Dec 8th, 2025 - Tributes online have come from artists including Grayson Perry and The Pet Shop Boys Figures from the art and photography worlds have paid tribute to the UK photographer Martin Parr, an arch chronicler of British traditions and eccentrics, who has died, aged 73. A statement from the Martin Parr Foundation on 7 November said: "It is with great sadness that we announce that Martin Parr died yesterday at home in Bristol." Parr was considered one of the UK's best-known photographers and one of the ...
Dec 8th, 2025 - Sotheby's reported unprecedented attendance last month for its record-shattering $1.173 billion marquee week sales —with queues circling the block from the moment its new Breuer Building headquarters opened on November 8 and more than 25,000 visitors passing through in just over a week. The auction house has, it seems, secured a new level of widespread popularity, drawing audiences beyond the usual art-world crowd Now, " Icons: Back to Madison " is bringing together some of the most ...
Dec 4th, 2025 - Following a multi-million-dollar marquee auction week and e arly sales at Untitled and NADA Miami —both making a case for cautious optimism—all eyes were on Art Basel 's VIP opening on December 3. Despite the early line at the oceanside entrance, the atmosphere by 11 a.m. was noticeably more subdued and the crowd less international than the one at the opening of Art Basel Paris just two months earlier. Still, as the only Art Basel in the Americas, the fair continues to draw some of ...
Dec 4th, 2025 - Despite being older and more mellow than his Impressionist peers, the artist's perspective and commitment to plein-air painting made him an integral figure in the movement's evolution. Welcome to One Fine Show , where Observer highlights a recently opened exhibition at a museum not in New York City, a place we know and love that already receives plenty of attention. One of the many reasons that A.I. slop is never going to replace real art is that people like details. When someone visits a ...
Dec 1st, 2025 - A long-lost painting by Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens , which was hidden for more than four centuries, sold for $2.7 million at an auction Sunday in Versailles. The painting was recently found in a private townhouse in Paris. It depicts the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. It was part of a French collection and was initially thought to be from one of the many Rubens workshops that existed at the time. The artwork was rarely valued at more than $11,500. "I immediately had a hunch about this ...
Nov 20th, 2025 - A self-portrait by legendary Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold for $54.66 million in New York on Thursday, setting a new record for the price of a painting by a woman, the auction house Sotheby's said. The sale of Kahlo's 1940 artwork, titled "El sueno (la cama)" — which translates to "The dream (The bed)" — breaks the previous record in this category, set by American artist Georgia O'Keeffe, whose 1932 painting "Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1," sold for $44.4 million in 2014. Kahlo's ...
Nov 13th, 2025 - From the Mona Lisa to the American Gothic, these famous paintings don't just grace museum walls; they offer a glimpse into the past and define entire generations. Although most of these masterpieces are centuries old, they continue to fascinate art buffs and collectors alike, with each piece telling a captivating story. Whether they're on display for the whole world to see or hidden behind closed doors, these paintings prove that art has the power to create and sometimes, even change history. ...
Oct 18th, 2025 - Morgan Library & Museum, New York Famed impressionist painter's lesser-seen drawings are the focus of a major new exhibition that invites us into the stages of his artistic process is luminous colours and sensual brushwork adorn countless mugs, posters and tote bags as well as blockbuster exhibitions . But the commodification of Pierre-Auguste Renoir and his fellow impressionist painters has been missing something. Renoir was an accomplished draftsman who produced a distinguished but largely ...
Apr 11th, 2025 - Eugène Boudin at the Musée Marmottan Monet Video: Musée Marmottan Monet Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz: have just this week opened a new exhibition dedicated to Eugène Boudin (1824-1898) drawn in-part from a single private collection. According to their website: Collector Yann Guyonwarc'h has assembled a collection of works by Eugène Boudin (1824 – 1898) that is unrivalled in any museum in the world. Every facet of the artist's career is ...
Mar 19th, 2025 - His 'Sunflowers' painting does not make the list—and there are other surprises too Van Gogh's pictures only occasionally come onto the market and, not surprisingly, they fetch huge sums. The odd one is sold privately through a dealer, usually very discreetly—but in a typical year less than a handful are publicly auctioned. Here we record the ten most expensive Van Gogh paintings that have sold at auction, all at over $50m. 10. Fields near Les Alpilles , $52m, 2022 Fields near ...
