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Tag Archives: Sotheby’s
The War of Art in NYC’s Auction Houses
It’s auction season for the arterati, and yesterday’s New York Times was the Antietam of tony gavel houses in the Big Town. There was, for instance, this Christie’s ad in the A section: Which sends us to this video presented by Loic … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Warhol, Antietam, Bonhams, Christie's, Christopher Martin, Frederick Carl Frieske, Gary Gardner, If I Live, Jean-Michel Basquuiat, Jeff Koons, John Currin, Loic Gouzer, Mark Rothko, New York auction houses, New York Times, Richard Prince, Sotheby's, the arterati, The Garden Chair
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NYT Beats Boston Globe On Old South Church Bay Psalm Book Sale
Late last year, the Boston Globe was on the Old South Church sale of its historic Bay Psalm Book like Brown on Williamson. But now that the auction is actually on, it’s the New York Times that has … Continue reading
Why The WSJ Is A Great Newspaper (Picasso Sculpture Edition)
The Weekend Wall Street Journal devotes three full pages to a piece chronicling the quest by one of Pablo Picasso’s granddaughters to catalogue the more than 2000 sculptures created by the 20th Century’s greatest artist. A PICASSO HEIR’S EPIC HUNT … Continue reading
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Tagged Alberto Giacometti, Artnet, bildungsroman, Carmen Gimenez, Diana Widmaier-Picasso, Dora Maar, Grand Palais, Guggenheim Museum, Marie-Thérèse Walter, Musée Picasso, Museo Picasso Málaga, Pablo Picasso, Paris, Picasso sculptures, Sotheby's, Wall Street Journal
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Sotheby’s Forstmannia
There’s a big bakeoff going on right now at Sotheby’s for 17 paintings from the collection of the late financier and philanthropist Theodore J. Forstmann. The hardworking staff’s favorite? Chiam Soutine’s Le chasseur de chez Maxim: We also like Le chasseur: Then … Continue reading
