Art World New King Charles Portrait Sparks Backlash for ‘Blood-Red’ Palette The painting by Jonathan Yeo has split public opinion. By Holly Black, May 15, 2024
Auctions By the Numbers: A Breakdown of Results From Sotheby’s Contemporary Evening Auction, May 2024 Let the numbers tell the story. By Eileen Kinsella, May 14, 2024
Auctions By the Numbers: A Breakdown of Results From Sotheby’s Ultra-Contemporary ‘The Now’ Sale, May 2024 Let the numbers tell the story. By Eileen Kinsella, May 14, 2024
Auctions Amid Market Unease, Sotheby’s Hosts ‘Respectable’ $267.3 Million Contemporary Sales A much-touted Francis Bacon sold for a below-estimate $27.7 million, and there was one big withdrawal, but there were also bright spots. By Eileen Kinsella, May 13, 2024
Auctions 3 Fascinating Auction Highlights—From Basquiat to Alice Neel’s Brush with Warhol New York's auction week kicks off with a Jean-Michel Basquiat masterwork and an intimate Alice Neel portrait of Andy Warhol's former silver Factory assistant, Gerard Malanga. By William Van Meter, May 13, 2024
Auctions Here Are the Top Lots at the $1.4 Billion New York Evening Sales This Week A Jean-Michel Basquiat could sell for as much as $60 million during the bellwether auctions of modern and contemporary art. By Eileen Kinsella, May 13, 2024
Museums & Institutions A Grain Silo Turned Museum Offers a New View on Nordic Art Kunstsilo is the new home to the world's largest private collection of Nordic art amassed by Norway's 'trillion-dollar man' Nicolai Tangen. By Vivienne Chow, May 13, 2024
Art & Exhibitions Impressionism at 150: Here Are 9 Shows Advancing the Historic Movement New takes on the movement as it celebrates its anniversary, including skating rinks, David Hockney, and VR. By Devorah Lauter, May 11, 2024
Art & Exhibitions Sketches by Rubens, Van Dyck, and Other Great Flemish Masters Get a Rare Showing More than 100 drawings have been brought together for “Bruegel to Rubens” at the Ashmolean Museum. By Vittoria Benzine, May 10, 2024
The Art Detective Revealed: This Season’s Auction Consignors, from Influential Financiers to a Storied Gallerist Major pieces by Joan Mitchell, Frank Stella, and Julie Mehretu are headed to the block next week. The Art Detective knows who is sending them there. By Katya Kazakina, May 10, 2024
Art Fairs Stars Filled the Booths and the Aisles at TEFAF New York’s Opening Day Megacollectors like Leonardo Di Caprio and Ronald Lauder browsed the fair where antiquities and the contemporary rub elbows. By Eileen Kinsella, May 10, 2024
Art World Andrew Bolton on Breathing New Life into the Met’s Most Fragile Garments The curator explores nature and the cycle of life in the profound “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” which recently opened at the Met. By William Van Meter, May 10, 2024
Auctions New York’s Evening Auctions Will Be a Litmus Test for the Art Market. Here’s What to Watch For By Margaret Carrigan, May 10, 2024
Artists Arlene Shechet’s Monumental New Works Descend on the ‘Promised Land’ of Sculpture Parks Her monumental outdoor sculptures are now on view at Storm King in New York's Hudson Valley. By Katie White, May 10, 2024
Up Next Felix Beaudry’s Knitted Grotesqueries and Disembodied Heads The textile artist's distinctive creatures are infiltrating the art world—one gargantuan at a time. By William Van Meter, May 10, 2024