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• Art Basel Paris to Launch Ultra-VIP Preview for Fair

  All 203 participating galleries will be able to extend invites, but the fair declined to state how people would be let in.

• Christie’s, Phillips, and Sotheby’s Total $136 M. in Hong Kong Evening Sales Amid a Cautious Market

  The results pointed more toward a new normal than to a hoped-for market rebound.

• Blue-Chip Galleries at Frieze London Will Donate Portion of Sales to Gallery Climate Coalition

  The works featured in the initiative will be included in an online viewing room beginning October 4.

• Phillips to Auction $3.5 M. Juvenile Triceratops in Modern and Contemporary Art Sale This November

  The 66-million-year-old specimen is named after a character in "The Land Before Time" film series.

• Rare 14-Foot Yves Klein Painting Estimated at $29 M. to Be Auctioned at Christie’s Paris

  It's one of the largest paintings Klein made.

• Pussy Riot Defiant After Russia Hands Down Harsh Prison Sentences in Absentia

  “Even if I were in Russia, I would say the same thing: fuck you," one member said.

• Thaddaeus Ropac’s Much-Hyped Gallery Opens in Milan—But Making It a Success Could Be His Hardest Challenge Yet

  The art press has giddily called Milan “the art market’s next great hope” or the “next art market hub.” Let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

• Downton Abbey Auction at Bonhams Exceeds Expectations with $1.85 M. in Sales

  The top sale was the Downton Abbey Bell Wall at $291,000.

• Sales for Inaugural Untitled Art, Houston Point to a Committed Local Collector Base, with Strong Mid-Market Sales

  A $415,000 piece lead the sales.

• Frida Kahlo Painting Estimated at $40 M.–$60 M. Could Shatter Women Artist Record at Sotheby’s

  The top price paid for a Kahlo at auction is $34.9 million, set at Sotheby's in 2021.