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  • La Gazette Drouot

    Auction Industry

    Petit Palais Director Annick Lemoine: Working For a Living Museum

    Annick Lemoine, appointed director of the Petit Palais in Paris two years ago, unveils plans and ambitions designed to make it somewhere for everyone. How would you sum up these two years at the helm of the Petit Palais?Since 2018, I had overseen the Musée Cognacq-Jay: it was a very interesting period, with…

    Petit Palais Director Annick Lemoine

  • La Gazette Drouot

    Auction Industry

    Fernand Léger, Modernity Mingles with Tradition

    Léger found his way by inventing iconography based on the trilogy of forms, solid colors and black outlines, creating instantly identifiable compositions. Fernand Léger (1881–1955), Yellow Vase in a Landscape, 1948, oil on canvas signed and dated "48", resigned, redated and titled, 46 x 38 cm/18.11 x 14.96 in. Estimate: €350,000/450,000 Lise…

  • AuctionDaily

    Auction Result

    Around the Auction World: November 2022

    What were the top stories in the auction industry this month? Pair of Celine faux tortoiseshell sunglasses. Image courtesy of Stair. Top News Stories Among the most exciting auctions this November was Stair’s sale of Joan Didion’s personal possessions, which gathered headlines and steam before the live bidding even began.…

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  • AuctionDaily

    Auction Result

    500 Years of Art History Came Together in Christie’s $1.62 Billion Paul G. Allen Collection

    Inspired by the limitless curiosity of Paul G. Allen, Christie’s presented more than 150 masterpieces, spanning 500 years of art in the recent The Visionary: The Paul G. Allen Collection auction. This monumental event made history as the first single auction to total over USD 1 billion. The sale connected…

    500 Years of Art History Came Together in Christies $1.62 Billion Paul G. Allen Collection-1

  • AuctionDaily

    Artists, Auction Result

    Artist to Know: Amrita Sher-Gil

    Considered one of India's preeminent Modern artists, Amrita Sher-Gil frequently explored the daily lives of Indian women of her time. She depicted women as subjects and objects, often capturing their sense of despair, hopelessness, and loneliness. Her style, propelled by South Asian Modernism, later inspired the formation of the Bombay…

    Artist to Know Amrita Sher-Gil2

  • AuctionDaily

    Auction Industry

    A Collection of Impressionist Paintings Will Go Under the Hammer With Sotheby’s

    The upcoming Impressionist & Modern Art Evening sale, presented by Sotheby’s, highlights four important Impressionist paintings. Held on May 12th, 2021 starting at 8:30 PM EDT, the sale will include two rare pieces from Claude Monet, a still-life work from Paul Cézanne, and an oil painting by Edgar Degas. The…

    A Collection of Impressionist Paintings Will Go Under the Hammer With Sothebys2

  • AuctionDaily

    Art World

    How Did the GameStop Short Squeeze Affect Art Collectors?

    In late January of 2021, an unlikely connection emerged between Reddit users, GameStop, and some of the biggest names on Wall Street. Steve Cohen and Kenneth Griffin, two of the art world’s wealthiest collectors, were affected by a newsmaking stock market short squeeze. Both billionaires have placed record-breaking bids at…

    How Did the GameStop Short Squeeze Affect Art Collectors4

  • AuctionDaily

    Auction Result

    Phillips' Contemporary Art Evening Sale Captures $134.6 Million, Breaks House Records

    Several Emerging Artists Set New Benchmarks, Including Amy Sherald, Titus Kaphar, and Matthew Wong Phillips' 20th Century and Contemporary Art evening sale came to a magnificent end on December 7th, 2020, raising a record USD 134.6 million. The figure showed a nearly 25% increase from the same auction last winter…

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  • AuctionDaily

    Auction Industry

    Artist to Know: Liang Yuanwei

    Aste Bolaffi’s Upcoming Sale Presents Three Meticulous Flower Paintings Liang Yuanwei, one of China’s rising contemporary women artists, has long recognized the challenge of building a career in patriarchal art spaces. Despite difficulties obtaining gallery space and gaining respect without tokenization, Liang continues to push the boundaries of contemporary painting.…

    Artist to Know Liang Yuanwei1

  • ArtFixDaily

    People

    Baltimore Museum of Art Receives $3.5M Gift and Names New Director of Matisse Center

    The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) has announced that it has received a gift of $3.5 million from a longtime museum advocate to endow the directorship for The Ruth R. Marder Center for Matisse Studies, which is currently slated to open in fall 2021. In recognition of this generous gift,…

    Baltimore Museum of Art Receives $3.5M Gift and Names New Director of Matisse Center

  • Artsy.Net

    Artists

    Man Ray Made Iconic Surrealist Photographs—and so Much More

    Man Ray Le Violon d'Ingres, 1924 Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris Man Ray Self-portrait, 1943 Finarte Man Ray’s name is synonymous with moody, seductive black-and-white photographs from the interwar era. The famous 1924 shot Le Violon d’Ingres (Ingres’s Violin) features a woman’s bare back adorned with two elegant f-holes, connecting her body…

    Le Violon d'Ingres, 1924 Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

  • Balclis

    Art Fairs

    Las Vegas: A Top Cultural And Artistic Destination

    There have been many descriptions of Las Vegas and certainly they are all very similar: “Las Vegas is the capital of neon and casinos, it’s extravagant, it’s tacky, but it’s fun” or, as Tom Wolfe said, “Las Vegas is the American Monte Carlo, but it doesn’t have the luxurious mustiness…