Margaret Carrigan

1 week ago | news.artnet.com | Sonia Manalili |Margaret Carrigan

Art Basel, the biggest fair on the art world’s annual calendar, returns this year from June 17 to 22. After two years of market contraction and a laundry list of destabilizing factors on the geopolitical front, it’s tough to attempt any prognostication these days. However, there are plenty of big questions going into the week, among them who is going, what’s selling, and perhaps more importantly, what’s not.

1 week ago | news.artnet.com | Margaret Carrigan

A version of this article originally appeared in The Back Room, our lively recap funneling only the week’s must-know art industry intel into a nimble read you’ll actually enjoy. Artnet News Pro members get exclusive access—subscribe now to receive the newsletter in your inbox every Friday. As the days grow long, we arrive again at Art Basel, the biggest fair on the art world’s annual calendar, held this year from June 17 to 22.

2 weeks ago | news.artnet.com | Margaret Carrigan

The private collection of legendary collector and patron Pauline Karpidas—an extraordinary trove featuring masterworks by Salvador Dalí, René Magritte, and Les Lalannes—will hit the auction block at Sotheby’s London this September. Spanning some 250 lots from her eccentric London home, the collection is expected to fetch in excess of £60 million ($81 million), marking the highest estimate ever placed on a single collection at Sotheby’s Europe.

2 weeks ago | news.artnet.com | Margaret Carrigan

A version of this article originally appeared in The Back Room, our lively recap funneling only the week’s must-know art industry intel into a nimble read you’ll actually enjoy. Artnet News Pro members get exclusive access—subscribe now to receive the newsletter in your inbox every Friday. Amid ongoing tariff confusion in the U.S., the art trade can ill afford more customs complexities—but that’s exactly what’s coming.

3 weeks ago | news.artnet.com | Margaret Carrigan

A version of this article originally appeared in The Back Room, our lively recap funneling only the week’s must-know art industry intel into a nimble read you’ll actually enjoy. Artnet News Pro members get exclusive access—subscribe now to receive the newsletter in your inbox every Friday.