Washington Post: "Donors rescind $50 million in gifts over Baltimore Museum’s planned sale of Warhol painting" - Oct 24, 2020
The strife surrounding the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA)’s decision to deaccession three valuable paintings is mounting, with two former board chairmen saying they have withdrawn pledges to give $50m to the institution and two artists resigning as trustees. See also Art News: "Former Baltimore Museum trustees decry institution’s plans to sell $65 M. in art" - Oct 15, 2020
Art Newspaper: "The Royal Opera House's David Hockney painting sells for £12.8m at Christie's amid deaccessioning debate" - Oct 23, 2020
The auction house's four-part £90.2m "20th Century: London to Paris" sale saw small bursts of energy for quality lots in the wake of Frieze and Fiac's cancellations.
Barron's: "London Contemporary Auction Sales Fall 15.5%, ArtTactic Says" - Oct 23, 2020
The major auction houses held live-streamed fine art sales in Paris and London this week with some strong results, including the £7.6 million (US$9.8 million) sale of Banksy’s Show me the Monet, at Sotheby’s and the £12.9 million sale of David Hockney ’s Portrait of Sir David Webster, at Christie’s, which raised funds for the Royal Opera House in London.
ARTnews: "Led by Banksy and Picasso, Sotheby’s Paris-London Hybrid Evening Sales Net $90.4 M." - Oct 22, 2020
On Wednesday, following news that the house would offer a $90 million Giacometti via private sale, Sotheby’s held back-to-back modern and contemporary evening sales, in Paris and then in London, generating a total of $90.4 million.
Barron's: "Sotheby’s to Offer Giacometti Sculpture for $90M in Sealed-Bid Sale" - Oct 21, 2020
Sotheby’s is offering Alberto Giacometti’s monumental sculpture, Grande femme I, with a starting bid of US$90 million in an unusual sealed-bid private sale just ahead of its marquee evening sales next week.
ARTnews: "Giorgio de Chirico, Man Ray Works Could Break Records in Sotheby’s Sale" - Oct 19, 2020
At a major sale of Impressionist and modern art on October 28 at Sotheby’s New York, two works by Giorgio de Chirico and Man Ray from a private collection will head to auction. Both works have never come to auction before, and both could bring new artist records.
Artforum: "Brooklyn museum continues deaccessioning spree" - Oct 16, 2020
No doubt spurred on by the tremendous success of its first deaccession sale, which saw the institution reap $5.4 million ($6.6 million with fees), an amount considerably beyond its expectations, the Brooklyn Museum is planning another deaccessioning round. On the block this time will be works by Degas, Dubuffet, Matisse, Miró, and Monet.