Art News

Apple Music Gives Artists More Profile Control, but the Review Queue and the Fine Print Set the Terms

New spotlighting, logo and button-color tools arrive with iOS 27 — useful, modest, and gated at every turn.

Global Art Sales Fell 4 Percent to $65 Billion in 2023: Art Basel–UBS Report

The Art Basel and UBS Art Market Report 2024 put 2023 global sales at $65 billion, down 4 percent — but the number the trade actually argued about was the 30 percent drop at the top of the market.

What a Hammer Price Really Costs: Buyer's Premiums, Seller Terms, and the Fees Auction Houses Don't Advertise

A Lethal Summer for Galleries: Kasmin, Clearing and Blum Wind Down as the Fall Season Resets

Between July and August 2026, several established New York and Los Angeles galleries announced closures or wind-downs — the visible edge of a dealer sector that auction headlines keep flattering.

How Buyer's Premiums Work in Art Auctions, and Why Sotheby's Just Raised Its Rates

A breakdown of the fee that decides what a winning bid actually costs, and what changed in Sotheby's 2026 schedule.

Manhattan DA Returns 657 Antiquities to India in the Largest Single Repatriation of 2026

The May 2026 handover, valued near $14 million, caps an 18-month run in which the Antiquities Trafficking Unit has returned objects to India, Greece, Türkiye, Italy, Spain and Hungary.

Court Orders Restitution of Modigliani's Seated Man With a Cane, Ending an 11-Year Battle

A New York judge ruled for the Stettiner heirs in April 2026 — the headline decision in a restitution half-year that also produced new federal legislation and a wave of voluntary Schiele returns.

Christie's Posts Its Biggest May Ever as Spring 2026 Auctions Near $1.8 Billion in New York

A $1.45 billion marquee week, an $85.8 million Rothko and a $52.7 million Basquiat gave the houses their strongest first half since 2022 — with the usual caveat that growth stayed concentrated at the top.

New York's Summer Museum Calendar Gets a Rare New Building: The Tang Wing Opens June 18

The New York Historical's Tang Wing for American Democracy arrives weeks after the New Museum's OMA expansion began welcoming visitors — two openings that make 2026 the city's biggest museum-construction year in a decade.

Guggenheim Workers Vote 93 Percent to Authorize a Strike as Museum Labor's Busy Year Accelerates

UAW Local 2110 members at the Guggenheim authorized a walkout in February after months of stalled contract talks — one front in a spring labor cycle that now includes a fresh union at the Met.