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• Christie’s Double-Header Totals $1.1 B., With Several Trophy Works Notching New Records

  The S.I. Newhouse sale had the fireworks, but there were plenty of highlights in the 20th century sale after.

• Mark Rothko Painting Agnes Gund Hung in Her Living Room Sells for $98 M., Setting a Record

  Gund bought the painting directly from the artist in 1967.

• Christie’s S. I. Newhouse Sale Totals $630.8 M., Bringing Cumulative Total to $1 B.

  The sale re-set several records, including one for Pollock, whose benchmark now stands at $181.2 million.

• The 16 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.

• S.I. Newhouse’s 11-Foot-Wide Jackson Pollock Drip Painting Sells for Record-Breaking $181.2 M.

  The previous record for a Pollock work was $61 million, achieved in 2021 at Sotheby's New York.

• S.I. Newhouse’s Brâncuși Sells at Christie’s for Record-Breaking $107.6 M.

  The previous record was $71.2 million set in 2021.

• Felix Art Fair Founder Mills Morán Steps Back From Gallery Duties

  With Felix, he said, "I can pivot my energy to championing galleries and their survival and indirectly affecting and assisting a broader range of international artists.”

• TEFAF New York Opened to Crowded Aisles, Bullish Collectors, and Strong Booths

  "People are coming out and when they’re seeing quality, they’re reveling in it,” said dealer Sean Kelly.

• The Most Expensive Jean-Michel Basquiat Works Ever Sold at Auction

  Though he lived to be just 27, Basquiat is one of the most highly valued artists in the market.

• Rothko from Robert Mnuchin’s Estate Sells for $85.8 M., Leading Sotheby’s New York’s $433.1 M. Contemporary Art Sale

  Canvases by Basquiat, de Kooning, and Warhol also sold well.