280,000 Viewers Watch Christie’s Live-Streamed $341 M. Evening Sale Featuring Rothko, Twombly and a T. Rex
The T. rex fossil set the record for an object of its kind at auction.
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A Recent Book Explores What It Means to Write without Meaning
What—and how—does meaningless writing mean?
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Pace, Gagosian, Acquavella Beat Out Auction Houses to Sell Donald Marron’s Storied Collection
In a move led by Pace’s Marc Glimcher, three galleries have beat out the auction houses to sell works from the collection of Donald B. Marron, the prominent collector and financier who died in Decembe…
Phillips Nets $99.9 M. at Contemporary Art Evening Sale, Led by $10.2 M. de Kooning
The sale set new artist records for Nicholas Party, Tomoo Gokita, and Dana Schutz.
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Cursed Images: Netflix’s Art-World Satire
A painter's ghost inhabits other people's artworks, as if it's not a sited haunting but a viral curse.
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Wool Gathering: Janine and J. Tomilson Hill’s Dreams for Their Exemplary Collection Overlooking the High Line
The couple has assembled a world-class collection of more than 400 works, valued at over $800 million, that include modern, contemporary, Old Master, and Renaissance objects.
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Can Connoisseurship Survive in the Digital Age?
A collector reflects on a time before the data stream flooded over.
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Maximum Minimalism: Emily and Mitchell Rales’s Glenstone Museum Grows
With the completion of a roughly 200,000-square-foot expansion, the D.C.-area institution will rank as one of the most ambitious private museums in the world.
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Sotheby’s Pulls in $66.5 M. at Sleepy Contemporary Sale in London, Led by $8.4 M. Twombly
But a Basquiat estimated to sell for as much as $11.8 million failed to find a buyer.
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Fall Preview: Museum Shows and Biennials Around the World
A concise guide for notable exhibitions through December
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Ready to Sail: Virgin Voyages Unveils Its New Cruise Ship, ‘Scarlet Lady’
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Met Gala, New York Fashion Week Drum Up Multimillion Dollars’ Worth of Media Impact Value
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Adia Victoria Reclaims the South’s Artistic Traditions on ‘A Southern Gothic’
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Lawyers, Gloves and Money: Ex-NFL Player Sues Over Lost PPE
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