Apr 1st, 2026 - Can you tell the time on that Swatch watch, or does the look of splattered paint on the dial and wristband make the time hard to see—or perhaps irrelevant? Swatch, which for 40 years has produced limited-edition lines of watches with designs by such artists as Keith Haring , Nam June Paik , Sam Francis , Yoko Ono , Jean-Michel Basquiat , Piet Mondrian , Roy Lichtenstein and quite a few others, has recently released two new ones: a Jackson Pollock featuring his 1947 painting Alchemy and a ...
Apr 1st, 2026 - Curators aren't even sure if they should switch it now. History is usually written by the victors. History of art is usually written by the curators. The museums, the specialists, the ones who arrange the art galleries we sometimes visit. But sometimes, they're wrong. At the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf, the curators were bizarrely wrong. Since 1980, the German museum has displayed New York City I , a seminal 1941 work by the Dutch abstract titan Piet Mondrian. Millions ...
Apr 1st, 2026 - The film is the latest to feature in the award-winning Exhibition on Screen series A new documentary on Caravaggio is debuting on the small screen next week, premiering on the streaming platform Marquee TV. Caravaggio is the latest release in the Exhibition on Screen series, directed by Phil Grabsky and David Bickerstaff, which also includes a record-breaking 2023 film about Vermeer. The feature-length film examines the life and work of the Baroque master, combining expert commentary, painting ...
Mar 30th, 2026 - The art historian Gary Schwartz argues that the copy of "Old Man with a Gold Chain" currently hanging alongside the original at the Art Institute of Chicago is by Rembrandt himself, not his workshop A painting long deemed to be a copy of a work by Rembrandt van Rijn, albeit created in his workshop, was painted by the Dutch master and not a student according to the art historian Gary Schwartz, who is championing the work as an autograph replica. The original, Old Man with a Gold Chain (1631), ...
Mar 30th, 2026 - Pamela Granbery was just 10 years old when she sold her first painting, a boldly-colored abstract stork. The moment began her career as a working artist whose pieces capture light through soul-bearing colors. The painting was being exhibited at a judged invitational being held on the historic town green in Guilford, Conn., which had no art galleries at that time. The work featured the bird with triangles for a head, wings, and eyes, an imaginative re-creation of herons Granbery saw flying ...
Mar 25th, 2026 - Henry S. McNeil Jr.'s collection, led by a major Judd "stack" sculpture, is expected to exceed $30m at Christie's this spring During the marquee spring auctions in New York this May, Christie's will offer one of the most significant private collections of Minimalist art to ever come to market. The group, which includes key works by Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt and Dan Flavin, was assembled over several decades by the late Tylenol heir Henry S. McNeil Jr. and installed at his home in Philadelphia. ...
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 27th, 2025 - The momentum in Paris generated last week by Art Basel—and the strong sales and dynamic activity across all the fairs—culminated in the Paris evening auctions, where results exceeded estimates and expectations at both Christie's and Sotheby's. Buyers who seemed hesitant in the days leading up to the art weeks regained confidence after seeing the positive results in London. "They called back, asking for guarantees or pre-auction bids," Alessandro Diotallevi told Observer ahead of the ...
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 ...
May 30th, 2025 - The Pola Museum sheds fresh light on the veneration of Japanese artists for Vincent's paintings An exhibition opening this weekend sets out to chart the influence of Van Gogh on Japanese art, a story little known outside the country. A Renewal of Passion: The Impact of Van Gogh (31 May-30 November) is at the Pola Museum of Art at Hakone, which is almost hidden on a forested mountainside 100 kilometres west of Tokyo. On entering the dramatic building visitors descend by a deep escalator into ...
