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19 February 2021

Christo and Jeanne-Claude Sotheby's Sale Outperforms Expectations in First Half

The first segment of Sotheby's two-part sale of works from the collection of Christo and Jeanne-Claude concluded today in Paris, netting 8 million ($9.8 million) across 28 lots. With only one lot withdrawn before the auction's start, the first half of the sale tripled its pre-sale low estimate of 2.5 million ($3 million), with each work offered finding a buyer. ... read more (external link)

17 February 2021

Restituted Van Gogh Portrait from London Collection to Sell at Christie's

A drawing by Vincent Van Gogh made during the artist's final years will sell at Christie's as part of the drawing collection sale titled "Family Collection: Works on Paper, Van Gogh to Freud" on March 1 in New York. Estimated at $7 million - $10 million, the work is titled La Mousm. (1888). ... read more (external link)

16 February 2021

Why I Collect: Lu Xun

'I always knew from when I was very small that alongside the mundane world we live in, there are great artworks: masterpieces that are spiritual and beautiful beyond ages and eras. My father holds a unique collection of modern Chinese paintings and works on paper. The artist who got me hooked when I was little was Zhang Daqian, one of the great Chinese painters of the 20th century. He went from making traditional landscapes to experimental expressionist works with splashed ink. My dad would bring his paintings home as scrolls, rolled up under his arm. He would call me to open the scroll on the table or floor and an amazing painting would gradually emerge. It was an incredible experience. ... read more (external link)

16 February 2021

'Building on our strengths': National Gallery London unveils plans for �25m upgrade

London's National Gallery is embarking on a �25m-�30m project to upgrade its building, to be partly completed in early 2024 to celebrate its 200th anniversary. There will be three key elements: upgrading the lobby of the Sainsbury Wing, creating a new research centre and improving outdoor space on the edge of Trafalgar Square. ... read more (external link)

16 February 2021

Why Did Artists Like Archibald Motley Paint Stereotypical Black Figures? To Understand, We Must Consider the History of Black Visual Satire

n a 1992 review of artist Archibald J. Motley, Jr.'s first major retrospective exhibition, New York Times art critic Michael Kimmelman acknowledged his struggles with understanding Motley's approach to representing African Americans. ... read more (external link)

15 February 2021

New HBO Documentary Connects Black Art's Rich History and Vibrant Present.

In the catalogue for his 1976 show "Two Centuries of Black American Art," professor David Driskell wrote: "It is the aim of this exhibition to make available a more accurate compendium of a body of work that should never have been kept a separate entity." ... read more (external link)

12 February 2021

As Museums Desperately Try to Diversify Their Collections, They Now Face Another Problem: How to Pay for It in a Financial Crisis

In recent years, the public has increasingly scrutinized museum collections that disproportionately represent dead white male artists a process that was accelerated radically in 2020 after a groundswell of support for the Black Lives Matter movement. ... read more (external link)

12 February 2021

A 1982 Basquiat Is Expected to Fetch Over $30 Million at Christie's Hong Kong, Setting a Record for a Western Artist in Asia

As auction houses prepare to enter another season with most of the world in lockdown, they are seeking ways to make sure their sales still feel like events. To that end, Christie's is holding a single-lot sale in Hong Kong dedicated to a pricey painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat on March 23. ... read more (external link)

09 February 2021

How Can I Tell If My Keith Haring Is Fake? Here Are Five Tell-Tale Clues, According to an Expert

Haring expert Richard Polsky breaks down what you need to know about warning signs in the artist's many bodies of work. ... read more (external link)

03 February 2021

The 10 Most Expensive Living Artists

Not an easy to task to find these well-heeled creatives amongst the mass of artists, exhibitions and great masters. However we tried and succeeded (galleries prepare to be impressed) in bringing you the 10 most expensive contemporary artists of the moment, and we’ve even thrown in some extra information on all of them! ... read more (external link)

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