Impressionism & Modern Art
You never know what you might find hidden in your bathroom. A stash of art dating from the High Renaissance through the Modernist period and worth millions of dollars has been discovered in the outhouse of a 92-year-old former bricklayer in Poland.The...
Showing Alberto Giacometti's best-known works — "Walking Man," "Tall Standing Woman," and the "Woman of Venice" series — alongside the art of an ancient culture dating to 900 B.C. comes as a bit of a curatorial surprise. But that is just what the Pinacothèque...
Manyartists have dabbled in jewelry design to create one-of-a-kind symbols of love forthe women in their lives. Alexander Calder made pieces for his daughter. PabloPicasso gave brooches, rings, and carved amulets for his lovers Dora Maar andMarie-Thérèse...
If there is still any skepticism about the continuing rise of the Chinese art market, one dramatic new indicator might put that doubt to rest: according to a new study by the British Art Market Federation, China has outpaced the United Kingdom to become the...
Wine is up. Old Masters are down. Hong Kong is rising. But New York is still number one.Such are the details about the auction business that can be gleaned from a statement Christie's has released about its 2010 performance, which breaks down the house's...
Amid a global recession, 2010 was the year that mainland Chinese collectors really began to make their presence felt in auction houses around the world. The prices they were willing to pay for prized symbols of their patrimony — not incidentally showing off...
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