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Against Odds, Hauser & Wirth Opens Another Gallery In Hong Kong
Despite speculations of a cooling market, Hauser & Wirth opened another space in Hong Kong last week.
The street-level gallery opened in the busy central district of Hong Kong. The inaugural exhibition featured Chinese artist Zhang…
Famous Shredded Banksy Work Is Back With A New Name
Girl With Balloon, the Banksy work that made headlines after it was shredded, is back after getting renamed a second time.
Girl With Balloon was a 2006 work by the mysterious street artist Banksy. In 2018, it went on sale at Sotheby’s…
Controversial Van Gogh Pikachu Card Returns To Museum
The Pikachu Van Gogh cards, which caused a riot last time, will return to the Van Gogh Museum for sale.
Last September, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam announced a Pokémon x Van Gogh collaboration, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of…
Freeman’s And Hindman Merge To Become a Major US Auction Player
Two prominent mid-tier auction houses, Freeman’s and Hindman, have merged to become a major auction house in the United States.
The Chicago-based Hindman auction house reportedly generated $99.7 million in sales in 2023. However,…
Diego Velázquez Portrait Of Queen Isabel Pulled From Sotheby’s Auction
Portrait of Spanish Queen Isabel by Diego Velázquez, expected to fetch above $35 million, was pulled from auction by Sotheby’s.
The portrait of Queen Isabel de Borbon was part of the series Diego Velázquez created for the Spanish…
Art Insider Roundup: The Most Expensive Works Of 2023
The year 2023 finally saw a downturn in the rising trend that began in 2021. The pandemic era saw even more interest in blue-chip art, with all of the top ten artworks of 2021 selling for more than $50 million. Just a year prior in 2020,…
Santa Monica House By Pierre Koenig To Sell For $4.6M
The Schwartz House in Santa Monica, designed by Pierre Koenig, will be hitting the market for $4.55 million.
The 2400-sqaure-feet house, similar to other projects designed by Peirre Koenig like The Bailey House and The Stahl Houe, is…
Gilbert Stuart Portrait Of George Washington At Met Expected To Sell For $2.5M
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York will sell a George Washington portrait by Gilbert Stuart, expected to fetch up to $2.5 million.
The painting, which is one of the hundred portraits made by Stuart of Washington was created in…
Carlo Scarpa Vase, Bought For $4, Sells For A Whopping $107K
A vase bought for $4 at Goodwill turned out to belong to Carlo Scarpa and sold for $107,000 at a New York auction.
In June, Jessica Vincent was in her usual thrifting routine when she bought an interesting-looking vase at a Goodwill…
Spike Lee “Oscar Shoes”, Once In Donation Box, Fetch $50K In Auction
A pair of shoes in a Portland donation box was discovered to be a rare Nike Air Jordan made for filmmaker Spike Lee.
The incident occurred in April at the Burnside Shelter of the Portland Rescue Mission in Portland, Oregon. According to…