September 2024
How this billionaire ran his hedge fund like a baseball team
Steve Cohen’s decision to step back from trading and focus on running Point72 underlines a redemption since an insider trading scandal.
February 2024
First private spacecraft lands on the moon
A successful touchdown by Intuitive Machines’ lunar lander heralds a more commercial era for space exploration.
November 2023
Picasso sells for $215m, despite a sagging art market
The 1932 portrait of Marie-Thérèse Walter was on the auction block for four minutes as three collectors fought to gain the upper hand.
September 2023
Sketchbook found behind a bookshelf expected to clean up
Works by Lyonel Feininger have sold for up to $36.2 million, so a book with his works discovered in a Sydney retirement village is set to attract plenty of interest.
November 2021
Check your attics: Landscapes join women on art’s hot list
Women artists have broken more auction price records, but after decades on the outer iconic Australian landscapes are feeling the love, too.
October 2021
Acclaim and controversy as records smashed for sculptures old and new
As auction records tumbled for another Australian female artist the NGA’s “out of the ballpark” $14 million commission sparked heated debate about art valuations.
February 2021
You have $120m – do you buy a masterpiece or 29 Ferraris?
Dealers and collectors are coming to terms with the huge price paid for the recently sold Botticelli portrait and what that means for new art market values.
Russian snares Botticelli in Old Master buying spree
A Russian is believed responsible for $121 million purchase of a portrait by Florentine Renaissance superstar Sandro Botticelli as part of a spending spree on Old Masters.
January 2021
Who said art is for the 1pc?
A New York exhibition celebrates making art for the masses and feeling good about it.
September 2020
Gagosian opens $5m Indigenous art exhibition in HK
Spurred on by successful sales in America, the global contemporary art giant is bringing the work of leading Aboriginal desert painters to the Asian market.
Sotheby's lines up big NY Indigenous art sale
As Christie's cuts ties with Australian art, Sotheby's is so confident of the market for Aboriginal art it is consigning for a significant sale in December.
March 2020
Can't afford a Lichtenstein? How about a brooch?
A passion for contemporary art led Diane Venet down a different collector's path: collecting jewellery by artists.