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  <title>Art Report</title>
  <subtitle>Art Report publishes independent coverage of Galleries / Museums.</subtitle>
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  <updated>2026-08-22T23:48:19.563Z</updated>
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    <title>How the Buyer&apos;s Premium Works at Art Auctions, and Why It Keeps Climbing</title>
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    <id>https://artreport.org/guides/how-the-buyer-s-premium-works-at-art-auctions-and-why-it-keeps-climbing.html</id>
    <summary><![CDATA[Sotheby's and Christie's have both raised their entry-level buyer's premiums since September 2025, reshaping what collectors of lower-priced lots actually]]></summary>
    <published>2026-08-20T12:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-21T03:36:11.607Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Colin Reyes</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Contemporary Artist and Celebrity Influencer Victoria Unikel and 5 Contemporary Artists You Need to Know</title>
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    <id>https://artreport.org/art-news/contemporary-artist-and-celebrity-influencer-victoria-unikel-and-5-contemporary-artists-you-need-to-know.html</id>
    <summary><![CDATA[The Intersection of Art and Influence: Victoria Unikel, a multifaceted contemporary artist and influencer, stands at the unique intersection ...]]></summary>
    <published>2024-06-28T20:13:06.000Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-21T03:23:45.342Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Javier Hughes</name>
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How Buyer&apos;s Premiums Work in Art Auctions, and Why Sotheby&apos;s Just Raised Its Rates</title>
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    <id>https://artreport.org/art-news/how-buyer-s-premiums-work-in-art-auctions-and-why-sotheby-s-just-raised-its-rates.html</id>
    <summary><![CDATA[A breakdown of the fee that decides what a winning bid actually costs, and what changed in Sotheby's 2026 schedule.]]></summary>
    <published>2026-08-20T12:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-22T02:23:02.071Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Clara Bennett</name>
    </author>
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  <entry>
    <title>How Gallery Representation Actually Works, From the 50/50 Split to Shared Rosters</title>
    <link href="https://artreport.org/artists/how-gallery-representation-actually-works-from-the-50-50-split-to-shared-rosters.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://artreport.org/artists/how-gallery-representation-actually-works-from-the-50-50-split-to-shared-rosters.html</id>
    <summary><![CDATA[The math, the history, and the deal structures behind who profits when an artist's career takes off, and why a growing number of artists no longer sign on with just one gallery.]]></summary>
    <published>2026-08-20T12:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-22T02:23:02.075Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Javier Hughes</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>What a Hammer Price Really Costs: Buyer&apos;s Premiums, Seller Terms, and the Fees Auction Houses Don&apos;t Advertise</title>
    <link href="https://artreport.org/business-news/what-a-hammer-price-really-costs-buyer-s-premiums-seller-terms-and-the-fees-auction-houses-don-t-advertise.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://artreport.org/business-news/what-a-hammer-price-really-costs-buyer-s-premiums-seller-terms-and-the-fees-auction-houses-don-t-advertise.html</id>
    <summary><![CDATA[Sotheby's now charges 28 percent on hammer prices up to $2 M. and Christie's 27 percent up to $1.5 M. A guide to the fee stack sitting between the auctioneer's call and the invoice.]]></summary>
    <published>2026-08-20T12:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-22T02:23:02.079Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Javier Hughes</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How the Gallery-Artist Commission Split Actually Works, From the 50/50 Norm to New York&apos;s Trust Fund Law</title>
    <link href="https://artreport.org/galleries/how-the-gallery-artist-commission-split-actually-works-from-the-50-50-norm-to-new-york-s-trust-fund-law.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://artreport.org/galleries/how-the-gallery-artist-commission-split-actually-works-from-the-50-50-norm-to-new-york-s-trust-fund-law.html</id>
    <summary><![CDATA[The consignment agreement, not the wall label, is what determines who gets paid, when, and what happens to the money if a gallery goes under.]]></summary>
    <published>2026-08-20T12:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-22T02:23:02.085Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Hugo Marchetti</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How Museums Actually Acquire Art: Committee Votes, Dollar Thresholds, and the Rules on Deaccessioning</title>
    <link href="https://artreport.org/museums/how-museums-actually-acquire-art-committee-votes-dollar-thresholds-and-the-rules-on-deaccessioning.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://artreport.org/museums/how-museums-actually-acquire-art-committee-votes-dollar-thresholds-and-the-rules-on-deaccessioning.html</id>
    <summary><![CDATA[Behind every new painting on a museum wall sits a chain of curatorial recommendations, dollar-tiered approvals, and — when a museum sells instead of buys — an increasingly strict rule on where the proceeds can go.]]></summary>
    <published>2026-08-20T12:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-22T02:23:02.089Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Valentina Rossi-Moretti</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How Art Criticism Gets Its Pictures: Open Access, Fair Use, and the Living-Artist Problem</title>
    <link href="https://artreport.org/reviews/how-art-criticism-gets-its-pictures-open-access-fair-use-and-the-living-artist-problem.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://artreport.org/reviews/how-art-criticism-gets-its-pictures-open-access-fair-use-and-the-living-artist-problem.html</id>
    <summary><![CDATA[Museum open access programs have released millions of images for unrestricted reuse — all of them public domain. That single boundary decides which exhibitions reviews can actually illustrate.]]></summary>
    <published>2026-08-20T12:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-22T02:23:02.093Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Clara Bennett</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How the Buyer&apos;s Premium Works at Art Auctions, and Why It Keeps Climbing — Guides</title>
    <link href="https://artreport.org/guides/how-the-buyer-s-premium-works-at-art-auctions-and-why-it-keeps-climbing-guides.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://artreport.org/guides/how-the-buyer-s-premium-works-at-art-auctions-and-why-it-keeps-climbing-guides.html</id>
    <summary><![CDATA[Sotheby's and Christie's have both raised their entry-level buyer's premiums since September 2025, reshaping what collectors of lower-priced lots actually pay above the hammer price.]]></summary>
    <published>2026-07-12T20:08:08.136Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-22T02:23:02.097Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Colin Reyes</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Global Art Sales Fell 4 Percent to $65 Billion in 2023: Art Basel–UBS Report</title>
    <link href="https://artreport.org/art-news/global-art-sales-fell-4-percent-to-65-billion-in-2023.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://artreport.org/art-news/global-art-sales-fell-4-percent-to-65-billion-in-2023.html</id>
    <summary><![CDATA[The Art Basel–UBS report put 2023 art sales at $65 billion, down 4 percent, with the high end down around 30 percent. What the correction means for collectors and museums.]]></summary>
    <published>2026-07-01T12:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-22T16:35:16.717Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Clara Bennett</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How Museums Actually Acquire Art: Purchase, Gift, Bequest, and the Rules on Selling</title>
    <link href="https://artreport.org/museums/how-museums-actually-acquire-art-and-the-rules-on-selling.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://artreport.org/museums/how-museums-actually-acquire-art-and-the-rules-on-selling.html</id>
    <summary><![CDATA[Purchase, gift, bequest, transfer: how board votes, earmarked endowments, and provenance review govern museum acquisitions — and why AAMD rules make deaccessioning rare news.]]></summary>
    <published>2026-07-01T12:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-22T16:35:16.724Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Valentina Rossi-Moretti</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How to Read an Auction Result Like the Trade Does: From Estimate to Premium</title>
    <link href="https://artreport.org/guides/how-to-read-an-auction-result-like-the-trade-does.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://artreport.org/guides/how-to-read-an-auction-result-like-the-trade-does.html</id>
    <summary><![CDATA[Estimate, hammer, premium-inclusive total — and the guarantees, irrevocable bids, and buy-ins between them. A guide to reading auction results the way the market does.]]></summary>
    <published>2026-07-01T12:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-22T16:35:16.725Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Colin Reyes</name>
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