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"Duets: Themes and Variations, New Paintings by Warren Prosperi" at Vose Galleries
Boston Globe / July 1st, 2011
"Bringing a portrait painter’s depth of psychological realism to the table, the Prosperis make history paintings that are distinctly contemporary," writes Cate McQuaid in the Boston Globe of the current exhibition at Boston's Vose Galleries.
Rose Art Museum will keep its collection
Boston Globe / June 30th, 2011
A contentious lawsuit against Brandeis University has been settled with an agreement that will keep its Rose Art Museum's modern art collection intact.
Record $175m contemporary art auction in London
Bloomberg / June 29th, 2011
The contemporary art auctions in London this week sent high-level works to top prices. The 88-lot Sotheby’s evening auction on June 29 totaled a robust 108.8 million pounds ($175 million), the highest total ever...
Legal battle brews over Allan Stone estate
New York Post / June 21st, 2011
Clare Stone, the widow of Manhattan art dealer and ardent collector Allan Stone, is suing the executor of his $300 million estate. When he died in 2006, Allan Stone left his estate, including works by such artists as Willem de Kooning, Wayne Thiebaud, and Andy Warhol, in a trust for his ...
Basel buyers bring back art boom
Bloomberg / June 19th, 2011
Top-dollar works by Mark Rothko, Maurizio Cattelan, and Anish Kapoor were among the sales from Art Basel's $1.7 billion worth of 20th-21st century art. The annual Swiss pilgrimage of art world VIPs closed with exhibitors comparing the five-day fair to the pre-2008 art boom. According to ...
Big crowds, brisk sales at Art Basel
Daily Beast / June 15th, 2011
Elbows were flying as crowds descended upon the VIP preview of Art Basel in Switzerland early this week. Showcasing $1.75 billion worth of modern and contemporary art from 300 top-tier galleries, the 42nd edition of the fair may host upwards of 60,000 people through June 19. It was a buying ...
Stanford to receive major collection of 20th c. American art
ArtfixDaily / June 14th, 2011
Stanford University will be given a significant donation of 121 paintings and sculpture, including some of the foremost examples of post-World War II American art, from a Bay Area family. With the addition of key works such as Jackson Pollock's "Lucifer" to its holdings, the gift places Stanford ...
Art Basel extravaganza begins
ArtfixDaily / June 13th, 2011
On the heels of the Venice Biennale opening, where contemporary art is on exhibit-only through Nov. 27, the 42nd edition of Art Basel takes it stand as the place to buy, from June 15 through June 19, 2011. More than $1.75 billion worth of art is set to tempt billionaire buyers as well as new ...
Claes Oldenburg sculpture to adorn Philadelphia's new Lenfest Plaza
ArtfixDaily / June 11th, 2011
In late August, a towering 53-foot high sculpture of a paintbrush with illuminated bristles, created by world-renowned American artist Claes Oldenburg, will make its home at the start of Philadelphia's expanding "Museum Mile." The monumental sculpture, titled Paint Torch, will be installed on ...
Gagosian Gallery debuts interactive iPad app
Huffington Post / June 2nd, 2011
Mega-sized art dealership Gagosian Gallery is launching a free and interactive iPad app this month. Users can read artist biographies, reviews, news and events, browse exhibitions.
Hong Kong fair stokes contemporary art market in Asia
Bloomberg / May 25th, 2011
About 50,000 people are expected to attend HK ART 11, the fourth edition of the Hong Kong International Art Fair, from May 25 to 29, featuring a vast selection of contemporary art by the likes of Jeff Koons, Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Damien Hirst, Roy Lichtenstein, Yan Pei-Ming, and ...
Qi Baishi painting soars to record $65m at Chinese auction
China / May 23rd, 2011
An ink wash painting by Qi Baishi (1864-1957) set an auction record of 425 million yuan (US$65.4 million) for Chinese art at the Guardian Spring Auction in Beijing on Sunday night. The sale totaled 1 billion yuan (US$649 million). "A Long Life, A Peaceful World," depicting an eagle on a pine ...
Cindy Sherman sets auction record for photography
PSFK / May 22nd, 2011
Art advisor Philippe Segalot reportedly purchased Cindy Sherman’s (b. 1954) “Untitled #96″ at a Christie’s auction in New York in May for $3.89 million, a record amount for a photograph at auction. “Untitled #96″ is one in the "Centerfolds" series of ten photographs commissioned in 1981, but ...
Thiebaud takes the cake at Sotheby's Allan Stone auction
New York Times / May 10th, 2011
The estate of Manhattan gallerist and collector Allan Stone yielded a trove of contemporary artworks which began the week of post-war and contemporary art auctions on a happy note. Three John Chamberlain sculptures, 9 Willem de Koonings, and twenty Wayne Thiebuad paintings helped boost the ...
$95m Phillips sale closes out $525m auction series
The Art Newspaper / May 12th, 2011
Phillips de Pury wrapped this week's auction series with a $94.8m sale of 50 lots of which 88% were sold by value, and 76% by lot. It was a Warhol-heavy, four days of postwar and contemporary sales, totaling $524.6m at the major auction houses. Phillips had Warhol's blue silkscreen "Liz #5 ...
Warhol rules at $301.6 million Christie's sale
New York Times / May 11th, 2011
A bidding battle over a blue Andy Warhol sent the 1963-64 self-portrait to a final price of $38.4 million—well over the $30 million high estimate—at Christie's on Wednesday night. Bidders also confidently pursued Mark Rothko's “Untitled No. 17,” from 1961, to $33.6 million, above its $22 ...
Detained artist Ai Weiwei's Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads opening delayed in New York
Zodiac Heads / May 2nd, 2011
Update: The official unveiling has been rescheduled to Wednesday morning, May 4. Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads, the first major public art sculpture by celebrated contemporary Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, was supposed to make its outdoor debut on May 2 in New York at the historic Pulitzer ...
Museum directors push petition to free Ai Weiwei
Change.org / April 13th, 2011
On April 3, prominent Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was seized by government agents when he tried to board a plane in Beijing. His charge is unspecified "economic crimes," according to the Chinese government. Change.org is circulating a petition started by 12 leading figures in the international art ...
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei disappears
Christian Science Monitor / April 5th, 2011
Chinese authorities have not disclosed the location of artist and social activist Ai Weiwei since detaining him on Sunday at Beijing's airport. The Communist government in China has been stepping up arrests of political dissenters following uprisings in the Middle East. The ...
Growing Gagosian Gallery
Wall Street Journal / April 4th, 2011
Estimated to move a staggering $1 billion worth of modern and contemporary art annually at his 11 global galleries, dealer Larry Gagosian represents 77 of the world's top artists and estates, including Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti, Cy Twombly, Richard Serra, Jeff Koons, Damien Hirst and Ed ...