Auction results, market notes, exhibitions and artists we are watching.
Dog Painting 17, Hockney's 1995 portrait of his dachshund Stanley asleep on a cushion, is the first of the dog paintings ever offered at auction, at Christie's London on 14 October. Only six are thought to be in private hands. Here is where the others are.
No photograph has set a new auction record this year, and the fairs report careful buyers. But the middle of the market is trading steadily, and the difference between a vintage print and a later one has never mattered more.
Auction turnover recovered sharply this year, but not evenly. Prints and editions had the better half of the story — and the gap between one title and another matters far more than any artist average.
Hundreds of thousands of people in the UK type an artist's name into Google every month. Almost none of them own anything they could sell.
In 2021, the fastest money in art was made on paintings that were barely dry. Five years later, the average ultra-contemporary work sells at auction for $15,629 — a decade low, and 72.4% below its 2021 peak.
· Auction market, Contemporary & Post War, Selling
Christie's, Sotheby's and Phillips took a combined $6.77bn in the first half, the strongest six months since 2022. Here is what the recovery changes for consignors.
Whitebank Fine Art is a London art advisory and gallery. A photograph and a few details are enough to begin — a valuation carries no obligation to proceed.
