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• Is A Random Unknown Artist More Valuable Than Picasso? AI Thinks So.

  The data is clear: the market doesn’t reward the artwork itself. It rewards the name.

• A Smaller Art Brussels Represents a Shift in the Fair Ecosystem Toward a ‘Quality-First’ Approach

  The 2026 edition saw 138 participating galleries, or 26 fewer than last year.

• Gladstone Gallery to Relocate in Seoul, Doubling Exhibition Space

  The location will be inaugurated by an Ed Atkins exhibition.

• Art Basel’s Swiss Fair Will Include a New Initiative Where Galleries Will Withhold Works from Their PDF Previews

  “It's great to remind people that if they don't come [to Basel], they won't see certain things in person,” Art Basel artistic director Vincenzo de Bellis said.

• Private Sales Are Surging as Auction Houses Lean into Exclusive, Experience-Led Selling

  The auction houses seem to be in a game of one-upsmanship when it comes to private selling exhibitions.

• An Auction Without Bidding: Loïc Gouzer’s Latest Bet on How to Sell Art

  “To be successful you have to put your best foot forward,” Loïc Gouzer said. 

• Tiffany Window From Connecticut Church Could Fetch $2 M. at Christie’s

  Over the past few years, major Tiffany windows have begun to circulate more frequently often moving from religious settings into private collections and museums.

• The $53 M. Wingate Collection Comes to Sotheby’s, Led by a $25 M. Giacometti

  Also coming to the block are trademark works by artists like Kandinsky, Lichtenstein, and Rothko.

• Marian Goodman Gallery to ‘Pause’ Operations in Los Angeles

  The gallery's pause will go into effect when its current Tacita Dean exhibition closes on April 25.

• Christie’s to Offer $35 M. Renoir Painting Owned by Whitney Family For Nearly a Century

  The painting was owned by a niece of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, the founder of the Whitney Museum.