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1. Sotheby’s Secures $70 M. Giacometti Bust for May Auction

   The work is the most high-profile one to be announced so far for a May sale this year.

2. Leading Parisian Gallery Withdraws from Art Basel’s Swiss Edition Due to Booth Placement

   French gallery Air de Paris said it "cannot accept this treatment."

3. Christie’s to Auction $60 M. in Art from Anne and Sid Bass’s Fort Worth Home

   The top lot is a Rothko with an estimate "in the region of $35 million."

4. A Magritte Drawing Found on eBay for Less Than $2,000 Heads to Auction for Over $100,000

   The work will headline a May sale at the Rago/Wright auction house.

5. Sotheby’s Consigned To Sell 40+ Works by Roy Lichtenstein with Total Estimate of $35 M.

   The top lots have a high estimate of $6 million.

6. Christie’s Will Auction $30 M. Claude Monet Painting in May Evening Sale

   A work from the same series sold for $30.9 million at Sotheby's last November.

7. Contemporary Auction Sales Fell 27 Percent in 2024: HAT 100 Report

   Yayoi Kusama and François-Xavier Lalanne were the top-selling artists of the year.

8. Lisson Gallery Now Represents Dalton Paula, Painter of Portraits of Overlooked Black Brazilian Historical Figures

   Paula will have his first solo show with the gallery this September.

9. New Brooklyn Art Fair Aims to Rewire the Market for Global Majority Artists

   The goal is not just representation but redistribution—lowering barriers to entry.

10. The 15 Most Expensive Artworks Ever Sold at Auction

    With each record-breaking sale, the bar gets set higher, the stakes get sharper, and the frenzy deepens.