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ArtfixDailytm News Feed
- Wednesday, May 23 2012
Chihuly Garden and Glass Opens in Seattle
At the base of Seattle's famous Space Needle, the 45,000-square-foot Chihuly Garden and Glass opened on Monday transforming 1.5 acres of city asphalt into a glass garden oasis.
Controversy has swirled around...
Babe Ruth Jersey Hits $4.4 Million at Auction
A 1920s road jersey—the earliest existing New York Yankees jersey known to have belonged to the legendary slugger Babe Ruth—soared to $4.4 million to become the most expensive piece of sports memorabilia ever sold at auction.
Rivera, Matta Could Continue the 'May Madness' at Auctions
In the wake of record-breaking sales that took place earlier this month, both Christie’s and Sotheby’s will be conducting auctions of Latin American art this week.
Leading the Sotheby’s line up is...
Boston Museum of Fine Arts Receives Transformative Gift
A treasure trove of art collected by Saundra and the late William Lane has been acquired by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
On Saturday, the museum announced the extraordinary gift of 6,000 photographs, 100 works on paper, and 25 paintings, potentially valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
Pioneer collectors in American modernist painting and photography...
Barnes Foundation Shows Art in a New Light
A long, contentious battle over the relocation of the multi-billion-dollar Barnes Foundation's art collection has subsided. This week, the new Barnes opens in Philadelphia after its hotly-contested uprooting from the city's suburbs.
Stand-outs in the American Art Auctions
Following the record prices achieved for post-war and contemporary art last week, sales of historic American art this week have started off with several high-flying lots. Highlights include a vibrant...
Basquiat Record Rounds Out Blockbuster Auction Series
May has so-far ushered in a record-smashing season of auctions. Nearly $1.5 billion of art was sold in 2 weeks at three New York auction houses: Christie's, Sotheby's and Phillips de Pury.
The latest headliner is Jean Michel Basquiat's ‘Untitled”...
Lichtenstein Retrospective Opening Delayed Due to Members' Demands
A retrospective of the work of Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein, whose “Sleeping Girl” set an auction record of $45 million last week, will open May 22 at the Art Institute of Chicago. Proving the artist's current popularity, on onslaught of...
Leica Brings Record Price for Camera at Auction
A prototype Leica camera from 1923 brought an auction record of 2.16m euros ($2.8 million) in Vienna, Austria.
One of only 12 Leica A prototypes known to survive, the camera went to...
Artist Robert Indiana Sued over Sculptures
A Monaco-based art dealer is suing renowned Pop artist Robert Indiana, who is celebrated worldwide for his LOVE sculptures. The dealer bringing the suit...
Lichtenstein, Bacon Boost Sotheby's $266.6 million Sale
Led by $44.9 million final bids for Francis Bacon and Roy Lichtenstein, Sotheby's took in a grand total of $266.6 million with its Contemporary art evening sale on Wednesday. Nearly half of the offered lots went above estimates with 46 of 57 lots selling.
Lichtenstein's "Sleeping Girl"...
Sales Highlights from New York's First Frieze
An overall success, the first annual Frieze Art Fair in New York wrapped up this Monday.
Held on Randall's Island in Manhattan, the fair featured 180 galleries from 30 countries, representing the crème de la crème of the contemporary art scene. There were several major standouts...
Christie's Sale Shatters Records for Post-war Masters
Works by modern art giants from Rothko and Pollock to Calder and Klein sparked furious bidding at Christie's on Tuesday. A number of record-breaking prices sent the Post-war and contemporary art sale to $388.5 million, the highest total ever for the category, with 59 offered lots.
From the estate of David Pincus, Mark Rothko's Orange, Red, Yellow of 1961 blazed to $86.9 million...
Experts Examine a Possible Rediscovered Turner
Art and antiques dealer Frank Faryab believes he is the owner of a lost J.M.W. Turner masterpiece, and so far he has spent over $3 million to prove it.
Faryab purchased the painting, a mid-size oil on panel depicting a seascape, through...
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