Today and yesterday

A David Hockney painting of his dachshund Stanley, Dog Painting 17, is to be sold at Christie's. The Guardian reports it could fetch £2.5m, though the reports do not say whether this is hammer or with fees. The Guardian says it is believed to be one of only six works from the Dog Series still in private hands, and the first to be auctioned.

For UK buyers · For a UK buyer, the price paid at Christie's will carry buyer's premium on top of the hammer figure, and the resale right may apply if the work is by a living artist.

Guardian Art & design

The Armory Show 2026 opened its VIP preview on 24 September at the Javits Convention Center in New York, with 242 exhibitors. Artsy Editorial reports that Michael Rosenfeld Gallery sold a Joan Mitchell painting for over $2 million to a private collector. The reports do not say whether this figure is hammer or with fees, and the sale is reported by the gallery rather than confirmed by an auction house.

Artsy Editorial

Artbo, Bogotá's art fair, opened its 2026 edition with exhibitor numbers still below pre-pandemic levels, according to The Art Newspaper. The fair's galleries and collectors are largely Colombian, the outlet reports. The reports do not give a total exhibitor count or a comparison figure for the pre-pandemic editions.

The Art Newspaper

The Other Art Fair, which connects artists directly with buyers without dealers, reported a 40 percent increase in sales at its previous Los Angeles edition, according to director Nicole Garton. The reports do not say whether the 40 percent figure refers to the number of sales or their total value, nor whether any prices are hammer or with fees.

Observer Arts

Steven Shearer has won the Audain Prize, an annual award for artists based in British Columbia. ARTnews reports the prize as $71,000; the reports do not say whether this is in Canadian or US dollars, nor the date the award was made. The reports do not name the other shortlisted artists.

ARTnews

Manhattan's district attorney announced on 23 September that 36 antiquities would be returned to Syria. Artforum reports the group was valued at more than $5 million, though the reports do not say whether that figure is hammer or with fees, nor who supplied the valuation. The reports do not name the objects, their provenance, or how they left Syria.

Artforum