NEW YORK, NY.- On Thursday, April 28 Swann Galleries held an auction of Old Master through Modern Prints that saw active bidding from collectors and dealers in the saleroom and via telephone. As a result, 10 new auction record prices were achieved for …
NEW YORK, NY.- artnet Auctions announce an offering of approximately 75 Czech photographs. This selection of works will illustrate the rich photographic tradition of the Czech Republic with estimates ranging from USD 1500–2500 to USD 60,000–8…
NEW YORK, NY.- James Cohan Gallery presents CABINETS OF CURIOSITY, featuring over 50 objects ranging from 6,000 B.C. to 2011 A.D. Collected together, these seemingly unrelated objects from around the world collapse time and space. As a group the object…
NEW YORK, NY.- The New York Public Library features over 250 artifacts from its incredible research collections in the new exhibition Celebrating 100 Years, which opened on May 14th at the Library’s landmark Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. The exh…
NEW YORK, NY.- Over 100 art museums across North America will offer free or reduced admission, special programs, or other initiatives as part of their celebrations of Art Museum Day on May 18, 2011. These museums-all members of the Association of Art …
NEW YORK, NY.- Brett Gorvy has been named Chairman and International Head of Post-War and Contemporary Art at Christie’s. In an expanded role, Gorvy will be the sole leader of the Post-War and Contemporary Art business on a worldwide basis and at…
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s reports its two-week sales series devoted to important Impressionist, Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art totaled $556,944,875 (£338,398,139/€384,154,653) and yielded average sell-through rates of 87% by lot and 90% by…
NEW YORK, NY (AP).- The owners of the World Trade Center have nixed plans to cover the first 20 stories of its signature skyscraper with decorative glass after it broke in testing. The glass was expected to help 1 World Trade Center look more open at i…
NEW YORK, NY.- Bonhams, the international fine art auction house, has appointed Amy Corcoran as the company’s representative for the American Northeast, based in Wellesley, MA. Ms. Corcoran is a business development professional with twenty-plus y…
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art auctions today brought a combined total of $21,846,692, well over the high estimate (total est. $8.3/12.6 million).* The single owner sale of the Robert Rubin Collection of African Ar…
