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Crystal Bridges Explores the U.S. Constitution Through Art in New Exhibition 'We the People: The Radical Notion of Democracy'
ArtfixDaily / July 7th, 2022
Original print of the U.S. Constitution headlines exhibition sponsored by Ken Griffin (who purchased it for $43.2 million at Sotheby's in 2021) that combines art and history to broaden the American narrative A document at the very heart of U.S. democracy was unveiled in an art exhibition this ...
Dinosaurs Draw Buyers at Summer Art Events From Masterpiece London to Sotheby's
The Art Newspaper / July 5th, 2002
A full skeleton of a Gorgosaurus is expected to sell for as much as $8 million at auction this month, in a first-ever offering of the dinosaur species at a public sale, according to Sotheby’s. A close relative of the Tyrannosaurus rex, the well-preserved Gorgosaurus specimen dates to around 76 ...
Take a Peek at 'Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts'
ArtfixDaily / July 4th, 2022
Following appearances at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Wallace Collection in London (now through Oct. 16, 2022), the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, Calif., will present the international traveling exhibition “Inspiring Walt Disney: The ...
Bill of Rights Precursor Document Could Fetch $5 Million at Auction This July
ArtfixDaily / July 1st, 2022
This July, Sotheby’s will offer Virginia’s official ratification of the U.S. Constitution, a rare copy which also includes a list of 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, all part of a 13-page document from June 25, 1788, that later helped establish the Bill of Rights. It is one of only ...
Rare Mercedes Zooms to Record-Setting $142 Million at Secret Auction
CNBC / May 19th, 2022
A rare Mercedes-Benz race car sold for $142 million on May 5, securing its place as the most expensive car ever sold. RM Sotheby’s announced the sale of the 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe for 135 million euros, or about $142 million, at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, ...
'Designing Motherhood' Delves Into Material Culture of Birth at MassArt Art Museum
ArtfixDaily / April 7th, 2022
The MassArt Art Museum (MAAM) announces its next exhibition, Designing Motherhood: Things That Make and Break Our Births, on view June 11 - December 18, 2022. Organized by a curatorial team that includes design historians, birth advocates, and medical and midwifery history experts, Designing ...
Objects From Actress Betty White's Estate to take Transatlantic Tour on Queen Mary 2 Cruise Ahead of Auction
ArtfixDaily / April 6th, 2022
Worldwide Exhibition Preview of Collection to Set Sail on Exclusive Queen Mary 2 Transatlantic Voyage Presented by Julien’s Auctions and Cunard August 5th-12th Julien’s Auctions, known as the auction house to the stars, will present Property from the Life and Career of Betty White, ...
Art Market Soars to $65.1 Billion in 2021, According to Art Basel UBS Report
ArtfixDaily / March 30th, 2022
Last year saw a strong recovery of the art market with a gradual return to live sales and events that had previously closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, while online sales continued to grow, according to the sixth edition of The Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report. Written by cultural ...
Consignor Abruptly Pulls CryptoPunk NFTs, Expected to Bring $30 Million, from Sotheby's Sale
New York Times / February 24th, 2022
A single lot of NFTs — 104 digital art assets known as CryptoPunks — that was estimated to bring much as $30 million and set a benchmark for the growing category, was suddenly withdrawn at a Sotheby's sale on Wednesday. The saleroom floor went into a stunned silence, reports the New York Times, ...
The British Museum Turns J.M.W. Turner Artworks Into NFTs
The Art Newspaper / February 9th, 2022
After launching 200 Hokusai works into NFT sales last fall, The British Museum is now offering up prized works by J.M.W. Turner (1775–1851) as collectible NFTs. The Turner NFTs, comprising a jpeg edition with "tradable" code on the blockchain, start at around €4,999 ($5,660). "Think of it as ...
Picasso's Great-Grandson Launches 'Florian Picasso NFT' Collection With a John Legend Collaboration
The Art Newspaper / February 3rd, 2022
The Picasso estate initially stymied sales of more than 1,000 NFTs created by the granddaughter and great-grandson of Pablo Picasso last week. With more clarifying language around the sales, Marina Picasso and her son Florian have since launched their first NFT collection which went live Tuesday ...
New-York Historical Society Exhibition Explores Handmade Black Dolls Through the Lens of Race, Gender, and History
ArtfixDaily / February 3rd, 2022
The New-York Historical Society presents a landmark exhibition that explores handmade Black dolls through the lens of race, gender, and history. On view February 25 – June 5, 2022, Black Dolls immerses visitors in the world of dolls, doll play, and doll making while examining the ...
Gene Moore's Super Fun Tiffany & Co. Circus Hits the Auction Block From 'Happy Days' and 'Spamalot' Producer's Collection
ArtfixDaily / January 31st, 2022
Rago/Wright is set to bring a remarkable selection of circus figures designed by Gene Moore for Tiffany & Co. to auction as part of Jewels XOXO on February 9th. Rarely presented in such quantity, these 60+ original sterling and enamel figures were collected over decades by Hollywood and ...
Belvedere Museum to Sell NFTs Derived From The Kiss by Gustav Klimt for Valentine’s Day
ArtfixDaily / January 27th, 2022
Vienna's Belvedere Museum, in collaboration with artèQ, is dropping NFTs of its historical Gustav Klimt masterpiece The Kiss (Lovers), as announced on Thursday. Billed as a "digital declaration of love," the sales will come just ahead of Valentine's Day in a limited number of digital ...
Must-See 'Majolica Mania' Exhibition Continues in New York Through January 2, Then Travels
ArtfixDaily / December 9th, 2021
Majolica Mania: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850–1915 is the largest and most comprehensive exhibition yet mounted of a significant nineteenth-century innovation in ceramics. Inspired by Italian Renaissance maiolica and French Palissy ware, “majolica” debuted at ...
'Guo Pei: Couture Fantasy' to Explore Extraordinary Fashion Displayed in European Art Galleries at San Francisco's Legion of Honor
ArtfixDaily / December 2nd, 2021
Through exquisite craftsmanship, lavish embroidery, and unconventional dressmaking techniques, designer Guo Pei creates a couture fantasy that fuses the influences of China’s imperial past with export art, the grandeur of European court life, architecture, and the botanical world. The Fine Arts ...
From Beeple at The Bass to Minting Your Own NFT at Art Basel, Digital Art Descends on Miami Art Week
Miami Herald / November 29th, 2021
Thanksgiving table talk about NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) is over, and the (art) game is on now in South Florida, from a day-long summit to museum talks and special offerings at multiple venues plus the suite of contemporary art fairs during Miami Art Week, through Dec. 5. A sampling of this ...
Record-Smashing $43.2 Million U.S. Constitution Will Be Loaned to Crystal Bridges; Early Printing of the Bill of Rights Heads to Auction
ArtfixDaily / November 23rd, 2021
A group of over 17,000 investors who gave to ConstitutionDAO in an effort to purchase a rare document "for the people" were outbid by a private collector. The cohort crowdfunded in Ethereum cryptocurrency to bid on an extremely rare privately-owned copy of the original printing of the U.S. ...
Exhibition Exploring How French Art and Design Inspired Walt Disney Will Open at The Met in December
ArtfixDaily / November 9th, 2021
Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts will be the first-ever exhibition at The Met to explore the work of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ hand-drawn animation. Opening December 10, it will draw new parallels between the magical creations of the Disney Studios and their ...
Survey of Graphic Design Pioneer E. McKnight Kauffer Charts the Legacy of an 'Underground Modernist'
ArtfixDaily / November 2nd, 2021
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York is showing the largest-ever exhibition of works by E. McKnight Kauffer (American, 1890–1954), a pioneer of commercial art—the profession known today as graphic design. On view now through April 10, 2022, “Underground Modernist: E. McKnight ...