Christie’s Named Sara Friedlander Chairman of Post-War & Contemporary Art for the Americas
The auction world’s cliché about taste is that it follows the money. Sara Friedlander would like to flip…
Rare 14-Foot Yves Klein Painting Sells for $21.4 M. at Christie’s Paris
A 14-foot-wide Yves Klein painting—the largest format the artist made in his signature pigment, International Klein Blue (IKB)—has sold at…
Kiran Nadar Bought M.F. Husain’s Record-Breaking $13.8M Painting
Kiran Nadar, one of India’s most important collectors, has revealed to ARTnews that she was the buyer of…
John Singer Sargent Paintings Expected to Bring In $12-15 Million
Three paintings by John Singer Sargent—an American artist who spent most of his life in Europe—will be included…
Ten surprises at the National Gallery’s five-star Van Gogh exhibition – The Art Newspaper
The National Gallery’s exhibition Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers (14 September 2024-19 January 2025) opened to five-star reviews.…
Sasan Ghandehari Sues Christie’s Over Picasso Once Owned by a Criminal
Collector Sasan Ghandehari recently filed a lawsuit against Christie’s, alleging that the auction house did not inform him…
Czech Republic man sues Christie’s over buyers of Nazi-thieved artwork
A Czech man claims he’s the rightful heir to paintings worth millions that once belonged to a Jewish…
Matt Bangser Joins Art Intelligence Global After Blum Closure
Matt Bangser, long a fixture at Blum and a discreet broker of high-stakes deals, will join Art Intelligence…
The art market bites back as estimates fail to score – The Art Newspaper
Slowdown, slump, shakedown, stagnation. Call it what you will, the international art market is going through what many…
New York Exhibition Pairs Rare Works by René Magritte and Les Lalannes
This fall, Di Donna Galleries will mount a major exhibition of more than 50 paintings, works on paper,…
“Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin” by Sue Prideaux, Reviewed by Max Carter
Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin by Sue Prideaux Sue Prideaux’s Wild Thing is wise, engaging—and the…
The Artists and Art Pros Who Donated to Cuomo and Mamdani’s Campaigns
On July 14, former New York governor Andrew Cuomo announced the relaunch of his New York mayoral campaign,…