Author Archives: Daniel Grant

On Nov. 17, a sale of American art at Swann Galleries set a new record for a work by social realist painter Robert Gwathmey, famous for his depictions of African-American life in the rural South. Read More

On Dec. 11, Los Angeles Modern Auctions had one of its most successful auctions to date, realizing $2.9 million for a sale of modern art and design. Read More

Sarah Braman’s first solo show (Oct. 27–Dec. 3) of painted panels and sculptures at New York’s Mitchell-Innes & Nash gallery “did brilliantly,” according to Jay Gorney, the gallery’s contemporary art director. Read More

An exhibition of works by Richard Artschwager, including 24 works on paper (drawings and watercolors), five paintings and one sculpture, at New York’s David Nolan Gallery, closed on Dec. 3. Read More

Numerous fall exhibitions in the U.S. and Europe are dedicated to the artwork of Sam Francis—coinciding with the publication of the Catalogue Raisonné of Canvas and Panel Paintings, 1946–1994, edited by Debra Burchett-Lere, who is the director of the Sam Francis Foundation in Glendale, California. Read More

At the Heritage Auctions Oct. 26 sale of modern and contemporary art in Dallas, the top lot was an untitled 1998 silkscreen and pigment on foamcore by Richard Prince, which sold for $131,450 including premium, albeit missing the estimate of $150,000/250,000. Read More

Numerous works by Italian conceptual artist Alighiero Boetti hit the auction block in recent weeks at the fall series of contemporary art sales in London. Read More