New Brand Entity Unites Three Auction Industry Leaders Under One Historic Name Freeman’s Celebrates 220 Years This November.
CHICAGO, IL.-Freeman’s | Hindman, a leading U.S.-based auction house for fine art, luxury, and decorative arts, announces it is rebranding the company under one historic name: Freeman’s. The rebrand is timed to coincide with the 220th anniversary of Freeman’s founding in November 1805, when Tristram B. Freeman was appointed auctioneer for the City of Philadelphia by the governor of Pennsylvania. As a new brand entity, Freeman’s unites the rich history of Philadelphia’s leading regional auction house with the legacy and expertise of Hindman Auctions in Chicago and Cowan’s Auctions in Cincinnati. The combined entities merged operations in 2024 to provide auction, appraisal, private sales, and art advisory services to private collectors, estates, and cultural institutions. With locations in 16 cities across the U.S., Freeman’s is the auction house of choice for private ... More
LONDON.- Christie's launches its inaugural Groundbreakers: Icons of Our Time auction on 11 December 2025, celebrating cultural innovation from the 20th and 21st centuries. Headlining the sale is Spike (est. £3,000,000–5,000,000), an exceptionally preserved Caenagnathid dinosaur. Measuring 199.5 x 198.5 x 67 cm, it is one of the most complete Caenagnathid specimens ever discovered. The specimen appears to display morphological features that are distinct from those of previously known Caenagnathids. A recent discovery from the 2022 field season, Spike, comprises approximately 100 beautifully preserved fossil bones that tell the story of a sub-adult dinosaur that is 68 million years in the making. It has recently been determined that this family of dinosaurs were heavily feathered, and a rare marking on Spike's wrist might be further evidence of this. Since the first Caenagnathid was published in 1940, only a handful of comparable specimens have been discovered – and none have ever come ... More
This circa 1862-1875 “S.T. Drake’s 1860 Plantation X Bitters” (Ring/Ham, D-108, “Patented 1862”) was the first bottle up for bid and the top achiever of the auction. It brought $19,890.
PENNSBURG, PA.- A circa 1862-1875 “S.T. Drake’s 1860 Plantation X Bitters” bottle sold for $19,890; a circa 1865-1875 “Old Dr. Townsend’s Celebrated Stomach Bitters” bottle realized $16,380; and a circa 1840-1860 “Green’s Aqua Mixture Jackson Mississippi” bottle garnered $8,775 in Glass Works Auctions’ online-only Premier Auction #187 held Monday, October 27th. The auction featured 272 lots of various antique bottles, historical flasks and early American blown glass. There were 147 winning bidders, with all online traffic driven through the Glass Works Auctions website (glassworksauctions.com). Overall, the sale grossed $372,000. Phone and absentee bids were accepted. All prices in this report include a 17 percent buyer’s premium. The “S.T. Drake’s 1860 Plantation X Bitters” (Ring/Ham, D-108, “Patented 1862”) was the first bottle up for bid and the top achiev ... More
The video series explores emerging issues in arts, culture, and higher education, and reflects RISD’s role as a nexus of innovative ideas where global perspectives are welcomed, celebrated, and shared. Image courtesy RISD.
PROVIDENCE, RI.-Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) is pleased to announce It Starts with a Question, a new video interview series hosted by President Crystal Williams. The series features Williams in conversation with thought leaders, art and design luminaries, and other notable creatives and changemakers. Rooted in curiosity, these conversations touch on the lived experiences of each guest that shape their perspectives and growth as they explore and reflect upon the world around them. The title of the series illustrates RISD’s approach to inspiring young creatives and the way that curiosity generates new ideas, inspiration, and growth. Season 1 launched with Williams in conversation with acclaimed visual artist, filmmaker, and RISD alum RaMell Ross MFA 14 PH, known for his potent exploration of the Black experience in the American South. Ross earned his MFA in Photography at RISD and is best known for co-writing and directing an adaptation of Colson W ... More
Patek Philippe, a charming and unique 10k pink gold wristwatch with cloisonne enamel dial depicting a Tahiti forest Ref. 1595, manufactured in 1952. Estimate: US $500,000 - 1,000,000.
HONG KONG.- This Autumn, Christie's will present Hong Kong Luxury Week, featuring a preview exhibition and a series of live auctions taking place from 21 to 27 November as Christie's marks the first anniversary of its Asia Pacific headquarters at The Henderson. A selection of exceptional and coveted jewellery, timepieces, handbags, and wines will be showcased, including several distinguished private collections — all exemplifying rarity, craftsmanship, and timeless elegance. The quality offering in Hong Kong this season responds to the extraordinary, global demand across Christie's Luxury categories, welcoming collectors and enthusiasts from around the world. Kicking off the Luxury Week live auctions is the dedicated single-owner sale of Iconic Wines from Joseph Lau Part IV on 21 November. Following the resounding success of Parts I-III, Part IV offer collectors and connoisseurs another precious opportunity to explore and acquire the finest bottles from the esteemed entrepreneur and distingui ... More
Happy Days (Paramount TV, 1974-1984), Henry Winkler "Arthur 'Fonzie' Fonzarelli" Signature Leather Jacket with Signed Letter.
DALLAS, TX.- Heritage Auctions will present The Actors Auction, an inaugural, charitable auction, taking place December 1st, featuring exclusive memorabilia donated directly by celebrated actors, entertainers and studios benefiting the SAG-AFTRA Foundation — a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting performers since 1985. In addition, Heritage hosted a two-day appraisal event in Los Angeles where performers brought forward personal treasures that are now being offered to collectors in this benefit auction. “This event is about more than just discovering the value of your hidden treasures — it’s about supporting a safety net for performing artists,” says Courtney B. Vance, President and Chairman of the Board of the SAG-AFTRA Foundation. “Whether our Foundation is offering career-building programs and professional resources or providing emergency financial assistance to performers in times of crisis, we are committed to uplifting artists at every stage of their jo ... More
LOS ANGELES, CA.- For her first solo exhibition in Los Angeles in two decades, British artist Anj Smith presents a new body of painting where precarious psychological states and erotic desire intertwine to disrupt conventional depictions of motherhood and the female nude. Smith’s nuanced portrayals of a female-presenting body challenge the notion of a singular interpretation. Set in the context of toxic, inhospitable ecologies, the work explores the human potential for ingenuity, growth and the ability to thrive against the odds. Drawing on references from film and literature, Smith’s luminous paintings combine intricate textures, saturated color banks and hallucinatory detail. Within these canvases’ imagined terrains, enigmatic figures and rarefied flora and fauna beckon viewers toward the possibility of transcendence, where resilience persists despite environmental collapse. Dissolving the boundaries between portraiture, landscape and still life, Smith’s paintings demand slow looki ... More
HURUP.- Visitors have been flocking to SMK Thy in droves ever since the museum opened the doors of its new domicile there at the end of August 2025. For its first exhibition in the new building, the national gallery presented Journey from Paris, featuring some of the most iconic works from SMK’s collection of modern French art. On Sunday 2 November SMK Thy welcomed its last visitors for the year, marking the close of the inaugural season for the national gallery’s permanent presence in Doverodde, South Thy. A total of 38,930 guests have visited the museum since its inauguration on 29 August. With this result, the first season has exceeded even the hopes of SMK’s director, Astrid la Cour. ‘The past few months have been quite overwhelming, and we are enormously grateful for the reception we’ve had locally, regionally, and nationally. Our ambition with SMK Thy is to make the museum’s rich art collection ... More
Vasyl Cherepanyn, Curator of the 14th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art. Courtesy of Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art. Photo: Diana Pfammatter.
BERLIN.- The Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art is excited to announce the appointment of Vasyl Cherepanyn as the curator of the 14th Berlin Biennale, which will take place in the summer of 2027. Vasyl Cherepanyn is a curator and researcher, working in and between the fields of art, political philosophy, and grassroots movements. His work has focused on the East European region in its post-Soviet condition, embracing a holistic approach of situating art and its publics in the current transformation of Europe. Building on this, Cherepanyn will evolve his plan for the 14th Berlin Biennale from within and in response to the the socio-political and cultural landscape of Berlin: “Thinking the Berlin Biennale into the future, and curating it in the present, means fully committing oneself to the future of art and its mediation in the city, and to learn from its social contextualization in the process. Being an epitome of the historical period after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Berlin Bienna ... More
PHOENIX, AZ.- This fall, Phoenix Art Museum presents Eric Fischl: Stories Told, organized by PhxArt and guest curated by Heather Sealy Lineberry, Curator Emeritus at the Arizona State University Art Museum. The major exhibition explores several notable series created by the figurative painter from the late 1970s to today, foregrounding his career-long commitment to depicting the human figure amid middle-class suburban settings inspired by his childhood and personal experiences. Eric Fischl: Stories Told will be on view at PhxArt from November 7, 2025 – June 14, 2026. “Phoenix Art Museum is honored to premiere Eric Fischl: Stories Told in the very city where Fischl began his artistic career,” said Jeremy Mikolajczak, the Museum’s Sybil Harrington Director and CEO. “For decades, Eric Fischl’s painting, drawing, and sculptural practice have garnered tremendous art-world acclaim, especially from artists with a particular interest in the human figure. In addition to his inte ... More
Laila Shawa, Can we?, 2011, courtesy of Laila Shawa Estate.
SZCZECIN.- The exhibition presents the works of the iconic Palestinian artist Laila Shawa (1940–2022), offering insights into her uniquely trans-cultural visual language. In her art, Islamic ornament meets Western pop art, and Byzantine calligraphy sits alongside graffiti tags. This distinctive idiom—sometimes described as Islamo-pop—is not hybrid in a conciliatory sense but in a critical one: it repurposes inherited forms across cultures to expose systems of power and violence that transcend borders. In doing so, Shawa’s practice both extends and complicates the canon of global contemporary art. With the exhibition Inside Paradise, her work returns to Poland, where it was first shown in 1980 at the Central Exhibition Bureau in Warsaw as part of the exhibition of Palestinian painting. For Shawa, an artist from Gaza whose life was also intertwined with Beirut and London, art was a means of speaking out—a voice shaped both by her personal journey and by the collective exper ... More
Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann, Double Shen, 2025. Acrylic, sumi ink, collage on paper, 38 x 38 inches.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Dolby Chadwick Gallery presents Treasured Bearing, an exhibition of recent work by Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann, on view from November 6 to 29. “There is room in our lives for flights of fancy,” Mann insists, and her collaged landscapes take her at her word - lush, unapologetic escapes. Each painting develops an intimate visual language, rich with stories and references drawn from her personal and art historical canon. The result is a demimonde abundant with coexisting contradictions. Through her intricate world-building, the body becomes both a threshold and a reservoir—holding the energy of growth and release. Flowers do not simply decorate boundaries; they surge forth, evoking birth, expansion, a living edge against the cloud rafts behind them. At the nexus of this erratic, maximalist tempo lies ritual, echoing the Taiwanese practice of second-burial, honoring the dead through careful gathering and handling of bones. Here, the remains carry weight beyond the body, becoming ... More
Chesley Bonestell (American, 1888-1986), Space Station Under Construction, Sunday Mirror Magazine interior, June 19, 1949. Oil on board, 18-3/4 x 27-1/2 in.
DALLAS, TX.- Heritage’s Nov. 4 Illustration Art Signature® Auction achieved $3.8 million with buyer’s premium, the highest total for a dedicated Heritage Illustration Art sale since 2010 and the second-highest in the category’s history. The event saw 457 lots offered to more than 1,904 bidders worldwide, with an exceptional 99% sell-through rate, underscoring the vitality and breadth of today’s illustration market. Frank Frazetta’s A Princess of Mars (1970) led the auction at $1,437,500, followed by a trio of $87,500 results: Chesley Bonestell’s Space Station Under Construction, Ernest Howard Shepard’s Winnie-the-Pooh cover and interior studies, and Frank Xavier Leyendecker’s Pierrot and Columbine (Vanity Fair cover, June 1915). Additional standouts included Gil Elvgren’s Ballerina(1946) at $61,250, J.C. Leyendecker’s A Song of Faith (1925) at $60,000, and Lawrence Toney’s Rest-A-While (The Saturday Evening Post cover, 1928) at $55,000. Greg an ... More
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'The Walking Dead Universe Auction' brings $1.96 million at Heritage Oct. 31-Nov. 1 DALLAS, TX.- The dead walked — and collectors followed — as Heritage Auctions and AMC Networks' Oct. 30-Nov. 1 The Walking Dead Universe Auction realized $1.96 million with buyer's premium across 892 lots, drawing 1,840 bidders worldwide. Held Oct. 30–Nov. 1, the event marked a landmark celebration of one of television's most influential, expansive and enduring franchises. Leading the results was Rick Grimes' (Andrew Lincoln) hero .357 Magnum revolver, which sold for $125,000, followed by Negan's (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) "Lucille" baseball bat, which brought $100,000. Also commanding top prices were Daryl Dixon's (Norman Reedus) hero crossbow, which realized $35,000, and the custom Pontiac GTO signed by Andrew Lincoln from Season 1, which sold for $31,250. Vehicles proved especially popular, with Althea's MRAP from Fear the Walking Dead matching that total at $31,250. Other highlights included Negan's signature ensemble and action "Lucille" bat ($30,000), another of Daryl Dixon's early- ... More
Buro Stedelijk presents the publication How We Made Noise: Reimagining the Museum from Within AMSTERDAM.- After three years of experimental practice within the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Buro Stedelijk marks the close of its initial cycle with the publication How We Made Noise: Reimagining the Museum from Within (to be released on November 27), co-published with Onomatopee. Edited by Rita Ouédraogo with associate editor Gwen Parry, the 208-page volume gathers contributions from leading thinkers and artists including Tina M. Campt, Christina Sharpe, Quinsy Gario, Wayne Modest, Ola Hassanain, Yvette Mutumba, Emily Pethick, and Kevin Osepa, among others. How We Made Noise reflects on Buro Stedelijk’s three-year trajectory as a case study of “research by doing” inside a major museum. Bringing together voices from across disciplines, the book addresses pressing questions of representation, institutional critique, and the possibilities of reimagining the museum from within. Curator Rita Ouédraogo reflects: “Buro Stedelijk had this rare thing—real autonomy within the museum walls. That freedom a ... More
Sacha Cambier de Montravel confronts beauty's bitterness at Galerie Nathalie Obadia BRUSSELS.- Galerie Nathalie Obadia is presenting j'ai assis la Beauté sur mes genoux. - Et je l'ai trouvée amère ('I sat Beauty on my knees. - And I found her bitter'), Sacha Cambier de Montravel's first solo exhibition at the gallery in Brussels. With a singular ensemble of eleven paintings, the artist carries the viewer into a snow-covered landscape at the heart of post-industrial Flanders. The exhibition resonates with the Flemish pictorial tradition of the sixteenth century, with Brueghel the Elder as its foremost figure. The architecture of the region forms the backdrop for a wandering in which the protagonists yield to gestures that are at once sensual and destructive. Here, the wounds of the present continue this tradition: human and canine figures evoke the contemporary homosexual condition, while the frozen surfaces turn into mirrors of a world in search of meaning. Sacha Cambier de Montravel's painting situates itself within a rich constellation of references, reminisc ... More
Twilight reveries at La Grande Place illuminate the dialogue between art and craft SAINT-LOUIS-LÈS-BITCHE .- The Fondation d’entreprise Hermès presents “Éclats du crépuscule”, an exhibition by visual artists Camille Fischer, François Génot and Nicolas Schneider at La Grande Place, Musée Saint-Louis. “Éclats du crépuscule” is part of a series of four exhibitions organised in partnership with the Musée d’Art moderne et contemporain de Strasbourg (MAMCS), which has been entrusted with the curatorship of La Grande Place from 2025 to 2027. For the second exhibition of this partnership, the Musée d’Art Moderne et contemporain de Strasbourg has conceived four sequences that bring together the works of Camille Fischer, François Génot and Nicolas Schneider, three artists who live and work in eastern France. The exhibition unfolds like a musical composition with contrasting movements: the opening is slow and ascending, the first movement flows like an adagio tinged with melancholy, the second bursts forth allegretto, while the finale fades and gives way to silence. Th ... More
Conor Harrington's Pallium reimagines history painting for a new era LONDON.- Ben Brown Fine Arts announced Pallium, an exhibition of new paintings by Conor Harrington, marking the first presentation of work by the acclaimed London based Irish artist with the gallery. Harrington’s paintings interrogate the legacies of colonialism, empire, and the masculinist ideals that underpin them – archaic systems of power that continue to shadow contemporary life. Drawing upon the conventions of history painting and the visual rhetoric of the eighteenth century, he reworks their languages of costume and symbol to expose the mechanisms through which authority was staged and sanctified. In his hands, these emblems of power are rendered as hollow vestiges, garments that outlive the bodies and beliefs they once adorned, emptied of conviction yet still haunting the present. Reimagining classical history painting through a critical engagement with Britishness from an Irish perspective, Harrington’s work is deeply informed by his own identity and his experience of ... More
From the Andes to Ireland: Cecilia Vicuña weaves ancestry and activism at IMMA DUBLIN.- IMMA, the Irish Museum of Modern Art, presents Reverse Migration, a Poetic Journey, the first solo exhibition in Ireland by internationally renowned artist, poet, and activist Cecilia Vicuña (b. 1948, Santiago de Chile). This major survey of Vicuña’s practice features numerous new paintings and new commissions. Emerging from Vicuña’s discovery of her ancestral ties to Ireland, the exhibition is a monumental meditation on survival and interconnectedness amid global ecological and political upheaval. Vicuña’s multidisciplinary practice bridges visual art, poetry, sound, and performance. Born and raised in Santiago de Chile, Vicuña has been in exile since the early 1970s, following the 1973 military coup against Chilean president Salvador Allende; and her career is characterised by a drive to preserve and pay tribute to the indigenous history and culture of Chile. Reverse Migration, a Poetic Journey is inspired by a visit to Ireland which she made in 2006 with her par ... More
From Becher to Bytes: Düsseldorf's vision for photography at Paris Photo 2025 PARIS.- With its presentation "Düsseldorf and Photography" in the Digital Sector at Paris Photo 2025, the state capital of Düsseldorf explores the city’s photographic landscape within the shifting conditions of photography in the digital age. The project connects Düsseldorf’s historical significance as a site of photographic innovation with contemporary digital practices that expand the photographic field. Photography has been integral to the artistic practice of Düsseldorf’s artists from an early stage and has played a decisive role in the international recognition of photography as a medium of fine art. Today, this legacy encounters new image ecologies shaped by computation, automation, and circulation. As the future home of the German Photo Institute, Düsseldorf assumes a special responsibility for advancing the dialogue on the past and future of photography. Curators from Düsseldorf’s museums, institutions, and initiatives have recommended contemporary artistic positio ... More
Journeys through nature and imagination define Heritage's November fine European art auction DALLAS, TX.- Heritage invites collectors and connoisseurs to travel across centuries of European creativity in its Nov. 18 Fine European Art Signature® Auction, a sweeping event that celebrates the enduring beauty of the landscape and the spirit of exploration that has long defined European painting. From the serene forest of Fontainebleau, in Barbizon, and the rugged hills of Wales to the sunlit shores of the Basque Country, the auction’s works chart an artistic journey through France, Britain and beyond. The auction unites artists who transformed the landscape into a medium of expression, among them Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Paul Huet, Sidney Richard Percy, William Stewart MacGeorge and Tobeen (Félix Bonnet), whose Paysage de Ciboure avec le chemin du vieux cimetière et le clocher graces the auction’s catalog cover. “This is one of the most beautiful and cohesive European Art sales we’ve had in recent memory,” says Seth Armitage, Co-Director of European Art at Heritage ... More
Iconic Superman chain-breaking art and Frank Frazetta paintings lead Heritage sale DALLAS, TX.- In 1971, Superman No. 233 ushered in a new era for the Man of Steel. A scientific experiment gone wrong sets off a chain reaction that results in all the Kryptonite on Earth being transformed into iron, thereby eliminating Superman’s famous vulnerability to the element from his home planet. He would find out, though, that his seemingly unbound powers had their limits after all. And his alter ego, Clark Kent, was in for a major career change — as well as a long-overdue wardrobe update. Neal Adams’ cover illustration of Superman breaking free from Kryptonite chains captures these changes both literally and figuratively in a single image. The superhero’s longtime weakness was no more, and now the comic’s writers were suddenly unbound by the rigid narrative rules that had applied to the stories for decades. Also serving as a callback to the chain-busting back-cover image of Superman No. 1, it became one of the best-known comic book cover images of the decade, and w ... More
GRAY announces representation of the Estate of Roger Brown NEW YORK, NY.- GRAY announced global representation of the Estate of Roger Brown (1941–1997), a pioneering artist whose vision reshaped the landscape of contemporary American art. A leading figure of the group known as the Chicago Imagists who brought bold, Surrealist sensibilities into postwar discourse, Brown forged a path that combined social observation with stylized visual language. His work, which spans the decades of the 1960s through the 1990s, offers a penetrating view of contemporary life, popular culture, and the evolving American landscape. A seminal artist of his time, Brown was instrumental in shaping the creative dialogue that emerged around the Chicago Imagist movement while continually expanding its boundaries. Drawing inspiration from his Southern roots, the built environment, and the shifting social currents of his era, Brown developed an unmistakable visual vocabulary—graphic, theatrical, and incisively human. His practice transcended categorization, bridging the narrat ... More
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On a day like today, American artist Harry Bertoia died
November 06, 1978. Harry Bertoia (March 10, 1915 - November 6, 1978) was an Italian-born American artist, sculptor, and designer celebrated for merging art, sound, and form into a unified creative language. After emigrating to the United States in 1930, he studied at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, where he became part of a visionary circle that included Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen. Bertoia first gained fame for his iconic wire furniture designs for Knoll, especially the Diamond Chair (1952), a modernist classic that remains a staple of 20th-century design. In this image: Harry Bertoia, Untitled, 1960, welded and patinated bronze, 6 x 12 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches.
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