Auction houses, salerooms, and online platforms across the world's market capitals — tracked, cross-referenced, and read through the Radar's critical lens.
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Artcurial recorded a total of €208.5 million in auction sales for 2025, representing a 12% increase over the previous year and confirming its strong market position.
A two-day major seasonal sale conducted by Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood, featuring a variety of fine art and collector's items.
A specialized philatelic auction for stamps was held by Dorotheum on June 17, 2026, following a previous session on the 16th.
This specialized sale features a selection of sculptures at the Hôtel Hermitage, part of the broader Monaco Auction Week events.
A touring boutique exhibition titled 'Spring Treasures' opened in Nanjing on June 27, showcasing high-end highlights ahead of major seasonal sales.
Press reports discuss a version of Caravaggio's 'The Young St. John Drinking' that appeared at a recent Dorotheum auction, noted for its high technical quality.
The oldest of the global majors, Sotheby's anchors the top of the contemporary and modern market from New York and London, with Hong Kong now a decisive third pole. Its evening sales set the season's benchmarks and its private-sales arm increasingly shapes where blue-chip work moves.
Christie's runs neck-and-neck with Sotheby's for global market leadership, with its 20th/21st Century evening sales in New York and London driving the contemporary top end. Its Hong Kong headquarters at The Henderson signals a long bet on Asian buying power.
The most contemporary-focused of the majors, Phillips has built its identity around the 20th Century & Contemporary category and younger-market discovery, with design and photographs as signature strengths. Its New York–London–Hong Kong triangle punches above its overall market share.
International full-service house with strong London and New York contemporary sales and a broad regional footprint.
China's largest auction group and a global force in Asian modern and contemporary art, with Beijing and Hong Kong salerooms setting regional records.
France's leading independent house, Artcurial pairs a strong contemporary and post-war program with market-defining design and urban-art sales.
A pillar of the mainland Chinese market, China Guardian's Beijing and Hong Kong sales are key indicators of Asian modern and contemporary demand.
Central Europe's largest auction house, Vienna-based, blending Old Masters depth with a growing modern and contemporary program.
Germany's top-selling art auction house, Munich-based Ketterer is a benchmark for German Expressionism and postwar European art.
Berlin's flagship house, Grisebach is central to the German market for modern, contemporary, and photographic art.
One of the world's oldest family-run auction houses, Cologne's Lempertz spans Old Masters to contemporary with international reach.
Korea's flagship house, Seoul Auction has driven the international ascent of Korean postwar and contemporary artists, with a Hong Kong presence for cross-border sales.
The definitive market for modern and contemporary South Asian art, Saffronart pioneered online auctions in India and shapes global demand for the region's masters.
Seoul's other major, K Auction is central to the fast-growing Korean market and the international rediscovery of Dansaekhwa and contemporary Korean art.
South Africa's leading auction house, Strauss & Co is the primary market-maker for South African and increasingly pan-African modern and contemporary art.
Tokyo's leading contemporary art auction, SBI is the primary barometer of Japan's renewed contemporary collecting energy.
A leading online-first Indian house, AstaGuru broadens access to modern and contemporary South Asian art across price segments.
The combined Rago and Wright group is a leading US force in design, modern, and contemporary art, spanning salerooms in Lambertville, Chicago, and New York.
A dynamic South African house, Aspire focuses on modern and contemporary African art with growing international visibility.
Mexico's leading auction house, Morton is the primary secondary-market venue for Mexican and Latin American modern and contemporary art.
The merged Freeman's and Hindman form America's largest regional auction network, with deep post-war and American art expertise.
Cologne-based Van Ham is a leading Rhineland house with strong modern and contemporary sales.
A New York institution, Doyle offers accessible entry points to the American secondary market across fine and decorative art.
A key Brazilian house across São Paulo and Porto Alegre, Bolsa de Arte anchors the secondary market for Brazilian modern and contemporary art.
A historic Paris house, Tajan spans modern, contemporary, and design with a broad French collector base.
Manila's premier auction house, Leon Gallery is the market-maker for Philippine historical and modern art.
One of India's oldest art institutions, Pundole's is a respected market for modern Indian masters.
A Singapore- and Jakarta-based house, Larasati is a longstanding market for Southeast Asian modern and contemporary art.
A São Paulo-based online-forward auction platform bringing contemporary Brazilian and Latin American art to a new generation of collectors.
A leading Philippine house, Salcedo Auctions covers Southeast Asian modern and contemporary art.
A São Paulo auctioneer active across Brazilian modern and contemporary categories.
A research-driven Indian house, Prinseps specializes in modern Indian art and archival photography.
New York's specialist house of record for works on paper, photographs, and its market-leading African American Art department.
LAMA is the West Coast's specialist for modern and contemporary art and design, closely tied to California's postwar art history.
Paris specialist Piasa is known for its design-forward sales bridging contemporary art and collectible design.
The dominant online art marketplace and discovery platform, Artsy aggregates gallery inventory, auction partnerships, and editorial, making it a central node for online sales and price data.
Artnet pairs its authoritative Price Database and Intelligence Report with online-only auctions, making it as much a market-data utility as a sales platform.
A market-intelligence and analytics platform, MutualArt offers artist-level price data, auction tracking, and market research prized by collectors and advisors.
A leading online bidding aggregator, Invaluable connects thousands of auction houses worldwide into a single live-bidding marketplace.
One of the largest online auction marketplaces, LiveAuctioneers brings global saleroom inventory to a broad bidding audience.
A luxury online marketplace, 1stDibs is a key secondary channel for design, fine art, and blue-chip editions at fixed and negotiated prices.
A digital-native platform, Avant Arte specializes in limited editions and sculptures by leading contemporary artists, expanding access to primary-market work.
Founded by Loic Gouzer, Fair Warning is a curated app-based auction platform staging high-profile single-lot and boutique sales of blue-chip contemporary art.
A European online marketplace, Artsper aggregates gallery inventory across price points with a focus on emerging and mid-career artists.