Recent Articles by Lindsay Pollock
Lindsay is a journalist covering the art world. She reports for Bloomberg News and other publications including The Art Newspaper, ARTnews and Art + Auction.
June:
Market keeps moving, but the brakes start to go on
The Art Newspaper: Art Basel Edition
By Lindsay Pollock June 6 - Good deals, but buyers take longer to make up their minds...
Why the rise of the private museum is rewriting the rules of the market
The Art Newspaper: Art Basel Edition
By Lindsay Pollock and Georgina Adam June 5 - Dealers are growing increasingly wary of do-it-yourself institutions...
From auction to fair: Roman Abramovich brings Basel to life
The Art Newspaper: Art Basel Edition
By Lindsay Pollock and Bettina Krogemann June 4 - Chelsea FC owner joins Brad Pitt and Sheikh Saud Al-Thani at vernissage...
Dealers face first test of retail market since record auctions
The Art Newspaper: Art Basel Edition
By Lindsay Pollock and Georgina Adam June 3 - Credit crunch, salerooms and football fans pile on the pressure...
May:
Piece by Piece
Art + Auction
By Lindsay Pollock May 11 - In the mid-1980s, the New York-based collector Donna Schneier visited a London craft gallery and discovered jewelry unlike anything she had ever seen.
Record Monet Fails to Stem Dip in Christie's Impressionist Sale
Bloomberg
By Lindsay Pollock and Philip Boroff May 7 - Monet and Rodin failed to prevent Christie's International from missing its low estimate for an evening impressionist and modern art auction for the first time in four years...
Billionaire Bait: Monet, Bacon, Koons Headline N.Y. Auctions
Bloomberg
By Lindsay Pollock May 3 - Hoping that the rich are different, Sotheby's and Christie's International aim to sell a record $1.8 billion worth of art over the next two weeks in New York...
April:
Jeweler Esmerian Fights Merrill to Stop `Reckless' N.Y. Auction
Bloomberg
By Lindsay Pollock and Philip Boroff - Patrician fourth-generation jeweler Ralph O. Esmerian, on the hook for $200 million, is battling Merrill Lynch & Co. to stop what Christie's International calls the most important antique jewelry auction in history...
Leona Helmsley's French Commodes Fetch $421,000 at Christie's
Bloomberg
By Lindsay Pollock April 9 - A pair of 19th century French gilt commodes owned by real-estate heiress Leona Helmsley sold for $421,000 today at Christie's International in New York...
March:
Spouting Absinthe, Nude Guys, Wyeth's Sinful Seagulls: Art Buzz
Bloomberg
By Lindsay Pollock March 28 - Macedonian artist Igor Josifov will shower in the buff as part of a performance piece called "Purification Process"...
Worried Dealers, Cross-Dressing Potter Open Armory Art Fair
Bloomberg
By Lindsay Pollock March 27 - Collector Donald B. Marron noticed a less-frenzied pace at New York's Armory Show art fair yesterday as he strolled the aisles...
New Pier Group
Art + Auction Magazine
By Lindsay Pollock March 25 - In 2007, New York’s Armory Show relocated to the hangar-like Pier 94—drawing 52,000 visitors who spent $85 million - but it lost momentum...
Dia Director's Abrupt Exit Leaves Museum Dangling for Leader
Bloomberg
By Lindsay Pollock March 7 - Jeffrey Weiss took over as director of the Dia Art Foundation nine months ago thinking he would split his time between curatorial and administrative duties...
February:
American Paintings
Art + Auction Magazine
By Lindsay Pollock Feb. 26 - Expectations were high for Christie’s November 29 sale of American paintings, drawings and sculpture, projected to bring in $133 million...
January:
Saints, Sinners in N.Y. Sale May Fetch $100 Million: Art Buzz
Bloomberg
By Lindsay Pollock Jan. 24 - Virgins, saints and sinners jostle one another today at Sotheby's first old-master auctions of the year in New York...
Tea Tables for $2 Million; Jesse James; Mod Gagosian: Art Buzz
Bloomberg
By Lindsay Pollock Jan. 16 - Outlaw Jesse James is one of the stars of New York's 54th annual Winter Antiques Show, previewing tomorrow night...
December:
Rubenstein Buys Magna Carta of 1297 for $21.3 Million
Bloomberg
By Lindsay Pollock Dec. 19 - David Rubenstein, co-founder of the private-equity firm Carlyle Group, last night bought a 1297 copy of the Magna Carta...
Medal Owned by Washington, Lafayette Sells for $5.31 Million
Bloomberg
By Lindsay Pollock Dec. 11 - A gold medal owned by George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette, heroes of the U.S. Revolutionary War, sold today...
High Prices, Robust Sales, Hangers-On Dominate Miami Art Fair
Bloomberg
By Lindsay Pollock Dec. 10 - Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross, a yellow cashmere sweater tossed over his shoulders, paused for coffee with his wife, Hilary, on the bustling floor of the Art Basel Miami Beach fair...
No Touching, Sweetie: Page-Turners, Monks Help Miami Art Bigs
Bloomberg
By Lindsay Pollock Dec. 7 - A trio of robed Thai monks last night chanted and blessed visitors to Turchin, a jeweler in Miami's design district...
Eager VIPs Swarm Art Basel Miami, Buying With `No Hesitation'
Bloomberg
By Lindsay Pollock Dec. 6 - New York photographer Charles Thompson, dressed in a cream suit, white shoes and sipping a strawberry smoothie...
Art Basel Miami, 40,000 Shoppers Strong, Tests Limits of Market
Bloomberg
By Lindsay Pollock Dec. 5 - As the wind rustled through Miami's trademark palm trees last night and deejay Hottpants played underground '80s tunes...
November:
Sotheby's Sets House Record at Contemporary Sale
Bloomberg
By Lindsay Pollock Nov. 15 (Bloomberg) - Sotheby's held the biggest auction in its history last night, selling $315.9 million of contemporary art ...
Freud, Koons Set Records at Christie's N.Y.C. Auction
Bloomberg
By Lindsay Pollock Nov. 14 (Bloomberg) - Lucian Freud, Jeff Koons, Richard Prince and nine other artists broke auction records last night at Christie's...
Thiebaud Lollipops Sell for Record $4.5 Million at Christie's
Bloomberg
By Lindsay Pollock Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) - Wayne Thiebaud's crisp portrait of brightly colored lollipops, ``Seven Suckers,'' set a record...
Christie's, Sotheby's Begin Contemporary Sales, Seek Rebound
Bloomberg
By Lindsay Pollock Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) - Christie's International and Sotheby's start their high-profile contemporary art auctions tonight...
Sotheby's Day Auction Falls Short at $61.8 Million
Bloomberg
By Lindsay Pollock Nov. 8 (Bloomberg) - Sotheby's day sale of Impressionist and modern art totaled $61.8 million today in New York, below the $65 million...
Matisse Sets Record as Christie's Auction Totals $395 Million
Bloomberg
By Lindsay Pollock Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) - Christie's International sold $395 million of Impressionist and modern artworks last night in New York...
Hedge-Fund Pet Prince Among Artists Testing November Auctions
Bloomberg
By Lindsay Pollock Nov. 1 (Bloomberg) - Movie star Hugh Grant and art trader Adam Lindemann are among the profit takers leaping into the New York auction fray this month...
October:
Stolen Tamayo Found in Manhattan Trash May Sell for $1 Million
Bloomberg
By Lindsay Pollock Oct. 23 (Bloomberg) - Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo's ``Tres Personajes,'' a 1970 painting vibrating with reds, yellows and purples...
Floating Fair, L.A. Black Art, NYT Garage Sale: Auction Roundup
Bloomberg
By Lindsay Pollock Oct. 5 (Bloomberg) - Are the Muffys and Binkys of Greenwich, Connecticut, ready for the lesbian-tinged paintings of Chinese artist Ma Yanhong...
Picasso Mistresses (Two of Them!) Woo Sotheby's New York Buyers
Bloomberg
By Lindsay Pollock Oct. 2 (Bloomberg) - A Picasso painting signifying the artist's lust for his new blond mistress, and his growing interest in sculpture, will be sold by his heirs on Nov. 7...
September:
Koon's 9-Foot Heart Seeks $20 Million at Sotheby's in November
Bloomberg
By Lindsay Pollock Sept. 28 (Bloomberg) - A nearly 9-foot tall, stainless-stell heart by Jeff Koons, estimated to sell for as much as $20 million...
McEnroe, Caxton's Lennox Sue Gallery Amid 'Liquidity Crisis'
Bloomberg
By Lindsay Pollock and Philip Boroff Sept. 27 (Bloomberg) - Housed in a 25,000-square foot palazzo off Madison Avenue, Salander-O'Reilly Galleries bills...
Steel Baron's Heir to Sell Ancient Statue for Up to $18 Million
Bloomberg
By Lindsay Pollock Sept. 14 (Bloomberg) - An Ancient limestone statue of a regal lioness, barely the height of a credit card, is expected to sell for as...
Audubon's Birds, Darwin's 'Origin' to Star in McCormick Auction
Bloomberg
By Lindsay Pollock Sept. 5 (Bloomberg) - Endangered whooping cranes can thank Brooks McCormick, a Chicago philanthropist and former chief executive officer...
Christie's Contemporary Sale Opens on a Cautious Note
Bloomberg
By Lindsay Pollock Sept. 11 (Bloomberg) - A whiff of caution touched the season's first contemporary art auction yesterday at Christie's International in New York, even with strong...