A British couple earned a return of almost 1,500% when a pair of iridescent Art Nouveau vases they bought for £8 ($10) at a garage sale sold for £1,200 (1 …
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Who Was Andy Warhol’s $85 Million “White Disaster” Anonymous Buyer At An Auction Last Year? The truth won’t surprise you
by Andy Warhol White disaster (white car accident 19 times) sold at Sotheby’s New York last year for $85.4 million. The sale price was a record for a Warhol painting, …
Molly Crabapple has published an open letter from 1,000 cultural luminaries urging publishers to restrict the use of AI-generated ‘vampiric’ images
A open letter imploring publishers to restrict their use of AI-generated artwork was posted online by activist, writer and artist Molly Crabapple and the Center for Artistic Inquiry and Reporting. …
Austria will return two small marbles from the Parthenon to Greece. Officials hope the move will encourage Britain to follow suit
A museum in Austria plans to send two pieces of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece. In a press conference held yesterday May 2, Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg announced that …
Sotheby’s has launched a secondary market for NFTs, allowing artists to sell digital works directly to collectors
Sotheby’s added a secondary marketplace to its web3-focused business Sotheby’s Metavers. The auction house has been aggressively courting the NFT space since early 2021, positioning itself as the go-to place …
Choctaw-Cherokee artist Jeffrey Gibson shows us his Hudson studio, where he pokes fun at Native American iconography
Jeffrey Gibson’s studio could be considered his greatest work of art. Just a decade ago, Gibson embarked on a major project, converting an old school at Hudson, New York, in …
Monumental Louise Bourgeois ‘spider’ could fetch $40 million at Sotheby’s + Other stories
Art Industry News is a daily summary of the most important developments in the art world and the art market. Here’s what you need to know on Tuesday, April 25. …
Simon de Pury explains how technological innovations have led to the art world’s new enthusiasm for ceramics
Each month in The Hammer, art industry veteran Simon de Pury lifts the curtain on his life as the ultimate art world insider, his brushes with fame and his invaluable …
To celebrate Brussels art, knowledgeable local collectors organize sophisticated tea parties while collecting works by young artists
Galila Barzilaï-Hollander collapsed on a bench at the Art Brussels fair with a satisfied smile. Dressed in a pleated blue ensemble with shocks of neon orange accessories, the 74-year-old local …
Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein gets a retrospective at the Whitney and a USPS stamp of approval too
In honor of the 100th anniversary of Roy Lichtenstein this year the Whitney Museum of American Art announced today that it will organize a retrospective of the greats of Pop …