Richard Billingham's blisteringly honest photos of his alcoholic dad and his mountainous, tattooed mom—Ray and Liz, as they have come to be intimately known—were the toast of Charles Saatchi's…
Ever since he sculpted a self-portrait out of his own frozen blood, Marc Quinn has enthralled the public, annoyed many critics, and been embraced by collectors. The quintessential Young British…
Using thousands of plumes, Kate MccGwire creates enormous, otherworldly forms
Art-world figures take issue with recap on '80s resales that reclusive collector offers in new book.
As works by Chinese artists fetch multimillion-dollar prices, the international art world is waking to the power of the Asian market. China has spawned hundreds of new galleries, 1,600 auction…
Auction sales are what one dealer calls the "visible part of the iceberg." But how big is the rest of it? According to dealers, auction house experts, and other advisers, the private art market is…
Beyond his career as creator of today's priciest artworks, Damien Hirst is also a curator, collector, entrepreneur, restaurateur, and clothing designer.
"Collectors are suffering from cognitive dissonance," said Stephen A. Wynn, the Las Vegas casino mogul and one of the world's top art collectors. "They're struggling intellectually. They know that…
