6 Press Releases

Tag: Marcel Duchamp

  • Auction Industry

    The Aristophil Collection: An Immersion Into the Creative Lives of Authors and Artists

    The next two sales of autographs from the Aristophil Collection include a few items that have never come up for auction before, but also a collection of historic objects and some treasures, paintings and drawings. Théodore Géricault (1791–1824), Self-portrait, oil on canvas, c. 1812, 27 x 22 cm/10.62 x 8.66 in. Estimate: €30,000/40,000…

  • Art World

    Art and the Absence of It: A History of Invisible Art That Involved Nothingness

    Jens Haaning, Take the Money and Run, 2021. Image courtesy of Niels Fabæk, Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg. A Danish museum loaned artist Jens Haaning USD 84,000 to create two works of art using the banknotes. The museum received Haaning’s work a few days before the planned exhibition. However,…

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  • Artists, Auction Industry

    Artist to Know: Berenice Abbott

    Barridoff Galleries Offers Three Vintage Photos of a Changing New York After settling in Paris, pioneering photographer Man Ray started looking for an assistant. He specifically sought a candidate with no previous experience in photography who could learn his distinct style. Ray eventually hired a young journalism dropout who had…

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  • Auction Industry, Press Release

    From Op Art to NFTs, Heritage Auction's Modern & Contemporary Event Travels Back to the Future

    Three Beeple “Everydays” join a thrilling line-up for May 13 sale that includes Vasarely, Calder and Christo Beeple_The_Everydays_The_2020_Collection_three_works_2020_Heritage_Auctions DALLAS, Texas (April 21, 2021) – Heritage Auctions’ May 13 Modern & Contemporary Signature Auction is a decidedly frisky peek at the past, present and future of the definition of art, spanning decades to…

    From Op Art to NFTs, Heritage Auctions Modern & Contemporary Event Travels Back to the Future
  • Auction Industry

    Stair Brings the Art of the Exquisite Corpse to Auction

    This March, Stair will offer an unusual auction that borders on the macabre. Collectors will find drawings of the human body in every style imaginable, from the realist to the absurd. The auction, held live on March 3rd, 2021, highlights the ‘Exquisite Corpse’ game of the Surrealists.  Annette Lemieux, Doug…

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  • Auction Industry

    Artist to Know: Kim Whan-ki

    Vallot Auctioneers Brings Work From the “Godfather of Korean Monochrome Art” While the European art market focused on Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp, and Mark Rothko, South Korean visual artist Kim Whan-ki was building a fresh interpretation of Modernism. Inspired by the Color Field painters, Kim forged a strong connection with…

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