Following a splashy move from Sotheby’s, Bonhams is the next auction house to upgrade to a museum-worthy space in New York.

Bonhams has been on a tear recently, snapping up regional auction houses from Stockholm to Boston and broadening its reach with a concerted focus on digital sales. And it’s not stopping anytime soon.

Over the course of a single week in November 2014, over $1 billion was spent on contemporary art at the three largest auction houses — Christie’s, Sotheby’s, and Phillips. Despite endless articles on ...

Welcome to the new Bonhams HQ, where the auction house is demystifying the business of selling art and reacquainting ...