At Independent 20th Century, the Biggest Draw Is the Rediscoveries
Since this fair’s conception, founder Elizabeth Dee has carefully considered its potential impact, asking first and foremost whether New York even needed another fair. And if the answer was yes, what...
View ArticleFEMSA Has Spent 50 Years Building a More Complete Record of Latin American Art
The FEMSA Collection has, since its founding in 1977, become a benchmark holding in Mexico and Latin America, providing visibility into an art scene that, until recently, remained largely...
View ArticleSotheby’s Lewis Collection Sale Powered a Record £393.4M Night in London
When prime material comes to market, buyers show up. With the caliber of works Sotheby’s offered from the Lewis Collection last night in London—25 modern and contemporary masterpieces carrying a total...
View ArticleIn Basel, a Cautious But Committed Market Rediscovers Its Nerve
The OG Art Basel has long been the main market test for not only the European market but also the global market. It opened to VIPs yesterday (June 16) with a mood far less bombastic than in years...
View ArticleSotheby’s $304M Modern Evening Auction Confirms the Market Has Found Its Footing
Anchored by top consignments, fresh-to-market museum-grade masterpieces and excellent provenance, Sotheby’s Modern Evening Auction on May 19 closed with a $304 million result, a 98 percent...
View ArticleAt TEFAF New York, the Masterpiece Market Had Plenty to Celebrate
For four days, TEFAF brought its unmistakable European flair to New York’s Park Avenue Armory, gathering 90 exhibitors that mounted presentations showcasing everything from modern and contemporary...
View ArticleChristie’s $1.1 Billion Night Confirms the Health of the Market’s Upper End
Following the euphoric start of New York’s spring auctions last week with Sotheby’s $433 million result, Christie’s topped $1 billion in a single evening with the historic blockbuster S.I. Newhouse...
View ArticleInside the Hottest Met Gala Afterparties
If Ragtime‘s Joshua Henry, nominated for a Tony Award just this morning, lit the fuse at the Met Gala’s start with his gospel-inspired, fever-pitched rendition of Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance with...
View ArticleIn “Trading Beauty,” Valentina Castellani Makes the Case That Markets and...
May is a major art month in the New York art world, with a host of fairs on the docket and one of the two most important auction seasons in the world. But it’s also a great season for art even if you...
View ArticleIn Venice, Andreas Angelidakis Is Queering the Idea of a National Pavilion
Athens-based artist and architect Andreas Angelidakis will take over the Greek Pavilion at the 61st Venice Biennale, delivering an anti-fascist escape room embellished with intentionally campy...
View ArticleSargent’s Daughters’ Allegra LaViola Is Playing the Long Game
Over more than a decade of operation, Sargent’s Daughters has demonstrated that it is possible to build a sustained gallery program and support artists over the long term through gradual growth,...
View Article10 Exhibitions Not to Miss in Mexico City
Beginning in the 1990s, the Mexican art scene has experienced sustained growth, driven largely by internal forces. Among the most decisive was the emergence of a strong local gallery system and,...
View ArticleFOG Design + Art Delivers Strong Sales and Institutional Momentum in San...
Auction houses may have only recently embraced the marketing potential of crossover luxury, experiential staging and lifestyle-inflected storytelling as a way to grow their audience beyond seasoned...
View ArticleAt the Guggenheim, Gabriele Münter Takes her Place
By now, we all know the too-common story of women artists overshadowed by their male partners: Leonora Carrington and Dorothea Tanning by Max Ernst, Jo Hopper by Edward Hopper, Sophie Taeuber-Arp by...
View Article10 Exhibitions Not to Miss in San Francisco
San Francisco and the Bay Area sit at the epicenter of one of the world’s largest pockets of tech wealth, with Silicon Valley just down the road and giants like Google on prime space along the...
View ArticleFrom Surrealism to Séances: The Art World’s Spiritual Turn
Riding the continued momentum of 2022’s The Milk of Dreams and the movement’s 100th anniversary in 2024, Surrealism—and particularly its long-neglected female visionary lineage—continues to gain...
View ArticleCurtains and Cauldrons: The Delicate Politics of Exhibiting Leonora Carrington
The exhibition, curated by Giulia Ingarao and Tere Arcq, is on paper a triumph: finally, Italy dedicates a full-scale retrospective to one of the most radical, complex and visionary artists of the...
View ArticleWendi Norris Bet On Women Surrealists—Now the Market Has Caught Up
A recent report by ArtTactic with Sotheby’s found that in 2024, Surrealism achieved annual growth of 8.8 percent, with auction sales rising to $439.7 million—a jump of 131.6 percent from 2018—while...
View ArticleA Thanksgiving Weekend Art Escape: 3 Must-See Exhibitions in Philadelphia
Just an hour’s train ride from New York, Philadelphia is an ideal day trip, blending art, culture and food in a refreshing escape. Despite recent turmoil in the city’s art scene—including the firing...
View ArticleIn Its Best Week Since 2021, Sotheby’s Hit $1.173B With a $54.7M Kahlo Finale
Of the $1.6 billion of art expected to change hands during this year’s November sales, $1.1 billion was secured by Sotheby’s when the evening sales concluded on the 20th. When tallied with the Day...
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