11/03/2019. Elisabeth Samson, an 18th-century freeborn black woman, made millions as a coffee planter and exporter using slave labor in the Dutch colony of Suriname. She was one of the wealthiest women of the era, but few people have ever heard her story. Tha...

11/05/2019. On 10th and 11th December, Christie’s Paris will offer works from an outstanding collector whose life was driven by his passion for art and collecting. Having grown up in the French countrys...

11/07/2019. Gary Tinterow, Director and Margaret Alkek Williams Chair, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, today announced that the institution’s multi-year project to expand and redevelop its Susan and Fayez ...

11/08/2019. We’ll be lucky this art season if we get another exhibition as tautly beautiful as “Agnes Denes: Absolutes and Intermediates” at the Shed. And we’ll be right to ponder why this artist, who was born in Budapest 88 years ago and has...

11/10/2019. Tiancheng International Jewellery and Jadeite Autumn Auction will take place on 27 November, offering over 210 lots of handpicked jewellery and jadeite pieces. Leading t...

11/10/2019. The internationally acclaimed exhibition Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power is on view in San Francisco this fall. Celebrating the works that African American artists created during two pivotal decades in American history (1963–1983...

11/12/2019. New York’s biannual billion-dollar “gigaweek” of sales, whose latest series started Monday, is the glittering pinnacle of the auction market for Impressionist, modern and contemporary art. But is instability in the wider world taking o...

11/15/2019. The name “de Ribes” resonates internationally with a timeless sense of style – the essence of French chic and elegance. On 11 and 12 December, Sotheby’s Paris will offer f...

11/16/2019. If French Israeli telecommunications entrepreneur Patrick Drahi, who bought Sotheby’s in June in a deal worth $3.7 billion, needed proof that auctions are unlike any other business, he got a clear introduction to that reality during this week
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11/16/2019. Dan Flavin’s outsize light sculpture looked like a luminous frame. Not one to miss an opportunity, Tara Subkoff posed strategically in front of it, its rectangular shape and pastel fluorescence complementing the candied pink of her Simone Rocha ...

11/17/2019. On a recent Saturday there was strong foot traffic on the fifth floor of the Whitney Museum of American Art where New York artist Rachel Harrison’s exuberant midcareer survey is installed. And the traffic wasn’t moving fast. Visitors were s...

11/12/2019. If you’re a content creator or an artist, you must be aware of the importance of having a professional portfolio to show off your skills and creations to the world. However, it’s hard to create a physical portfolio that really appeals to...

11/22/2019. Piguet Auction House announced its next major auction in December. After the success of a remarkable public exhibition at the Beau-Rivage Hotel in Geneva to preview some of the star lots, everyone is now invited to discover all 3,000 lots featuring i...

11/22/2019. Lee Bey stood under the rotunda at the James R. Thompson Center, 13 stories of mirror-glass balconies rising around him in tiers and shiny elevators (now off-limits without official business) zipping up and down. The idea of the center, which open...

11/23/2019. On 19 November 1819 the new museum opened its doors to the public, at that date still a royal museum and comprising works from the exceptional collections of painting and sculpture assembled by Spain’s monarchs over more than 300 years. While Go...