthaler's Cape Orange at $7.26m, Ed Ruscha's Me at $6.95m, and Keith Haring's Self-Portrait at $4.34m.
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Agnes Martin — Untitled #10 — US$8,904,000
Andy Warhol — Brigitte Bardot — US$24,830,000
Ding Shilun — Three Princes — US$358,400
Ed Ruscha — Me — US$6,952,000
Elizabeth Peyton — Earl's Court (Liam + Noel) — US$1,920,000
Helen Frankenthaler — Cape Orange — US$7,257,000
Isamu Noguchi — Shodo Flowing — US$2,432,000
Jean-Michel Basquiat — Museum Security (Broadway Meltdown) — US$52,717,500
Joseph Yaeger — The Euphemism — US$320,000
Keith Haring — Self-Portrait — US$4,340,000
Lucio Fontana — Concetto spaziale, Il cielo di Venezia — US$16,492,500
Mark Rothko — Untitled — US$16,465,000
Roy Lichtenstein — Half Face with Collar — US$12,985,000
Agnes Gund's Rothko painting No. 15 (Two Greens and Red Stripe), 1964, sold at Christie’s New York for a hammer price of $85 million and $98.4 million with fees, setting a new Abstract Expressionist auction record. The work carried an $80 million estimate and was originally purchased from Rothko in 1967 by Gund, who led MoMA from 1991 to 2002.
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Mark Rothko — Browns and Blacks in Reds — $85.8 million
Mark Rothko — No. 15 (Two Greens and Red Stripe) — $85 million hammer; $98.4 million with fees
The Christie’s Newhouse Collection sale at Rockefeller Plaza cleared its $450 million projection range, with Pollock Number 7A and Brancusi Danaïde both hitting the $100 million zone. The leads were Jackson Pollock’s Number 7A (1948) and Constantin Brancusi’s Danaïde (circa 1913), both selling at or above estimates; the sale is noted as a milestone for Newhouse-related auction activity and as a tone-setter for the rest of New York’s marquee week auctions.
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Constantin Brancusi — Danaïde — $100 million target
Jackson Pollock — Number 7A — $100 to $110 million band
Christie’s back-to-back evening auctions of the S.I. Newhouse collection and its 20th century evening sale netted about $1.1 billion with fees, exceeding pre-sale expectations. The sales featured records for artists including Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Constantin Brancusi, Joan Miró and Alice Neel, with notable works like Picasso's Tête de femme and Homme à la guitare achieving high prices.
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Agnes Martin — The Desert — $7.5m ($9.2m with fees)
Alice Neel — Mother and Child (Nancy and Olivia) — $4.6m ($5.6m with fees)
Andy Warhol — Do it Yourself (Violin) — $22m ($25.9m with fees)
Andy Warhol — Double Elvis (Ferus Type) — $23m ($27m with fees)
Constantin Brancusi — Danaïde — $93m ($107.5m with fees)
Cy Twombly — Untitled — $39m ($45.4m with fees)
Édouard Manet — Pivoines dans une Bouteille — $7m ($8.6m with fees)
Francis Bacon — Study for Portrait (after the life mask of William Blake) — $4.8m ($5.9m with fees)
Gustave Caillebotte — Le Déjeuner — $7m ($8.6m with fees)
Henri Matisse — Robe noire et robe violette — $29.5m ($34.5m with fees)
Jackson Pollock — Number 7A — $157m ($181.8m with fees)
Jasper Johns — Gray Target — $24.5m ($28.8m with fees)
Joan Miró — Portrait de Madame K — $46m ($53.5m with fees)
Joan Mitchell — Cherchez l’ aiguille — $10m ($12.1m with fees)
Joseph Cornell — Untitled (Medici Princess) — $5.6m ($6.9m with fees)
Lee Krasner — Lotus — $2m ($2.5m with fees)
Mark Rothko — No. 15 (Two Greens and Red Stripe) — $85m ($98.3m with fees)
Pablo Picasso — Homme à la guitare — $35m ($40.8m with fees)
Pablo Picasso — l’Atelier — $5.6m ($6.9m with fees)
Pablo Picasso — Tête de femme — $12m ($14.4m with fees)
Pablo Picasso — Tête de femme (Fernande) — $41.5m ($48.3m with fees)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir — La femme aux lilas (portrait de Nini Lopez) — $24m ($28.2m with fees)
Piet Mondrian — Composition with Large Red Plane, Blue, Gray, Black and Yellow — $34m ($39.7m with fees)
Roy Lichtenstein — Anxious Girl — $39.5m ($46m with fees)
At Frieze New York 2026, held at The Shed from 13 to 17 May, White Cube sold two 2025 works by El Anatsui for $2.2 million and $1.9 million, Thaddaeus Ropac placed a Georg Baselitz painting for 1.4 million euros, and Almine Rech sold a James Turrell installation for around $900,000 to $1 million. Korean galleries including Kukje and Tina Kim placed works by Ha Chong-Hyun and Kim Tschang-Yeul.
Jackson Pollock, Number 7A, 1948, sold for $181.2 million with fees at Christie’s, a new record for Pollock; the painting had a $100 million guarantee. The sale contributed to Christie’s $1.1 billion evening totals. The Pollock was part of the S. I. Newhouse collection, which yielded multiple high prices for other artists including Constantin Brancusi’s ca. 1913 Danaïde, which sold for $107.6 million with fees.
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Alice Neel — Mother and Child (Nancy and Olivia) — $5.7 million with fees
Constantin Brancusi — Danaïde — $107.6 million with fees
Jackson Pollock — Number 7A — $181.2 million with fees
Mark Rothko — No. 15 (Two Greens and Red Stripe) — $98.4 million with fees
At Christie's New York, Jackson Pollock's drip painting Number 7A, 1948 sold for 157 million dollars hammer, or 181.2 million dollars with fees, a record for the artist, as part of the sale of the S.I. Newhouse collection. In the same sale a bronze by Constantin Brancusi made 107.6 million dollars with fees, also a record for that artist. The 16 works from the Newhouse collection totalled 630.8 million dollars with fees.
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Jackson Pollock — Number 7A, 1948 — $157 million hammer; $181.2 million with buyer’s fees
The Christie’s SI Newhouse Collection and 20th-century art evening sale totaled $1.1 billion. Highlights include a Pollock at $181.2 million and a Rothko at $98.4 million, with strong bidding in the American art market and a substantial sub-$20 million market presence.
The page covers Christie’s sale of the Newhouse Collection, led by Jackson Pollock’s Number 7A which set a new record at $157 million (with premiums $181.2 million). It also discusses Constantin Brâncuşi’s Danaïde, with an estimate on request. The event relates to S. I. Newhouse and the Condé Nast group.
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Constantin Brancusi — Danaïde — $93 million (or $107.56 million w/p)
Jackson Pollock — Number 7A — $157 million (or $181.2 million with premiums)
Joan Miró — Portrait de Madame K — $46 million (or $53.5 million w/p)
Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Alberto Giacometti, and Vincent van Gogh were highlighted as blue-chip works during Sotheby’s Modern Evening Sale, which totaled $303.9 million with 98 percent of lots selling. The sale came in below the presale high estimate of $320.2 million.
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Alberto Giacometti — La Clairière (Composition avec neuf figures) — $23.1 million
Charles Sheeler — Windows — $2.05 million
Georgia O’Keeffe — Pink Camellia — $2.56 million
Henri Matisse — La Chaise lorraine — $48.4 million
Henri Matisse — La Séance du matin — $20 million before fees; $21.2 million with fees
Leonor Fini — Portrait de Alida Valli II — $1.15 million
Leonora Carrington — El retorno de la osa mayor — $1.66 million
Pablo Picasso — Arlequin (Buste) — $40 million, or $42.6 million with fees
Pablo Picasso — Buste de femme — $5.4 million
Paul Klee — Gartenfigur — $4.63 million
Varvara Stepanova — Two Figures — $2.3 million
Vincent van Gogh — La Moisson en Provence — $29.4 million
Sotheby's New York Modern art evening sale totalled 303.3 million dollars with fees. Henri Matisse's La Chaise lorraine (1919) from the Barbier Mueller Collection led at 48.4 million dollars with fees after a bidding battle, and his La Seance du matin made 20 million dollars. Other results included Pablo Picasso's Arlequin (Buste) (1909) at 42.6 million dollars, Vincent van Gogh's La Moisson en Provence (1888) at 29.4 million dollars, Alberto Giacometti's La Clairiere at 23.1 million dollars hammer, Mark Rothko's Untitled (c. 1959) at 9.27 million dollars, Georgia O'Keeffe's Pink Camellia (1945) at 2.6 million dollars, Yves Tanguy's Aux Aguets le jour (1939) at 1.8 million dollars, and a pair of Diego Giacometti Carcasse chenets at 512,000 dollars.
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Alberto Giacometti — Buste d'homme (dit New York I) — $2.6m ($3.3m with fees)
Alberto Giacometti — La Clairière (Composition avec neuf figures) — $23.1m
Auguste Rodin — Penseur Taille de la Porte dit — passed at $7.5m
Diego Giacometti — Pair of “Carcasse” Chenets — $400,000 ($512,000 with fees)
Georgia O’Keeffe — Pink Camellia — $2m ($2.6m with fees)
Henri Matisse — La Chaise lorraine — $41.5m ($48.4m with fees)
Henri Matisse — La Séance du matin — $17.5m ($20m with fees)
Leonor Fini — Portrait de Alida Valli II — $900,000 ($1.2m with fees)
Leonora Carrington — El retorno de la osa mayor — $1.4m ($1.6m with fees)
Mark Rothko — Untitled — $7.5m ($9.27m with fees)
Pablo Picasso — Arlequin (Buste) — $40m ($42.6m with fees)
Vincent van Gogh — La Moisson en Provence — $25m ($29.4m with fees)
Yves Tanguy — Aux Aguets le jour — $1.4m ($1.8m with fees)
Phillips's Modern and Contemporary evening sale in New York on 19 May 2026 brought a hammer total of $91.73m ($115.2m with fees), with every lot sold. Andy Warhol's Sixteen Jackies (1964) was the top lot at $16.2m, followed by Claude Monet's La Route de Vetheuil, effet de neige (1879) at $9.9m, Jackson Pollock's Untitled (c. 1948) at $9.1m, Joan Mitchell's Plain (1989) at $6.8m, Lee Bontecou's Untitled at $4.2m, Helen Frankenthaler's Paloverde at $2.1m, and Anna Weyant's Dinner at $980,400.
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Andy Warhol — Sixteen Jackies — $13.5m ($16.2m with fees)
Anna Weyant — Dinner — $760,000 ($980,400 with fees)
Cecily Brown — Untitled — $520,000 ($670,800 with fees)
Claude Monet — La Route de Vétheuil, effet de neige — $7.5m ($9.9m with fees)
Helen Frankenthaler — Paloverde — $1.7m ($2.1m with fees)
Jackson Pollock — Untitled — $7.4m ($9.1m with fees)
Joan Mitchell — Plain — $5.5m ($6.8m with fees)
Joseph Yaeger — There is a light and it always goes out — $370,000 ($477,300 with fees)
Lee Bontecou — Untitled — $3.3m ($4.2m with fees)
P. S. Krøyer — Selvportræt, siddende ved staffeliet på Skagens strand (Self-Portrait, Sitting by His Easel at Skagen Beach) — $1m ($1.2m with fees)
Pat Passlof — Fortune — $450,000 ($580,500 with fees)
Salman Toor — Two Friends — $260,000 ($335,400 with fees)
Gerhard Richter, 18. Juni 2009 (2009), from Marian Goodman’s collection, sold for $82,550 (with fees $82,550) and one of eight Richter works, Kerze (Candle) (1982), sold as part of the Goodman holdings; the Christie’s sale overall totaled $162.7 million. The lot group including Kerze and seven other Goodman Richters netted $78.8 million in a 42-lot sale at Christie’s in New York.
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Dan Flavin — the diagonal of May 25, 1963 (to Constantin Brancusi) — $1.65 million
Gerhard Richter — 18. Juni 2009 — $82,550
Gerhard Richter — Abstraktes Bild — $6.54 million
Gerhard Richter — Kerze (Candle) — $30 million hammer; $35.1 million with fees
Gerhard Richter — Mohn (Poppy) — $20.1 million
Jean-Michel Basquiat — Asbestos — $5.3 million hammer; $6.54 million with fees
A market wrap of the May 2026 New York evening sales reports Christie's delivered a double-header that totalled $1.1 billion on its opening night, Sotheby's followed with $303.9 million in Modern art, and Phillips added $115.2 million, for a week the report frames as around $1.8 billion across the three houses. Highlights cited include Jackson Pollock's Number 7A (1948) at $181.2 million, Henri Matisse's La Chaise Lorraine at $48.4 million, Pablo Picasso's Arlequin (Buste) at $42.6 million, a Donald Judd untitled stack at $12.8 million, and Andy Warhol's Sixteen Jackies (1964).
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Andy Warhol — Four Coloured Marilyns (Reversal Series) — $5.63 million
Andy Warhol — Sixteen Jackies — $13.5 million
Carl Andre — 66 Copper-Carbon Corner — $880,000
Donald Judd — Untitled — $10.6 million, or $12.8 million with fees
Eric Fischl — The Pizza Eater — $250,000
Gerhard Richter — 10. Dez. 99 [Firenze] — $190,000
Gerhard Richter — Kerze (Candle) — $30 million, or $35.1 million with fees
Henri Matisse — La Chaise Lorraine — $48.4 million
Jackson Pollock — Number 7A — $181.2 million
Jackson Pollock — Untitled — $9.1 million, including fees
Pablo Picasso — Arlequin (Buste) — $42.6 million
René Magritte — Femme-bouteille — $974,000
Richard Artschwager — Two-Part Invention — $500,000
Vincent van Gogh — La Moisson en Provence — $29.4 million
Christie's evening auctions in New York on 20 May 2026, featuring Gerhard Richter works from the collection of the late dealer Marian Goodman, totaled $162.6 million with fees. Gerhard Richter's Kerze (Candle) (1982) sold for $35.1 million, a Donald Judd untitled plexiglass and copper stack for $12.8 million, Carl Andre's 66 Copper-Carbon Corner for $1.1 million, and Jean-Michel Basquiat's Asbestos (1982) for $6.5 million.
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Carl Andre — 66 Copper-Carbon Corner — $880,000 ($1.1m with fees)
Donald Judd — Untitled — $10.6m ($12.8m with fees)
Eric Fischl — The Pizza Eater — $250,000 ($300,000 with fees)
Gerhard Richter — 10. Dez. 99 [Firenze] — $190,000 ($241,300 with fees)
Gerhard Richter — Kerze (Candle) — $30m ($35m with fees)
Jean-Michel Basquiat — Asbestos — $5.3m ($6.5m with fees)
Richard Artschwager — Two-Part Invention — $500,000 ($635,000 with fees)
Banksy's Girl and Balloon on Found Landscape (2012), from the artist's Crude Oils series, sold for US$18 million (about 13.3 million pounds) at a Fair Warning auction held inside Tiffany and Co's Landmark store on Fifth Avenue in New York on 20 May 2026. The price placed the work among the highest ever paid for a Banksy.
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Banksy — Game Changer — £16.8 million ($23,1 million)
Banksy — Girl and Balloon on Found Landscape — US $18 million (£13.3 million)
Banksy — Love Is in the Bin — £18.6 million ($25.4 million)
Banksy — Sunflowers From Petrol Station — £10.7 million ($14.5 million)
Bonhams concluded its 20th and 21st Century Art Week at its new New York flagship at 111 West 57th Street with a grand total of $28.34 million, its evening sale held on 20 May 2026. The single-owner Renoir Collection of Gabrielle Renard sold all 21 works for $4.1 million, led by Pierre-Auguste Renoir's Fleurs (1887) at $559,300 and Gabrielle a la blouse blanche (1907) at $381,500; other highlights were Yoshitomo Nara's Words Mean Nothing at All at $5.02 million, Constantin Brancusi's La Muse endormie II at $3.09 million, and Rene Magritte's Le miroir vivant at $2.06 million.
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Alex Katz — Green Hat — $229,100
Alexander Calder — Central Black Spiral — $165,600
Banksy — Girl with Balloon — $953,000
Bernard Buffet — Tréboul, environs de Douarnenez, le port à marée basse — $254,500
Blanche Hoschedé-Monet — La Risle, Beaumont-le-Roger — $159,250
Bob Thompson — Horseman of the Queen of Sheba — $267,200
Constantin Brancusi — La Muse endormie II — $3.09 million
Ed Ruscha — Streaks of Oil — $635,500
Edgar Degas — Danseuse assise — $203,700
Fernand Léger — Composition aux gants jaunes — $356,100
Henri Matisse — Jeune femme au chapeau — $241,800
Jacques Lipchitz — Musical Instruments with Basket of Fruit and Grapes — $102,100
Janet Fish — Painted Flowers – April — $660,900
Karel Appel — Waiting Face — $318,000
Le Pho — Fleurs — $108,450
Olga de Amaral — Imagen perdida 35 — $787,900
Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Étude de roses, de têtes et de nus — $356,100
Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Fleurs — $559,300
Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Gabrielle à la blouse blanche — $381,500
Sotheby's reports its New York spring 2026 season closed with $908.6 million in sales across its Contemporary and Modern evening and day auctions. Highlights included Mark Rothko's Brown and Blacks in Reds at $85.8 million, Henri Matisse's La Chaise lorraine at $48.4 million, Pablo Picasso's Arlequin (Buste) at $42.6 million, Vincent van Gogh's La Moisson en Provence at $29.4 million, Andy Warhol's Brigitte Bardot at $24.8 million, Alberto Giacometti's La Clairiere at $23.1 million, and Roy Lichtenstein's Girl in Mirror at $6.4 million.
Christie’s New York achieved more than $1.45 billion across nine sales spanning Impressionist & Modern, Post-War & Contemporary, American and Latin American Art during the Spring Marquee Week. Adrien Meyer donated a Mark Rothko from the Agnes Gund collection for $98.4 million; the event marked the highest Spring total in Christie’s 260-year history. The results contribute to a global Marquee Week total exceeding $2 billion in 2026 across New York, London, Hong Kong and Paris.
Apollo analyses New York's May 2026 marquee auctions, in which more than $2.5bn of art sold. Jackson Pollock's Number 7A (1948) set a record at $181.2m, roughly three times his previous $61.2m high, and Constantin Brancusi's Danaide (1913) made $108m; other results cited include Mark Rothko's No. 15 (Two Greens and Red Stripe) at $98.4m and Brown and Blacks in Reds at $85.7m, Henri Matisse's La Chaise lorraine at $48.4m, Gerhard Richter's Kerze (Candle) at $30m hammer, and a Donald Judd stack at $12.8m, with Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, Andy Warhol, Sol LeWitt, Carl Andre and Joan Miro also discussed.
Christie’s examines Two flower paintings by ‘the greatest of all’ Dutch still-life artists: Jan van Huysum and its significance for artists, collectors, institutions, or the art market.
Christie's will offer the Clermont-Tonnerre Grail, a richly illustrated medieval manuscript, in London with a £1.5 million to £2 million estimate. Produced around 1290 to 1310, it preserves early versions of the King Arthur, Merlin and Holy Grail narratives.
A researcher for Gustav Schweitzer's heir says a Cezanne watercolour shown at the Fondation Beyeler was lost through Nazi persecution. Archival records document Schweitzer lending the work in 1936, while its later transfer remains unresolved between a possible forced sale and looting.
Christie’s reports on The Kiran Nadar Museum of Art and Christie's Unveil 'The Meeting Ground: Scenes from the KNMA Collection'. Its source account states that lONDON – The Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), New Delhi and Christie's London announce The Meeting Ground: Scenes from the KNMA Collection .
Christie’s reports on The Collection of Henry S. McNeil, Jr. and Marian's Richters & the 21st Century Evening Sale Total: $162,698,350. Its source account states that nEW YORK – Following two days of record-breaking sales across eras and categories, Christie's continued its billion-dollar Spring Marquee Week with back-to-back evening sales on Wednesday, May 20 showcasing works from the post-war and contemporary eras: Defined Space: The Collection of Henry S.
Christie’s examines PHILLIPS’ MORNING AND AFTERNOON SESSIONS OF MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART ACHIEVE $30.5 MILLION, A 40% INCREASE FROM MAY 2025 and its significance for artists, collectors, institutions, or the art market.
Sotheby’s reports on Collection Fred Feinsilber de Giacometti à Brauner | Art Auction & Sales. Its source account states that collection Fred Feinsilber de Giacometti à Brauner | Art Auction & Sales | Sotheby's.
France's parliament unanimously adopted legislation allowing the government to return colonial-era looted artworks without passing a separate law for each object. The measure removes a major procedural barrier to restitution requests from countries including Algeria, Mali and Benin.
Christie’s examines Your guide to Christie's 20/21 auction week in New York and its significance for artists, collectors, institutions, or the art market.
Christie’s examines Explore the 2026 Venice Biennale India Pavilion with curator Dr Amin Jaffer and its significance for artists, collectors, institutions, or the art market.
The Klesch Collection acquired Sandro Botticelli's The Virgin and Child Enthroned and will lend it to Oxford's Ashmolean Museum for three years. The painting was valued at £10.2 million under a UK export bar after selling at Sotheby's for £9.7 million with fees.