Category: News

Frida Kahlo Portrait Breaks Record

Dec 2, 2021

A self-portrait by Frida Kahlo that had been held in a private collection for 30 years recently sold for a record-setting $34.9 million at Sotheby’s in New York. The painting, Diego y...

Simone Leigh Joins Matthew Marks Gallery

Dec 2, 2021

Simone Leigh, who left Hauser & Wirth last October after just 21 months, has joined Matthew Marks gallery. Leigh joins a roster that includes Alex Da Corte, Martin Puryear, and Jasper Johns and...

In Memoriam: Manuel Neri

Nov 16, 2021

Manuel Neri, whose offbeat sculptures of figures missing limbs and heads count among the most significant works of the Bay Area Figuration Movement, died of natural causes on Monday at 91. San...

Modern Art Now Represents René Daniëls

Oct 25, 2021

Modern Art gallery in London now represents Dutch painter René Daniëls. Based in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, Daniëls often makes use of allegories and ambiguity. In one of his best-known series, a...

NFT Art Sales Reach $3.5B in a Volatile Market

Oct 25, 2021

NFT sales have so far hit around $3.5B in the first three quarters of this year, according to the Hiscox Online Art Trade Report 2021, produced in partnership with ArtTactic. The report found that...

NYU Acquires 200 Works by Prominent Downtown Artists

Oct 25, 2021

Two hundred artworks, predominantly by downtown New York artists including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Robert Mapplethorpe, Keith Haring, and Donald Baechler, have been acquired by the Grey Art Gallery at...