Apr 24th, 2026 - When the Detroit Institute of Arts unveiled its newly reinstalled galleries dedicated to African American art last fall, the most important change wasn't simply curatorial—it was topographic. For decades, works by Black artists had been scattered throughout the museum or relegated to the quieter corners of the modern wing. Now, after a major rehang, they sit at the heart of the institution, steps from Diego Rivera's massive Detroit Industry Murals, the museum's most visited landmark, ...
Apr 23rd, 2026 - Heralded as the most valuable single-owner design sale in Sotheby's history , the collection of Jean and Terry de Gunzburg lived up to expectations. The April 22 Collection of Jean & Terry de Gunzburg – Design Masters sale at the auction house's Breuer headquarters closed white glove with a total of $96 million across 107 lots against an initial estimate of $28.5-42.5 million to become the most valuable design collection ever sold in the U.S. With 94 percent of lots selling above their ...
Mar 6th, 2026 - Picture: Agnew's Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz: This is the exciting time of year when dealers begin revealing their top pictures for the upcoming art fair TEFAF (The European Fine Art Foundation) in Maastricht. News from Agnew's today that they'll be bringing the De Ganay Salvator Mundi , given to the Studio of Leonardo Da Vinci, which according to their press release has 'been considered the best of the versions known, and by some to be the prototype [of the famous 2017 Christie's picture].' ...
Feb 12th, 2026 - From Yoko Ono to Frida Kahlo, from Louise Bourgeois to Artemisia Gentileschi, women have long been capturing the unvarnished truth about their own bodies – and that's why my novel Female, Nude weaves them into the plot f you want to paint, put your clothes back on!" That was how Carolee Schneemann summarised the critical response to her 1975 performance piece Interior Scroll, which she had performed nude standing on a gallery table. After making a series of life model poses, she removed a ...
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 ...
Sep 16th, 2025 - With Sotheby's landing the $400 million Leonard A. Lauder Collection and the Pritzkers' modern masterpieces, and Christie's securing the Weis and Wynn estates, November's sales may yet rescue the slumping auction market. It has become clearer in these past few years that the real battle between auction houses isn't about results but in the race for consignments. Yesterday, Sotheby's landed a knockout: the $400 million Leonard A. Lauder Collection , set to hit the rostrum during November's New ...
Aug 29th, 2025 - The National Gallery's blockbuster exhibition, 'Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers', provided an unusual opportunity to see how the artist's works have been framed by their owners London's Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers exhibition, which closed at the National Gallery earlier this year, offered the chance to see how the artist's works have been framed by their fortunate owners. With loans from nearly 50 museums and private collections, nearly all the paintings were displayed in ornate gilded ...
Aug 4th, 2025 - Works by Cézanne, Manet, Degas, Van Gogh and others from the Pearlman Foundation are headed to the Brooklyn Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art and New York's Museum of Modern Art The Brooklyn Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Lacma) and Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York will receive a collection of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and modern works belonging to the Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation. The foundation revealed today (4 August) that its holdings will be ...
