(More) Old Masters of Our Domain
Riffs on the classics, part 2: from Artschwager’s altarpiece to Kanye’s hoodie Read More
View ArticleAuto-Destructive Tendencies
Whether by burning, cutting, shredding, or simply leaving them at the curb, artists have various reasons for disposing of their own works Read More
View ArticleRetrospective: When ARTnews Went to the Armory Show
And other excerpts from our coverage 100, 75, 50, and 25 years ago Read More
View ArticleSuite Memories: Art for JFK and Jackie
An exhibition in Texas reassembles the art that decorated the Kennedys' hotel suite on the night before the president was assassinated Read More
View ArticleThe Ironies of Joan Mitchell
And other highlights from our coverage 100, 75, 50, and 25 years ago Read More
View ArticleSpencer Finch’s Art Makes Light Speak Volumes
From the 9/11 Memorial Museum to Monet’s garden, Spencer Finch records the atmospheric light and weather patterns of psychologically charged places and remakes those conditions using TV sets,...
View ArticleAuctionata Bets Monet Seller That It Can Outperform Amazon, With Proceeds...
Auctionata’s “Fine Arts Week” online art auctions, which offer Old Master and 19th-century paintings as well as Impressionist, modern, and contemporary works, seem to be off to a fine start. On June...
View Article‘In the Spirit of the Present Day’: The Met Gets Modern With a Major Donation...
Today the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens the Met Breuer, its hotly anticipated annex for modern and contemporary art. Many have seen the Met Breuer as a way of bringing the Met up to date, making it...
View ArticleFall Preview: Museum Shows and Biennials Around the World
A concise guide for notable exhibitions through December Read More
View ArticleThen and Now: Reaching for the Stars, Artists Capture and Replicate the...
From George Inness, who “translates just the light and feeling of a fixed hour,” to Vincent van Gogh, whose cypresses are like “voices of aspiration, joy or fear,” to Jackson Pollock, who, Robert...
View ArticleMonet Water Lilies Painting From Rockefeller Collection Sells for $84.7 M. at...
The piece had been estimated to sell for at least $50 million. Read More The post Monet Water Lilies Painting From Rockefeller Collection Sells for $84.7 M. at Christie’s, New Record appeared first on...
View ArticleRose Period Picasso Sells for $115.1 M. in White Glove Rockefeller Sale That...
The sale totaled $646 million, the new record for a single-session, single-owner sale. Read More The post Rose Period Picasso Sells for $115.1 M. in White Glove Rockefeller Sale That Totals $646.1 M....
View ArticleChristie’s Will Sell 16 Works from Herbert and Adele Klapper Collection at...
The pieces are estimated to bring in more than $50 million. Read More The post Christie’s Will Sell 16 Works from Herbert and Adele Klapper Collection at November Imp-Mod Sale in New York appeared...
View Article$36.4 M. Monet, $14.2 M. Schiele Lead Solid Sotheby’s Imp-Mod and Surrealist...
In one of the first tests for the art market of the year, 32 of the 39 lots on offer found buyers. Read More The post $36.4 M. Monet, $14.2 M. Schiele Lead Solid Sotheby’s Imp-Mod and Surrealist Sales...
View ArticleClaude Monet’s Haystack Will Hit the Auction Block at Sotheby’s New York in...
The current record for a work by the artist now stands at $84.7 million. Read More The post Claude Monet’s Haystack Will Hit the Auction Block at Sotheby’s New York in May with $55 M. Estimate appeared...
View ArticleArt en Route: Museum of London Eyes Trump Baby Balloon, Art Institute of...
A bi-weekly column of acquisitions, loans, and sales around the world. Read More The post Art en Route: Museum of London Eyes Trump Baby Balloon, Art Institute of Chicago Deaccessions Chinese Artworks,...
View ArticleMonet Slammed Dealer’s Plan for Unauthorized Display of His Work in 1888...
The writing is part of a collection of artists' letters to be published this fall. Read More The post Monet Slammed Dealer’s Plan for Unauthorized Display of His Work in 1888 Letter: Read It Here...
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Rose Period Picasso Sells for $115.1 M. in White Glove Rockefeller Sale That...
Pablo Picasso’s Fillette à la corbeille fleurie (1905) sold for $115.1 million. © CHRISTIE’S In 1968, David Rockefeller was part of an unusual syndicate formed by a small band of deep-pocketed...
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Christie’s Will Sell 16 Works from Herbert and Adele Klapper Collection at...
Pablo Picasso’s Femme accoudée (1921), which is estimated to sell for between $10 million and $15 million. COURTESY CHRISTIE’S NEW YORK Christie’s is slated to sell 16 pieces from the collection of...
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$36.4 M. Monet, $14.2 M. Schiele Lead Solid Sotheby’s Imp-Mod and Surrealist...
Claude Monet, Le Palais Ducal, 1908, sold for $36.4 million. COURTESY SOTHEBY’S At its salesroom on Tuesday evening in London, Sotheby’s sold £87.7 million (about $116.3 million) worth of art in a...
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