Paintings from before 1850, once a bedrock of the market, now account for just a tiny percentage of auction sales. Instead, buyers want works by living artists with a strong Instagram presence. By ...
How can artists address violent and unjust aspects of the past while looking towards the future? For the contemporary painters who reframe the work of the Old Masters, this often involves replicating ...
Spanning six centuries of European art, the May Old Masters auction will include important examples from the 15th to the early 19th century. The earliest work in the sale is a panel from the upper ...
It was two years ago that curator and writer Antwaun Sargent first floated the idea of a show on Barkley Hendricks when he and Frick curator Aimee Ng were discussing a good contemporary artist ...
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Old Masters Part II returns this July with something for every collector. The sale will offer an even greater variety of media and eras than previous seasons, with paintings, drawings, watercolours ...
In a bid to stay relevant, the Old Masters trade has been trying to draw in younger buyers to counter its shrinking collector base, which generally comprises wealthy, older men. No easy task, but by ...
Thomas S. Kaplan, the billionaire investor who has amassed a particularly rich collection of Old Masters paintings, said he may soon fractionalize his art holdings, meaning that they could be offered ...
Somaya Critchlow, 31, is showing her provocative paintings alongside a storied collection that includes work by Rubens, van Dyck and Velázquez. By Kadish Morris Reporting from London When the English ...