Sam Doyle, Gulf 7¢, circa 1983-85, house paint on wood, 30 x 40 x 1 in. (76.2 x 101.6 x 2.54 cm), Gift of Gordon W. Bailey in honor of Ed Ruscha.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Since 2012, Los Angeles based, advocate, scholar and collector Gordon W. Bailey has gifted many artworks created by untrained artists to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). At the end of 2024, he gifted 14 works created by Leroy Almon, Eddie Arning, Chris Benchetler, Sam Doyle, Roy Ferdinand, Mary L. Proctor, Samuel Pace, Herbert Singleton, Mose Tolliver, Purvis Young and Malcah Zeldis. The gifts join those previously received from Bailey including superb works made by Willie Birch, Minnie Evans, Josephus Farmer, Lonnie Holley, Robert Howell, Clementine Hunter, John K. Lawson, Charlie Lucas, Sister Gertrude Morgan, Sulton Rogers and Welmon Sharlhorne. “Mr. Bailey’s unparalleled collection, tireless advocacy and scholarship are such fantastic assets to LACMA,” said CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director Michael ... More
Lily Ledy Spanish-language Star Wars: Return of the Jedi/La Guerra de las Galaxias: El Regreso de Jedi (1983) Artoo-Detoo (R2-D2) 30 Back AFA 60 Ex action figure. Sold above estimate for $11,420, a world record price for an action figure of its type.
YORK, PA.- If ever there were a doubt as to the identity of the most popular character in the Star Wars universe, Hake’s October 16 auction ended the debate once and for all. With strong competition from both the marquee names and more-obscure personalities inhabiting George Lucas’ immortal franchise, one larger-than-life figure stepped forward to claim three of the top 10 positions at the $900,000 auction: Boba Fett. Action figures depicting the formidable, eerily untalkative bounty hunter attracted heated competition in the high-profile sale, which exclusively featured Part III of the mind-boggling Jeff Jacob Collection. Earlier this ... More
Blue-glazed splashed stoneware dish, Jin period, 12th - 13th century. Jun kilns, Henan province. Diameter: 17.7cm.
LONDON.- From 27 October to 14 November 2025, Eskenazi hold two autumn exhibitions: one presenting Chinese ceramics, metalwork and lacquer from the 12th to the 14th century, a cultural highpoint in Chinese history; and the other dedicated to eight new works by Li Huayi, widely celebrated as a leading contemporary master of Chinese ink painting. This exhibition presents 12 works of art created during the golden age of the 12th to the 14th century, an intellectually vibrant period in Chinese history whose material culture is defined by elegance, restraint, and technical mastery. A highlight is a rare and striking gold drinking cup with chased decoration (shown above, left). Its form takes an unusual shape which was more ... More
BOULDER, COLO.-Artemis Fine Arts will host its October Timed Marketplace Auction beginning at 4:00 PM GMT-6, delivering a diverse catalog of antiquities, fine art, coins, and collectibles to bidders worldwide. The event is conducted entirely online as a timed sale, which means traditional telephone or absentee bidding will not be accepted, encouraging participants to engage directly through the digital platform. Artemis Fine Arts has cultivated a reputation for curating high-quality cultural objects sourced from respected collections across North America and Europe. This upcoming sale draws on that expertise, presenting works from Egypt, Greece, Italy, the Near East, China, Japan, Southeast Asia, the Americas, and beyond. Categories include Pre-Columbian and Native American heritage pieces, Spanish Co ... More
Dyani White Hawk (Sičáŋǧu Lakota), Detail of Walk With Me, 2024. Gochman Family Collection. Courtesy the artist. Photo: Rik Sferra.
MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- The Walker Art Center opened Dyani White Hawk: Love Language, a major mid-career survey featuring nearly 100 works from the past 15 years of the artist’s wide-ranging practice. Co-organized with Remai Modern (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada), the expansive exhibition features paintings, sculptures, works on paper, video installations, and objects that incorporate porcupine quillwork and lane stitch beadwork, as well as several new large-scale sculptural pieces and mosaics making their debut in the show. Together, the depth of works highlights White Hawk’s ongoing commitment to formal and material experimentation. It is especially meaningful that the artist’s largest and most comprehensive institutional survey to date opens in Minneapolis, where she has lived and worked since 2011. White Hawk (Sičáŋǧu Lakota, b. 1976) is recognized for her dynamic ... More
NEW YORK, NY.- Follow the friendship and romance of storied artists Peter Hujar and Paul Thek, from the US to Italy and back again, through previously unpublished letters, postcards, candid portraits and contact sheets. This volume shines a spotlight on the deep relationship between Paul Thek (1933–88) and Peter Hujar (1934–87) through the artists' letters and photographs. The book opens with Hujar's early portraits capturing the beginnings of their relationship, including Thek's first letters to Hujar, written while aboard a containership en route to Europe, where the two would eventually meet in Rome. From there, the publication traces their evolution into the icons we know them as today, with the remaining letters tracing Thek's travels and adventures, romantic dalliances, work and financial ups and downs through 1975. Stay away from nothing reproduces more than 50 letters and postcards, along with drawings and other ephemera; their poetic, quotidian and melancholic ... More
Corita Kent, Irregularity: Corita and Immaculate Heart College's Rule Breaking Designs, 2025 installation view Marciano Art Foundation Library, Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Andrew Kreps Gallery and kaufmann repetto shared that work of Corita Kent is currently the subject of the exhibition Corita Kent: The Sorcery of Images, at Marciano Art Foundation. “In a sense, the whole world around the artist is his source, his sorting and relating powers are his sorcery, and the one isn’t much good without the other. … Anything can be a source, even a mistake. The sorcery or the thievery is the art of relating sources into a new solution.” These were the insights of Corita Kent (1918–1986), artist, teacher and activist who uniquely combined her passions for faith and politics in an exuberant and joyfully creative practice. As a Catholic nun in Los Angeles’s Immaculate Heart of Mary order and an influential art teacher at Immaculate Heart College from 1947 to 1968, Corita (as she was known) gained international recognition for her signature ... More
NEW YORK, NY.- From cowboy boots’ humble origins to their elevation as cultural icons, this far-ranging volume chronicles how their distinctive designs and makers have shaped and been shaped by American culture. Engaging narratives, insightful interviews, and vibrant images showcase the evolution through five transformative eras: “Real” explores multicultural origins and the authentic cowboys who wore them; “Rodeo” examines Western mythmaking through Wild West shows, early film, and dude ranches; “Rhinestone” delves into country western music, Nudie Cohn’s designs, and the shifting archetypes from Gene Autry’s moral code to John Wayne’s tougher persona; “Red” investigates the boots’ emergence as luxury commodities during the Reagan years and Urban Cowboy phenomenon; and “Reclaimed” presents contemporary reinterpretations from the Western-inspired fashion of ... More
ST. LOUIS, MO.- This fall the Pulitzer Arts Foundation presents two illuminating exhibitions exploring the art of the multi-disciplinary artist Jennie C. Jones (b. 1968): one, of Jones’s new and recent work; the other, curated by the artist herself, featuring works by artists who have been touchstones throughout her career. A Line When Broken Begins Again debuts a major site-specific commission alongside paintings, sound works, and collages. Other Octaves: Curated by Jennie C. Jones features 34 works by artists who have inspired Jones, including Mildred Thompson, Ben Patterson, and Mavis Pusey—figures still little-known today. Jones is internationally recognized for developing a body of work that calls attention to relationships between painting, sound, and space. Drawing on modernism and minimalism, she grounds viewers in the auditory present ... More
Boris Grigoriev (Russian, 1886-1939), Portrait of Gladys Roosevelt Dick, circa 1922. Oil on canvas.
LONDON.- Heritage Auctions is presenting a special exhibition featuring four remarkable works that bridge the twilight of Imperial Russia and the dawn of its artistic diaspora. On view in Heritage’s Mayfair gallery from October 27 to November 1, 2025, the exhibition showcases Boris Grigoriev’s three rediscovered paintings—Toilers of the Field, Portrait of Mrs. Fairman Dick, and Portrait of an Actress (Lydia Koreneva)—alongside Konstantin Makovsky’s Portrait of Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia. Together, these works chart a vivid dialogue between empire and exile, tradition and modernity. Makovsky’s restrained Imperial portrait captures a moment of fading grandeur at the turn of the century, while Grigoriev’s modernist portrayals, executed in the wake of revolution, reveal the transformation of Russian art in exile and its engagement with the cultural ferment of 1920s New York. Highlights include: • Boris Grigoriev’s Toilers of the Field (cir ... More
Beau Dick, Dzunuk'Wa, ca. 2000. Red cedar, acrylic paint, horsehair, 19x19x13 in. Courtesy Fazakas Gallery. Photo: Connor Creagan.
SEATTLE, WA.- The Frye Art Museum is presenting the first US museum survey of works by the late Beau Dick, Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw Hereditary Chief and master carver. This landmark exhibition offers a rare opportunity to experience the depth and breadth of Dick’s artistic contributions, showcasing his multifaceted approach to carving, storytelling, and activism. This exhibition traces the evolution of Dick's artistic practice, from his mastery of Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw carving style, informed by tradition and ceremonial function, to his innovative, contemporary approach to abstraction. This vast gathering of artworks celebrates the Hamat’sa stories and characters that the artist brought to life, giving his works a layered context and the kind of non-commercial display and interpretation he frequently endorsed over his decades-long career. The inclusion of fifteen A̱tłaḵ̓im masks by the artist’s longtime apprentices Alan ... More
Located in the heart of Geneva's Old Town, the Barbier-Mueller Museum preserves, exhibits and studies a collection of art objects of immense variety.
GENEVA.- Pleasing the Spirits takes the visitor on a journey through the Barbier-Mueller Collection, an extraordinary set of artefacts from across the world. This project is devised in close dialogue with artist Paul Maheke, whose work, centred on dance and performance, explores the potential of the body as a vector for memory and history. The Barbier-Mueller Collection, numbering several thousand pieces, forms a living, moving organism, a multicultural body within which the nature and meaning of an object shift according to its position within the community of artworks, depending on its proximity and collision with other objects. Pleasing the Spirits offers a pathway alongside these objects. Seats embrace us, masks scrutinise us, a dense forest of spears and shields rises before us, while the ceremonial objects embody joy and exaltation. Together, they unfold throughout the rooms, like territories to be explored, like an emerging ... More
Tsai Ming-Liang, No No Sleep (still), 2015. Courtesy of ATM6.
MANCHESTER.- The sixth edition of Asia Triennial Manchester (ATM6) has been curated by Hongjohn Lin, Henk Slager, Miya Yoshida, Kalen Lee, and Yusaku Imamura. They have realised the multivenue exhibition and research project Transvaluation, hosted by Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University. The curatorial framework of the triennial is ‘transvaluation’. To transvalue means to transgress the logic of value and the systemic structures it legitimises. The triennial brings together a diverse body of works by more than 30 international practitioners, which commune in their creation of new ways to think about value, extending beyond economics, efficiency and utility to establish new conceptions of social, sexual, ecological, indigenous and decolonial relations. The triennial also seeks to question and complicate the symbolic, cultural, political and poetic values associated with Asia today. Manchester is an apt site for this edition’s critical inquiry. As one of the his ... More
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Stuart Ringholt debuts in Italy with Verso Pictures at Quartz Studio TURIN.- Quartz Studio is presenting Verso Pictures, the first solo exhibition in Italy by Australian artist Stuart Ringholt (Perth, Australia, 1971). Verso Pictures (2025) is a series of ink paintings on paper created using frottage. Frottage is a drawing technique used for representing texture, whereby paper is pressed against a surface, and charcoal or pencil is rubbed across the paper, pictorializing the underlying texture. Ringholt has used frottage to create impressions of a previous body of his work, first exhibited at Propane gallery in Melbourne in early 2025. This initial series utilized a poster design the artist first created in 2014 which made associations between the British Royal Family and advertising of guns. The various graphics of the poster such as text, photographs, flag design and gun logos, were repeatedly altered and re-mixed in an abstract fashion, ... More
Centro Botín announces exhibition programme 2026 SANTANDER.- Yuko Mohri (Kanagawa, Japan, 1980; lives and works in Tokyo) is known for her intricate and original compositions, recently presented in Italy at the 60th Venice Biennale (2024) in the Japan Pavilion. Mohri’s delicately balanced sculptures reveal the latent complexity of the natural and artificial structures that constitute our world and the constant flow of energy surrounding us. Entanglements is Yuko Mohri’s most extensive solo exhibition to date at a European institution. The title evokes the invisible links and complex interactions that exist between objects, forces, sounds, and people. The show explores how each element belongs to an interconnected system in which nothing acts independently, and everything is part of a vast, ever-evolving network of relationships. Pirelli HangarBicocca Curators: Fiammetta Griccioli and Vicente Todolí Centro ... More
HAM Helsinki Art Museum presents its 2026 exhibitions programme HELSINKI.- In 2026, HAM will present international top artists and highlight the classics and current figures in Finnish art. The programme centres on strong themes, featuring the Jansson family’s courage, colour storms by Petri Ala-Maunus and Mauno Markkula exploring the landscape, and three strong female artists. HAM’s grand arched halls will be filled in turn with the massive textile-based installations by the Polish icon of sculpture Magdalena Abakanowicz, visual artist Leena Luostarinen’s golden period works, and British artist Emma Talbot’s large-scale spatial paintings and textile sculptures. During the year, HAM will also renew its premises at Tennis Palace. The Tove Jansson Gallery at HAM opens on a larger scale than before. Now with greater ambition, the expanded collection of works highlights various aspects of Tove Jansson’s artistry through annually ... More
Biennale of Sydney presents additional artists, project highlights, and initial programming for 25th edition SYDNEY.- The Biennale of Sydney has announced further artists, project highlights, and initial programming for its 25th edition, Rememory, being presented free to the public from March 14 to June 14, 2026. Led by internationally acclaimed curator Hoor Al Qasimi, the 25th Biennale of Sydney: Rememory takes its title from celebrated author Toni Morrison, exploring the intersection of memory and history as a means of revisiting, reconstructing, and reclaiming histories that have been erased or repressed. By engaging with Rememory, artists from across the world and within Australia reflect on their own roots while engaging with Sydney’s communities and histories, exploring global themes that connect us. This edition will highlight marginalised narratives, share untold stories, and inspire audiences to rethink how memory shapes identity and belonging—amplifying ... More
Julien's Auctions announces "Bold Luxury: Bob Mackie, Stage Glamour & The Couture Edit" auction BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF.- Julien’s Auctions announced Bold Luxury: Bob Mackie, Stage Glamour & The Couture Edit. This extraordinary live auction event celebrates the artistry of legendary designers and the glamour of modern celebrity fashion, offering collectors a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to acquire a piece of style and entertainment history. Online registration and bidding begins on Monday, October 27th, 2025. The auction commercial can be viewed here. Taking place on Wednesday, December 3rd at The Peninsula Beverly Hills at 10AM PT, this global event features an extraordinary collection of couture, stage-worn costumes, and celebrity fashion treasures once owned and worn by some of the world’s most iconic women, including Tina Turner, Cher, Beyoncé, Madonna, Whitney Houston, Princess Diana, Britney Spears, and Carol Burnett. "Bob Mackie’s dazzling ... More
Karolina Jabłońska explores female labor and preservation in new paintings PARIS.- Esther Schipper is presenting Karolina Jabłońska’s second solo exhibition with the gallery, her first at our Paris space. On view are sixteen newly commissioned oil paintings executed on canvas and wood. The presentation is accompanied by an essay by the curator and researcher Mėta Valiušaitytė; the following is an excerpt from her comprehensive text, available at the gallery and online. In Jarred Kitchen, Karolina Jabłońska stages encounters with food preparation: cutting, storing, displaying. Her new series explores the paradoxes of preservation, turning the kitchen into a stage where humor, memory, and the female body and labor converge. The large canvases submerge the viewer: monumental female heads, painted on two-meter supports, draw one into a world of giantesses. When their eyes are not closed, their gazes are watchful, yet distant, as if estranged ... More
Ted Huffman appointed General Director of the Festival d'Aix- en-Provence AIX-EN-PROVENCE.- With the approval of Rachida Dati, Minister of Culture, of Sophie Joissains, Mayor of the City of Aix-en-Provence, of Martine Vassal, President of the Métropole Aix- Marseille-Provence and of the Conseil départemental des Bouches-du-Rhône and of Renaud Muselier, President of the Région Sud Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, and upon the recommendation of its Chairman Paul Hermelin, the Board of the Festival d’Aix- en-Provence has unanimously appointed today Ted Huffman as General Director of the Festival for a five-year term, effective January 1, 2026. Succeeding Pierre Audi, who passed away suddenly in May 2025, Ted Huffman will implement the program conceived by Pierre Audi for the 2026 edition and, in part, for the 2027 edition. At the same time, he will begin developing the artistic vision and strategic framework for the 2028 editions ... More
William Robinson Leigh, G. Harvey and Alexander Proctor illuminate the American Frontier at Heritage DALLAS, TX.- Few sculptures embody the spirit of Western art as completely as Alexander Phimister Proctor’s Oregon Pioneer Mother (1929), a highlight of Heritage’s Western Art: Visions of the American Frontier Signature® Auction taking place Nov. 7. Commissioned in 1929 by Burt Brown Barker to honor his mother, Elvira Brown Barker, who traveled the Oregon Trail as a child in 1852, Oregon Pioneer Mother transcends private memorialization to become a universal meditation on endurance and dignity. Barker envisioned a monument not to hardship but to the strength and serenity that follows it. “Others have perpetuated her struggles,” Barker wrote. “I want to perpetuate the peace which followed her struggles.” Proctor, already celebrated as the “Sculptor in Buckskin” for his authentic depictions of frontier life, responded with a design that distilled those ideals ... More
More than 1,600 lots span the magic, artistry and imagination of Disneyland's 70-year legacy DALLAS, TX.- Heritage invites collectors and fans alike to embark on an unforgettable journey through seven decades of Disney wonder during the Celebrating 70 Years of Disneyland - Featuring the Marc and Alice Davis Archive Part II Animation Art Signature® Auction, taking place Nov. 7–10. With more than 1,500 lots offered over four full days, the event celebrates the legacy of Walt Disney’s original theme park and honors the visionaries who built its foundation. “This auction truly takes you through every land of Disneyland, from Main Street, U.S.A., to Tomorrowland, Frontierland, Fantasyland and beyond,” says Jim Lentz, Heritage’s Vice President of Animation and Anime Art. “It’s a love letter to the park’s past and to the extraordinary artists who brought Walt’s dream to life. There’s something here for every Disney collector, from original concept art to park-used treasures.” ... More
Kent Monkman's monumental history paintings make Canadian premiere at MMFA MONTREAL.- The Montreal Museum of Fines Arts (MMFA) presents the Canadian premiere of the exhibition Kent Monkman: History Is Painted by the Victors, which brings together some 40 monumental paintings by Kent Monkman. Through his subversive lens, he revisits history painting to challenge colonial narratives and offer new perspectives on the past and our present. The exhibition includes works on loan from Canadian and American museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and private collectors, as well as a selection from the Museum’s collection. Representing the peoples and territories that have shaped Turtle Island (North America), History Is Painted by the Victors is a compilation of works inspired by history painting – a term introduced by the French Royal Academy in the 17th century to describe large-scale paintings with historical, ... More
Gold coin depicting iconic Dr. Seuss character available exclusively from Rare Collectibles TV LOS ANGELES, CA.- The first official Dr. Seuss one-ounce gold coins (www.DrSeussCoins.com) depicting the famous Grinch from the popular book, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, are now available exclusively from Rare Collectibles TV (www.RareCollectiblesTV.com). “Since his creation in 1957, The Grinch has captured hearts around the world through books, television, and film. Now, this timeless icon of Christmas spirit is available in one full ounce of gleaming .9999 fine gold, marking a historic first in the world of numismatics,” said Jack McNamara, Co-Founder of Rare Collectibles TV. “With an extremely limited mintage of just 99 coins, this exclusive RCTV release represents the perfect fusion of artistry, nostalgia, and immense rarity,” McNamara emphasized. The Grinch is one of the many beloved characters created by Theodor ... More
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On a day like today, Irish-born British figurative painter Francis Bacon was born
October 28, 1909. Francis Bacon (28 October 1909 - 28 April 1992) was an Irish-born British figurative painter known for his raw, unsettling imagery. Focusing on the human form, his subjects included crucifixions, portraits of popes, self-portraits, and portraits of close friends, with abstracted figures sometimes isolated in geometrical structures. He said that he saw images "in series", and his work, which numbers in the region of 590 extant paintings along with many others he destroyed, typically focused on a single subject for sustained periods, often in triptych or diptych formats. In this image: Francis Bacon (1909-1992). Studies from the Human Body (1975). oil on canvas; 200x150 cm. Private Collection.
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