Judd Tully

2 months ago | theartnewspaper.com | Sophia Kishkovsky |Judd Tully |Paula Trommel |Claire Voon

Talks held in Riyadh on 18 February between the US President Donald Trump and the Russian President Vladamir Putin called for an economic “normalisation” between the two nations. Should they reach their logical conclusion of lifting US sanctions on Russia, they could upend the world order and also restructure the art market.

Feb 7, 2025 | theartnewspaper.com | Judd Tully |Scott Reyburn

While this winter’s premier auctions for Old Master works at Christie’s and Sotheby’s in New York yielded better results year-over-year, overall sales totals failed to live up to the pre-sale estimates set by the auction houses. Christie’s New York staged a bumpy and uneven Old Master sale on Wednesday (6 January), making $19.5m (24.4m with fees), just shy of its revised pre-sale estimate of $22.2m to 33.2m after four withdrawals.

Feb 6, 2025 | theartnewspaper.com | Judd Tully |Anna Brady |Georgina Adam |Vincent Noce

Just one day before its Old Masters sale in New York, Christie’s pulled the auction's top lot, El Greco’s Saint Sebastian (around 1610-1614), estimated between $7m to $9m, after the Romanian government blocked the sale. According to a report by Romania Insider, the Romanian prime minister Marcel Ciolacu said that a team of lawyers hired by the government managed to block the sale of the painting since it is part of Romania’s heritage.

Nov 19, 2024 | theartnewspaper.com | Judd Tully

Christie’s double-header evening auction of a storied single-owner collection and other 20th century art vaulted to $410m ($460m with fees) last night in New York. Head-turning property from the estate of Mica Ertegun, the interior designer, socialite and wife of Ahmet Ertegun, the pop music magnate and co-founder of Atlantic Records, uncorked the night, totalling $157m ($183.9m with fees).

Nov 18, 2024 | theartnewspaper.com | Judd Tully

Sotheby’s kicked off the November auction season yesterday (18 November) with a double header. This began with the white glove, single-owner collection sale of the late beauty product mogul and philanthropist Sydell Miller, billed as “A Legacy of Beauty”, before moving onto its Modern evening sale, which yielded more tepid results. The 49 lots sold across both sales brought in a total of $268.6m ($309m with fees).