Christie’s New York fetched $83.6 million ($98.8 million with fees) in the auction house’s 21st Century Evening Sale Tuesday, May 15, led by El Gran Espectaculo (The Nile) by Jean …
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THE Fine Arts Museum of Arkansas (AMFA) reopened to the public on April 22, welcoming the community of Little Rock for the first time since launching a four-year renovation and …
Judge refuses to launch two copyright infringement lawsuits against Richard Prince
A Manhattan judge has refused to dismiss two longstanding copyright lawsuits against artist Richard Prince for his Instagram source New Portraits series, a suite of images appropriated from users on …
June trial date set for Russian artist who leaked sex video of President Emmanuel Macron’s ‘right hand’
The Russian artist Piotr Pavlensky is due to stand trial in France on June 28 for leaked sex videos that brought down French politician Benjamin Griveaux, the “right arm” of …
The UK Government Art Collection (GAC) has commissioned nine UK-based artists, including Cornelia Parker and Hew Locke, to create works in response to the recent Coronation of King Charles III. …
Codex Sassoon, 10th century Sotheby’s, New York, May 17 Estimate: $30-50 million One of the most comprehensive Hebrew Bibles in existence hits the market later this month with the highest …
India to launch ‘biggest repatriation campaign ever’ against UK for return of heritage looted during colonial rule
The Indian government hopes to repatriate thousands of objects held in British institutions, such as the British Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) in London, which have been …
an ambitious exhibition with the Parisian landscapes of Van Gogh opens in Chicago
Van Gogh and the avant-garde: the modern landscape (May 14-September 4) opens at Chicago Art Institute. Then it goes to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam (October 13-January 14, 2024), …
Christie’s fetched $426.6 million ($506.5 million with fees) in its two-part sale in New York on Thursday (May 11), a decent result “considering the world we find ourselves in,” in …
Taipei Dangdai ‘deliberately regional’ fair suggests Taiwan’s art market is slowly recovering from pandemic
Taiwanese dealers and collectors are quick to point out that it’s normal to sell slowly during the opening days of Taipei art fairs. And so it is at fourth edition …