Carrie Mae Weems Offers a Respite at Gladstone Gallery Before an Anxiety-Inducing Election
Carrie Mae Weems’s film Cyclorama: The Shape of Things (2021) isn’t specific to the upcoming Presidential election, although it certainly does refer to the fallout of...
Pelosi Desk Covered in Poop and Trump Torch Sculptures Appear in D.C. Ahead of Election Day
Two politically charged statues have appeared in Washington, D.C., sparking public interest and discussion just days before the election, according to CNN. One statue, a bronze...
Thieves Blew The Door Off Gallery to Steal Two of Four Rare Warhol Prints from Dutch Gallery
Thieves with a taste for Pop Art literally blew the doors off of MPV Gallery in Oisterwijk, Netherlands Friday before stealing two screen prints from...
This November, $1 K. Can Buy You a Visit to the Studio of Blue-Chip Artists like Jeff Koons and Jeffrey Gibson
A host of top tier New York-based artists are opening the doors to their studios to benefit the International Fine Print Dealers Association Foundation this...
Sotheby’s Closes Deal with Abu Dhabi Soverign Wealth Fund for $1 B. Cash Injection
Sotheby’s has closed a deal, previously announced this summer, for Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund and investment company, ADQ, to acquire a minority stake in...
Lawsuit Claims Artist Scott Kahn Ditched Phillips Asia Show for David Zwirner Deal
Dealer and curator Eric Ian Hornak-Spoutz has filed suit against painter Scott Kahn, who is accused of breaching his contractual obligations to Hornak-Spoutz by abruptly...
TEFAF Returns to Maastricht Next Year with 26 Newcomers Among 266 Exhibitors
The European Fine Art Foundation announced Monday that TEFAF Maastricht will return to the Maastricht Exhibition & Conference Centre (MECC) from March 15-20, 2025. The 2025 edition...
Egon Schiele’s Death Mask Surpasses Expectations at Sloane Street Auctions Sale
An “exceedingly rare” bronze cast of Egon Schiele’s death mask sold for $24,600—more than ten times its estimated price—this week at London’s Sloane Street Auctions sale of...
3 Takeaways from the Art Basel & UBS Global Collecting Survey
Few years have been as tumultuous in the art market as 2023. Of course, 2008 and 2016 were bad (and not to mention 1990), but...
Two Sides to the Art Market: Spending Down 32 Percent in 2023, Report Says, While Total Volume on the Rise
At the top of the art market dwell collectors. Without them, there’s no one to warrant the countless gallery exhibitions, seasonal day and evening sales,...
Collector Libbie Mugrabi Embroiled in Legal Battle with Art-Backed Lending Company
Libbie Mugrabi, the New York–based socialite, art collector, and ex-wife of Top 200 collector David Mugrabi, is embroiled in an ongoing legal battle with the...
Billionaire Rybolovlev Cleared in Swiss Investigation, Swiss Dealer Yves Bouvier Faces $830 M. Tax Bill
Swiss prosecutors this week dismissed a criminal case against Dmitri Rybolovlev, clearing him of allegations related to the arrest of Swiss art dealer Yves Bouvier...
Guggenheim Outpost in Basque Nature Reserve Faces Opposition from Environmental Groups
Plans to establish a new outpost of Bilbao’s Guggenheim Museum in Guernica and the Urdaibai biosphere reserve in Spain have sparked controversy, according to the Guardian. While...
Dutch Museum Buys Van Gogh Painting for More Than $9 M.
Vincent van Gogh’s Head of a Woman (Gordina de Groot) has been picked up by the Noordbrabants Museum in ’s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. According to the Art...