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Art Market — Global Fine Art Trends, Auction Data & Insights

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Art Market is your weekly read on the global art market, told through the data. Every Tuesday, host Sharon Obuobi goes behind the headlines — sale totals and sell-through rates, new artist records, major museum acquisitions, and the gallery and fair news moving the market — and sets it all in the context of the wider economy and where discretionary money is flowing. Backed by proprietary data from ALT/FNDATA. For collectors, advisors, and anyone serious about the business of art. Learn more at www.altfndata.com.

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A Lost Van Gogh Archive Surfaces; a $30M Looted Modigliani Is Ordered Returned; Brexit's Decade on the Art Trade 24.06.2026 7:25

June 23: A Lost Van Gogh Archive Surfaces; a $30M Looted Modigliani Is Ordered Returned; Brexit's Decade on the Art Trade This week, two stories about art and provenance: a previously unknown archive from the doctor who cared for Van Gogh in his final days, and a New York court ordering the return of a Nazi-looted Modigliani. Then the verdict on Art Basel and the British art trade a decade after B...

Art Basel Week Begins; South Asian Art Sets a £18.9M Record; Magnificent Jewels Hits $49.7M 17.06.2026 5:34

June 16: Art Basel Week Begins; South Asian Art Sets a £18.9M Record; Magnificent Jewels Hits $49.7M This week the center of gravity shifts to Switzerland as Art Basel opens, against a striking run of results in London: a $49.7M jewels sale, a $20M+ design sale, and a fresh record for South Asian art. Plus the data behind the "firm top, choosier middle" market, and tributes to David Hockney. ALT/F...

$50M Pollock Fails to Sell; Obama Center Reveals 28 Art Commissions; Mexico City's Kahlo Museum Reopens 09.06.2026 6:03

June 9: $50M Pollock Fails to Sell; Obama Center Reveals 28 Art Commissions; Mexico City's Kahlo Museum Reopens A week after the spring season closed at $1.8B, a different Pollock tells a different story — one that didn't sell. This week we read the top of the market: a stalled private sale, a single-owner collection coming to Christie's, the Da Vinci archive reunited, and a busy week for museums....

Spring Art Sales Close at $1.8B; Digital Art Ranks Third in Global Spending 03.06.2026 5:15

June 2: Spring Sales Close at $1.8B; Digital Art Ranks Third in Global Spending The spring auction season has concluded with the strongest results since 2022. ALT/FNDATA - Membership (code PODCAST15): https://altfndata.com/go/am-260602 - Market reports: https://altfndata.com/go/am-260602-r - Podcast episodes: https://altfndata.com/go/am-260602-p Spring Season Results - Combined May spring sales (C...