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Christie's and Sotheby's both posted a third straight improvement in Hong Kong this March, led by a record US$17.6 million Joan Mitchell. Measured against the long-run average, the city's marquee sales are still running well below where they were.

Sotheby's January sale in Singapore was up 35 per cent on 2025, with new records for Pacita Abad and Anthony Poon. It came a year after the house's Singapore sale had stalled, and in the same week ART SG drew more than 43,000 visitors.

Brett Whiteley leads the ARTWATCH database for the last 18 months, with a A$3.68 million beach picture and A$14.7 million across all his lots. The list behind him is long on blue-chip moderns and short on surprises.

Australia's largest art fair drew a record 26,813 visitors to its tenth edition in September. Reported sales fell in each of the four years to 2025, from A$23 million to A$16 million, and the question for 2026 is whether the slide has stopped.

Deutscher and Hackett's March 2026 Indigenous sale made A$4.57 million and sold 88 per cent of its lots, beating the 2025 edition that was the category's best Australian auction since 2007. The top lots, though, came in nearer their low estimates than a year ago.