The heirs of Piet Mondrian have challenged the Philadelphia Museum of Art over ownership of a painting by the Dutch artist that representatives of the estate claim was looted by the Nazis. She entrusted it to a museum in Hanover, Germany, that was later raided by the National Socialist authorities in 1937, shortly before Mondrian […]
Banksy has offered to buy Reading prison, where Oscar Wilde was once imprisoned, by selling a stencil that he used in a piece honoring the Victorian author, according to the Guardian. Already famous for The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest, Wilde was imprisoned in Reading Gaol for two years beginning […]
But what did it all mean? And what might we stand to learn about the state of the market and art world at large? Below, six trends that could be gleaned by shuttling around Miami this week. Pace Gallery said it sold an NFT by the artist duo DRIFT for $550,000, and Galerie Nagel Draxler, […]
Art Basel Miami Beach opened to VIPs on Tuesday, and even with timed entries, the Miami Beach Convention Center was bustling with a steady stream of visitors throughout the day. The majority of visitors wore masks throughout the day, and an audio reminder played sporadically over the convention center’s loudspeakers reminding guests, in both English […]
On Wednesday night, Phillips held a modern and contemporary art evening sale in New York that brought in a hammer total of $97.4 million, or $118.9 million with premium. 17 of the lots—including those by artists such as Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Richard Prince, Mark Rothko and David Hockney—came secured with guarantees. In a post-sale […]
One of Rembrandt’s finest works, Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq from 1642, is a prime representation of Dutch Golden Age painting. The Rijksmuseum in the Netherlands has owned The Night Watch since it opened in 1885 and considers it one of the best-known paintings in its collection. […]
Leonardo da Vinci’s recently rediscovered painting Salvator Mundi may very well eclipse the Mona Lisa in fame, though the reasons why have to do less with its art-historical significance than its market value—the painting sold for $450 million at a Christie’s auction in 2017. A sleeper hunter is someone who looks for these mistakes, and […]