Donna Summer’s Personal Belongings Artwork and Memorabilia Head to Christie’s New York in June. Bidding on the rich collection – which includes Polaroids, trophies and even paintings by the musician …
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Ilya Kabakov, the Ukrainian-born American conceptual artist who lived through totalitarianism but dreamed of utopia, has died at 89
Ukrainian American conceptual artist Ilya Kabakov died on the night of Saturday May 27 at the age of 89, his family has confirmed. Taking as subject his experiences of life …
Two miniature Qing dynasty jars, bought from UK thrift store for just $25, sold for over $74,000 at auction
A pair of Qing Dynasty jars beat their $63,000 estimate at London auction house Roseberriesselling for $74,318, nearly 3,000 times the $25 the seller paid for them at a charity …
Breakdown of Christie’s Spring Evening Art Sales Results in Hong Kong, May 2023
Christie’s two evening sales in Hong Kong on Sunday May 28 had mixed results, but did not fail. The house’s 20th/21st century sale and the return of its post-millennium evening …
$20 million worth of Rothschild dynasty treasures head to New York in first-of-its-kind auction
A trove of some 600 objects collected by the French branch of the famous Rothschild banking family – including paintings, furniture, enamels, majolica, Renaissance jewelry and silver – will go …
Leonardo DiCaprio’s colorful painting of Damien Hirst just raised $1.3 million for charity
A huge painting by Leonardo DiCaprio by Damien Hirt sold at a charity auction for $1.3 million. by Hirst Beautiful painting of Leonardo DiCaprio looking into the distance was painted …
What the Story of a Botched Million-Dollar Auction Reveals About the Conflict Between New Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Customer Privacy
Governments are increasingly cracking down on money laundering in the art market through stricter transparency requirements for auction houses and other art sellers. But a recent dispute over a nearly …
See iconic shots of Audrey Hepburn, David Bowie and more celebrities in Fotografiska’s Starry Terry O’Neill retrospective
“Stars‘, an exhibition of works by the late British photographer Terry O’Neill, opens at New York’s Fotografiska in June with one eye on the celestial plane. Or something close: the …
In her light-filled waterfront studio, Ivy Haldeman paints toward ’empathetic pain’, pausing for noodle breaks
A number of oddities can be found inside Ivy Haldeman’s Brooklyn Navy Yard studio: fake On Kawara paintings, models sporting dramatic shoulder-pad blazers, a small citrus garden on a windowsill. …
Ann and Gordon Getty’s magnificent collection returns for another successful auction at Christie’s New York
The second installment of an auction of works of art and furniture belonging to Ann and Gordon Getty will take place on June 14 at Christie’s New York, following a …