The Hang - Your Quarterly Art Market Briefing | Q1 2026

Spray paint and emulsion on canvas | 127 x 183 cm | Edition of 3 | Signed and numbered by the artist

Phillips London | 5 Mar 2026

'Modern & Contemporary Art Evening Sale'

Estimated: £1,000,000 - £1,500,000

Sold: £1,520,000 (inc fees)

Acrylic On Canvas | 213 x 152 cm | Signed by the artist

Christie's London | 5 Mar 2026

'Modern Visionaries - The Roger and Josette Vanthournout Collection - Evening Sale'

Estimate: £600,000 - £800,000

Sold: £1,206,500 (inc fees)

Acrylic and Silkscreen ink on Canvas | 128 x 101 cm | Signed by the artist

Christie's London, 5 Mar 2026

20th / 21st Century: London Evening Sale

Estimate: £3,500,000 - £5,500,000

Sold: £4,320,000 (inc fees)

iPad drawing printed in colours on woven paper | 139.7 x 105.4 cm | Edition of 25 | Signed and numbered by the artist

Sotheby's London | 5 Mar 2026

'The David Hockney Sale: The Arrival of Spring'

Estimate: £120,000 - £180,000

Sold: £448,000 (inc fees)

Screenprint on paper | 80.5 x 121 cm | Edition of 500 | Numbered by the artist

Sotheby's London | 25 Mar 2026

'Prints & Multiples'

Estimated: £8,000 - £12,000

Sold: £96,000 (inc fees)

A new record for an unsigned Applause.

For decades, Banksy's identity had been the subject of countless speculations. Now, an exhaustive Reuters investigation suggests the mystery veil has slipped.

As a gallery and big fans of Banksy's work, we believe his anonymity is the soul of his practice, and that whoever he is, the mystery is part of his magic.

Sotheby's announced the sale of a significant canvas from Jean-Michel Basquiat. Already exhibited in New York, it will travel to Hong Kong, Los Angeles, and London before returning to New York for a pre-sale exhibition ahead of Sotheby’s marquee evening auctions this May.

Seen as one of the most significant & complex works ever created by the Artist, it returns to auction for the first time in over a decade.

Estimated in Excess of $45 Million, could this be one of his top 5 auction results? We will find out in May...

Tate Modern has announced it will stage a multimedia installation in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall in the summer based on his set designs for opera, while Tate Britain will open a career-spanning exhibition in autumn 2027 featuring more than 200 works (7 Oct -20 Feb 2028).

Alex Russell Flint is a painter who merges classical technique with a modern sensibility. His refined portraits have a sense of mystery, glamour, and restrained seduction that runs throughout his paintings, inviting the viewer into intimate, unresolved moments.

Lottie Burns' paintings are colourful and rich in texture and form. They show moments of guilty pleasure in people’s daily lives, with subtle knowing humour.

"Tracey symbolises the height of the 90s, its sex, drugs and booze, successes and excesses, but this show isn’t about that. It’s about how she has put her life out there, laid herself bare – and pushed us all to come to terms with our own emotions in the process."

Eddy Frankel - The Guardian | Wed 25 Feb 2026

She is the first female painter to have a show in the main galleries of the Royal Academy of Arts.

In our first Hang-Up Curates of the year, we present a fresh mix of works, pairing original pieces from our gallery artists with limited editions by some of the most influential names in contemporary art.

Highlights include works by blue-chip icons Banksy, Damien Hirst, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Yayoi Kusama, alongside pieces by gallery favourites.

This is JR’s first solo exhibition at Perrotin Los Angeles. Bringing together a selection of works realised across California that underscore the artist’s enduring engagement with visibility, memory, and community.

The latest Art Basel & UBS Art Market Report 2026 offers a reassuring message for collectors, dealers, and investors alike: the global art market is not only stabilising, but entering a renewed phase of growth and adaptation.