Janet Echelman (American). Study (Butterfly Rest Stop 1/9 scale), 2022. Hand-spliced braided UHMWPE, knotted and braided high-tenacity nylon, 72 x 192 x 108 in. Installation view of Janet Echelman: Radical Softness at Sarasota Art Museum, Sarasota, Florida, 2025. Photo: Ryan Gamma.
SARASOTA, FLA.- Experience more than four decades of Janet Echelman’s pathbreaking career in “Radical Softness,” now open at Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College of Art and Design. The solo exhibition, on view through April 26, 2026, offers an intimate look at Echelman’s artistic evolution through drawings, paintings, textiles, netted sculptures and sculptural dance performances. The exhibition also marks the debut of a series of cyanotypes created from 3D digital models made during her design process and photographs of her finished sculptures, translating her monumental forms into a new photographic medium that uses the environment — sunlight — as both method and material. “‘Radical Softness’ contextualizes Janet Echelman’s practice, revealing the narratives, influences and processes that drive her work. At its core, the exhibition highlights Echelman’s use of softness as a powe ... More
NEW YORK, NY.- A banner New York Fall Marquee Week at Christie's concluded Friday, November 21, 2025, generating nearly one billion dollars. The $964,536,953 sale total was the auction house's highest total in three years. Cumulatively, sales were sold 108% against low estimate, selling 90% by lot and 96% by value. Bidders and buyers were engaged across all platforms, with active and spirited bidding in the room, on the phones, and online via Christie's LIVE—including the highest online bid ever cast in a live Christie's auction which came for the top lot of the week, a Mark Rothko canvas, which sold for $62.1 million. In total, all sales saw global participation, with lots selling to 58% Americas, 23% EMEA, and 19% APAC. Alex Rotter, Christie's Global President, remarks, “This season, we've seen a subtle but important shift in the tone of the market--with ... More
Outstanding Wayne Model #492 10-gallon Roman column visible gas pump with pinstriped details throughout. Estimate: $20,000-$40,000.
LAS VEGAS, NEV.- On December 4-6 in Las Vegas, Morphy’s will auction the classic advertising, American pop culture and coin-op collection of Southern California businessman and entertainment industry professional Ray Claridge. In addition to the Claridge collection, which comprises the majority of the sale’s contents, there are 200+ high-quality lots from longtime antique advertising collectors Mike and Darlene Peel. Not much grass grows under Ray Claridge’s feet. He’s a man of many accomplishments who’s equally at home in motion picture, car racing or vintage advertising circles. He founded and operated Cinema Vehicle Services, the North Hollywood company that built some of the most recognizable movie and TV cars of the modern era, including “General Lee” from Dukes of Hazzard and “Herbie” from The Love Bug. After decades in that world, Ray opened Back in the ... More
The Gréau Goddess. A Roman Bronze Statuette of Juno. Circa 1st Century B.C. Sold for: $165,600.
CHICAGO, IL.- Across two days, the recently rebranded Freeman’s Auction sold nearly $2.3 million worth of Antiquities and Ancient Art from its Chicago saleroom on November 19 and 21. The two days were spurred on by two remarkable estates – the Estate of Andrew Cunningham Ware (1945-2024) and the Estate of Iris Cornelia Love (1933-2020), New York – which sent the two sales well past its $1.5 million estimate. Archaeologist and collector Iris Cornelia Love, described by The New York Times as “Indiana Jones in a miniskirt,” led excavations at Knidos and Samothrace and was among the first women to receive Turkish excavation permits. A charismatic scholar and cultural figure, Love brought ancient art to life for new audiences. Her collection, portions of which were on long-term loan to The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Brooklyn Museum for over three decades, demonstrates her extraordinary connoisseurship ... More
Victor Vasarely (1906-1997), Hommage à l’Hexagone,1981. Estimate: €50,000 - 70,000.
PARIS.- From December 5th to 10th, 2025, Artcurial celebrates modern and contemporary art with a program of major auctions bringing together leading names from the 20th century and artists from the contemporary scenes. On Tuesday, December 9th, two auctions will offer collectors a complete overview of modern and contemporary art. The Impressionnist & Modern Art auction (2pm) will spotlight some of the most renowned names in modern art. Art collectors will be able to discover Le vieux port de Touques, painted by Eugène Boudin, alongside major works by Amedeo Modigliani, Raoul Dufy and Suzanne Valadon. A remarkable collection from the Sheva & Jacques Biezin collection, including several works by sculptor Chana Orloff, will complete this selection. The Modern & Contemporary Art auction (6pm) will bring together major works from the 20th and 21st centuries, including pieces by Paul G ... More
NEW YORK, NY.- Luhring Augustine is presenting an exhibition of iconic works by Reinhard Mucha, selected from throughout the artist’s career. The show marks the artist’s fifth solo exhibition with the gallery, and his first major presentation since his retrospective “Der Mucha: An Initial Suspicion” at the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf, Germany (2022-2023). Throughout Mucha’s artistic production of the past five decades run numerous themes that include: collective identity, memory, nationhood, the psychology of architecture and institutional power, the museum as the locus ... More
Jen Hua, Deputy Chairman of Sotheby’s Asia, bidding during Sotheby’s Modern Evening Auction at the Breuer. Courtesy Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- In the wake of the “white glove” success of the collection of Leonard A. Lauder on Tuesday evening, further exceptional collections were presented for sale in Sotheby’s new home at the Breuer on Thursday night. Across the week, collectors in Asia asserted their presence, bidding on and taking home major masterworks. Turning to the “white glove” auction of The Cindy and Jay Pritzker Collection, Vincent van Gogh’s Piles de romans parisiens et roses dans une verre (Romans parisiens) achieved US$62.7m, selling to Patti Wong, of Patti Wong C Associates, bidding in the room on behalf of a client. The excitement carried through into the next sale of some 24 works from ‘Exquisite Corpus’ - a once-in-a-lifetime collection of Surrealist art. Frida Kahlo’s El sueño (La cama) led the offering, ... More
DRESDEN.- Hercules (Greek: Heracles), the best-known hero of classical antiquity, is one of the most enduring and popular mythical figures anywhere in the world. His name is universally known, and the phrase “a Herculean task” is an everyday expression for anything requiring extraordinary strength and effort. The Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (Dresden State Art Collections, SKD) are now dedicating an exhibition to this demigod in the Winckelmann Forum of the Semper Gallery. Under the title “Hercules – Hero and Anti-Hero,” the Skulpturensammlung bis 1800 (Sculpture Collection up to 1800) and the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Old Masters Picture Gallery) are presenting a wide range of depictions of this character from classical mythology. The exhibition will run from 22 November 2025 to 28 June 2026. Featuring 135 objects, ... More
NEW YORK, NY.- What makes Albert Watson one of the world’s most revered photographers, hailed by peers, critics, and collectors alike? Is it his unparalleled portfolio of celebrity portraits? Breathtaking landscapes? Sensual nudes, still lifes, illustrious fashion shoots?
KAOS presents a kaleidoscopic overview of Watson’s career to date and the dazzling array of subjects, objects, people, and places he has encountered along the way. A skillfully curated and dynamic portfolio, it spans 50 years of photography as we encounter stars, statesmen, supermodels and strangers; bound through neon-blazing cities; find figures poised, or shimmering with nude eroticism; roam the bright lights and the backstreets; soak up extravagant sunsets; and breathe in the elemental wilds of the photographer’s native Scotland. Starting with Watson’s breakthrough portrait of Alfred Hitchcock for the Christmas 1973 edition of Harper’s Bazaar, each photograph reverberates with tightly coiled power, tens ... More
Álvaro Urbano, Hotel Gazmira (Musa acuminata), 2025. Metal, acrylic paint. Left: 78 3/4 x 13 3/4 x 14 5/8 in. Right: 83 7/8 x 25 5/8 x 14 5/8 in. Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery. Photo: Elon Schoenholz.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- In 1968 Robert Smithson declared: “A great artist can make art by simply casting a glance.” This exhibition takes him at his word. Casting a Glance: Dancing with Smithson invites eighteen artists to join him on the floor as partners who resist, improvise, and extend the rhythm of his thinking. Casting a Glance tracks Smithson’s trajectory from his early 1960s drawings that confront the crumbling ideals of European Modernism with a queer sensibility to his searing critiques of industrial capitalism and attention to geological timescales, positioning him as both provocateur and visionary. Smithson called for artists to infiltrate corporations, championed the agency of all earth-beings, choosing the exhausted edges of suburbia over charismatic metropolitan centers. His innovative conception of the site/Nonsite dialectic, his redefinition ... More
PORTO ALEGRE.- The Iberê Camargo Foundation is dedicating a major solo exhibition to Marco Maggi, unfolding across all levels of the institution and engaging in a dialogue with the iconic building designed by Álvaro Siza Vieira. Curated by Patricia Betancur, The Economy of Attention is a reflection on the ways in which attention is constructed and directed. Maggi’s works form a visual system of minimal, almost imperceptible structures. They feature micro cuts in paper, and incisions on acrylic or graphite, which only seem to exist thanks to intangible light and shadow. In his proposals, both the exhibition titles and those of his works usually conceal a meta-meaning. The ambiguity of the title of this installation is not a lack of clarity but a critical tool situated on a threshold of deliberate meaning. On one hand, it evokes circulation, management, and the exchange of a scarce resource (economy); on the other, perception, sensitivity, and the ... More
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie's Fall Marquee Week continued the morning of Thursday, November 20th with the Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale. In total, the sale achieved $88,779,332, selling 88% by lot and 90% by value, bringing the week's running total to $959,703,714. Women artists led the sale with Helen Frankenthaler's As Remembered and Joan Mitchell's Untitled diptych, along with Gerhard Richter's Abstraktes Bild, all of which realized $2,759,000 Additional top lots included Keller Fair II by Lynne Drexler, which sold for $2,027,000, setting a new record for the artist, The Carpenters by Jacob Lawrence, which realized $1,682,750, and Last September V by Sam Gilliam, which realized $1,524,000. 4 artist Records were set throughout the course of the sale: • Lynne Drexler, Keller Fair II, $2,027,000 • Julia Jo, Rhyme or Reason, $203,200 • Catherine Goodman, Solo, $165,100 • Alexander Calder, The Lion Tamer, record for a work on paper, $508,000 Michael ... More
Lucia Tito during restoration, Photo Matteo De Fina, courtesy of Museo della Città “Luigi Tonini”, Rimini.
VENICE.- A masterpiece of the Venetian Renaissance is being shown for the first time in the spaces of Galleria Giorgio Franchetti alla Ca’ d’Oro: Giovanni Bellini’s Pietà (or Dead Christ Supported by Four Angels) (Venice, 1430–1516). Usually housed in the Museo della Città in Rimini, the painting returns to Venice after its last display in the city at Palazzo Ducale in 1949, thanks to a major restoration initiated and funded by Venetian Heritage, an international non-profit organization with offices in Venice and New York. For 26 years, Venetian Heritage has supported cultural initiatives through restorations, exhibitions, publications, conferences, studies, and research, with the aim of promoting worldwide the immense artistic heritage of Venetian art in Italy and in territories once part of the Serenissima. The work is the focus of a dossier exhibition open to the public from November 21st, 2025, to January 6th, 2026, putting Bellini’s Pietà in dialogue with Andrea M ... More
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ARKO Art Center explores place, process, and residency in the multilayered exhibition SEOUL.- For artists, a place is never a mere backdrop; it is the site where thought and action intersect. The exhibition In Situ introduces ARKO Art Studio, which just opened in 2025, and seeks to connect the artists’ sites of creation with the present space of the ARKO Art Center under the shared theme of “three places.” Each site shaped by the gaze and gestures of the artists holds layers of time and sensibilities, and within these overlapping strata, we encounter how art comes into being here and now. Situated within Marronnier Park in Daehangno, northern Seoul, the ARKO Art Center was designed by architect Kim Swoo Geun and completed in 1979. Since then, it has accompanied the major currents of contemporary Korean art. Using brick, a traditional material, Kim sought to realize an open space that would link the area, art, and people. Through solid structure ... More
Saatchi Gallery and V&A present "Standing on the Shoulders of Giants II," elevating Dutch female artists LONDON.- Saatchi Gallery, in collaboration with artist-curator Louise te Poele, V&A, SMAG Foundation, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Kingdom and with the support of the Mondriaan Fund, is presenting Standing on the Shoulders of Giants II: A Unique Dialogue Between Past and Present. Research by the Guerrilla Girls revealed that less than 5% of artists in museums are women, while 85% of depicted nudes are female. Standing on the Shoulders of Giants II directly confronts this inequality by elevating female voices and creating new narratives. Building on the immense success of the first edition, which highlighted the urgent need to increase visibility for female Dutch artists, this second iteration tackles a related challenge: the historical invisibility of female artists in museum collections. The exhibition examines whose shoulders ... More
Stockholm's Market Art Fair celebrates its 20th birthday next spring STOCKHOLM.- Since Market Art Fair began in 2006, Stockholm has emerged as a significant contemporary art destination. A vibrant, though previously somewhat isolated, scene, it today boasts strong international connections, shaped by major institutions like Moderna Museet, and the opening of several new venues in the last 20 years: Bonniers Konsthall where emerging Swedish talent meets daring international group shows; the striking golden building of Sven-Harrys Konstmuseum; Artipelag’s wondrous archipelago sculpture park; and Fotografiska, the now global institution for photography. The period has also seen a rapid expansion of art into public spaces, including the addition of the Princess Estelle Sculpture Park to the cultural landscape of Djurgården island, and the evolution of Stockholm’s subway system into ‘the world’s longest art gallery’. Furthermore, ... More
Julien's and TCM present "Hollywood Legends," a four-day auction of 1,500 iconic film treasures LOS ANGELES, CA.- Culminating in another phenomenal year of record setting sales, the industry leading entertainment auction house together with Hollywood’s leading authority in classic film are pulling out all the stops in Julien’s and TCM’s blockbuster event “Julien's Auctions and TCM Present: Hollywood Legends,” featuring nearly 1,500 dazzling film and television objects of desire. The year-end auction event offering celebrated pieces from nearly ten decades of pop culture history will take place live Tuesday, December 9, Wednesday, December 10, Thursday, December 11 and Friday, December 12 in Los Angeles and online at Julien’s Auctions. At the centerpiece of this auction is The Joseff of Hollywood Collection of cinema's most ravishing jewels worn by the silver screen's most stunning sirens. Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, Marlene Dietrich, Vivien Leigh, ... More
Parallel exhibitions by Sayuri Ichida and Tomasz Laczny open in Antwerp ANTWERP.- IBASHO and its sister gallery IN-DEPENDANCE by IBASHO present parallel solo exhibitions by UK-based Japanese artist Sayuri Ichida and her life partner, Polish-British artist Tomasz Laczny. Their works are on view in tandem until 11 January 2026 in Antwerp. While each artist has a distinct style, their exhibitions are closely connected. Regular collaborators—where Laczny designs the artist books for Ichida’s photographic series, together they explore themes of family, migration, memory and identity with an emotional resonance. Visitors are encouraged to experience both exhibitions in dialogue with—and within walking distance from—one another. Sayuri Ichida (1985) is an artist whose practice centres on the theme of self-identity. Through her photographs, she explores the complexity of emotional states by depicting the human form alongside sculptural objects. ... More
Salt's new book chronicles the practice of performance artist Moni from the 1980s to the present ISTANBUL.- A new joint book by Salt and Mousse Publishing (Milan, Italy), Moni focuses on performance artist Salim Özgilik—also known as Moni—who began his practice in 1985. It offers a detailed map of the artist’s provocative and engaging works that actively involve audiences. Developed in collaboration with Moni Salim Özgilik, the publication draws on the artist’s first book, Moni ‘89, as well as his archive, which was made accessible at Salt Research in 2020. Moni integrates the artist’s diverse practice—ranging from painting and murals to installations, performances, and happenings—into the discourse of art history. As noted by Sezin Romi from Salt, editor of the publication, “it enriches the studies conducted since 2019 with new readings and interpretations, and it is a reference for the ongoing research work on the history of performance art and its relationship ... More
Kunsthaus Graz debuts Emilija Škarnulytė's multisensory journey through water, myth, and planetary crisis GRAZ.- The works of Lithuanian artist Emilija Škarnulytė (born 1987, Vilnius) resemble an inscription into the course of time and the existing as well as created infrastructures of our planet. Her practice moves on the threshold between worlds: through entanglements of the human, the ecological, and the cosmic, between archaeology and speculation, bodies* and geological environments. The intertwining of science, nature and myth is central to the artist's work. Many of her projects are based on long-term, site-specific scientific research into hidden ecosystems or human infrastructures. From the perspective of a future archaeologist, Škarnulytė searches for the ruins and places that we cannot reach or tend to ignore. She is guided by a profound interest in geochronology and an alternative perception of the world from posthuman perspectives. ... More
Susanne S. D. Themlitz debuts new works in "História Natural" at Galeria Vera Cortês LISBON.- Galeria Vera Cortês opened “História Natural” (Natural History), a solo exhibition by Susanne S. D. Themlitz, in which the Portuguese-German artist presents new works in drawing, painting, and sculpture. The body of work that the artist installs in her Lisbon gallery articulates the beginning of her research, funded by a grant from the La Caixa Foundation, which will culminate in an exhibition at the National Museum of Natural History and Science next year, and the visual imagery that runs through Themlitz's work, where references and everyday objects intersect with a plastic and literary universe. The installation at the gallery, with its hybrid sculptures evoking both human and animal figures, and its drawings and paintings in which we recognize characters, spaces, and forms that seem to create a fantastic and enigmatic narrative, invites the viewer to wander among ... More
Iconic "Cherub" from James Cameron's "Titanic" up for auction December 9 & 10 LOS ANGELES, CA.- One of the most recognizable and beloved set pieces from James Cameron’s Titanic is heading to auction on December 9 & 10 —the original Grand Staircase Cherub, screen-used in multiple scenes of the 1997 blockbuster, including the pivotal moment when Jack and Rose meet in front of the First Class Dining Room, in addition to being scene throughout the film, including the climactic moment when the Atlantic Ocean bursts through the skylight and floods the staircase, and cherub. The ornate cherub fixture—crafted for the film’s full-scale recreation of the RMS Titanic’s Grand Staircase—was gifted by the production to Martin Biallas, CEO of SEE Global Entertainment, whose immersive exhibitions have brought the world’s most famous ship to millions of fans. It now resurfaces as a rare offering in Heritage Auctions’ Entertainment & Music ... More
A. Lange & Söhne Tourbograph clocks in at $250,000 to lead Heritage's Watches & Fine Timepieces Auction DALLAS, TX.- Heritage Auctions realized $3,766,200 in its Nov. 20 Watches & Fine Timepieces Signature® Auction, a sale that showcased a masterfully curated selection of 220 lots spanning the finest in contemporary and vintage horology. The event, which boasted a 100% sell-through rate, was led by an A. Lange & Söhne Tourbograph "Pour le Mérite" that achieved $250,000, underscoring continued collector demand for complex German watchmaking. One of just 51 pieces made in platinum, the Tourbograph unites three of the most demanding complications in haute horology: a one-minute tourbillon, power equalization with fusée-and-chain transmission, and a split-seconds chronograph. Comprising over 1,065 components, this extraordinary movement represents the apex of precision and craftsmanship, exemplifying Lange's technical mastery and position ... More
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