Paul Gauguin, Portrait of the Artist by Himself, 1903. Oil on canvas, 41.4 × 23.5 cm. Copyright: Image data in the public domain. Kunstmuseum Basel, Bequest of Dr. Karl Hoffmann. Photo: Max Ehrengruber.
BASEL.- The Kunstmuseum Basel has what is thought to be Paul Gauguin’s last self-portrait, Portrait de l’artiste par lui-même (1903). In response to recent questions concerning its attribution, the museum undertook an extensive investigation combining provenance research, art technological analysis, and international expert consultation. The investigation confirmed that the attribution to Gauguin remains valid. However, analysis also revealed that certain areas of the face were later retouched, sometime between 1918 and 1926. In March 2025, the collector and Gauguin enthusiast Fabrice Fourmanoir approached the Kunstmuseum to express his doubts concerning the authenticity of the self-portrait Portrait de l’artiste par lui-même (1903) by Paul Gauguin, which has been in the museum’s collection since 1945. Fourmanoir claims that all paintings by Gauguin dated 1903 are forgeries because the artist by that time was too ill to work. Gauguin died in Atuona, the main village on the ... More
NEW YORK, NY.- This kaleidoscopic study of Antonio Canova (1757-1822), one of the most celebrated sculptors of the Neoclassical era, reconsiders his life, work and artistic legacy in the wake of the two-hundredth anniversary of his death. Pestilli here examines how critics such as Carl Ludwig Fernow and Quatremère de Quincy critically shaped both Canova’s work and its reception and delves into the striking similarities between Canova and his renowned predecessor, Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The narrative breathes new life into the sculptor’s art by placing it within the rich cultural context in which he and his contemporaries worked. Drawing from a wealth of sources—including hundreds of letters and original drawings—Pestilli examines a range of previously unexplored themes that will enhance the understanding of specialists and art enthusiasts alike. This study highlights Canova as a sculptor whose work will continue to resonate for years to come. is the ... More
WASHINGTON, DC.- “Grandma Moses: A Good Day’s Work” repositions Anna Mary Robertson “Grandma” Moses (1860–1961) as a multidimensional force in American art, whose beloved painted recollections of rural life earned her a distinctive place in the cultural imagination of the postwar era. Drawing its name from Moses’ reflection on her own life as a “good day’s work,” the exhibition reveals how Moses’ art fused creativity, labor and memories from a century-long life. The exhibition is on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum from Nov. 25 through July 12, 2026. It is organized by Leslie Umberger, senior curator of folk and self-taught art, and Randall Griffey, former head curator, with support from curatorial assistant Maria R. Eipert. The exhibition will travel following its premiere in ... More
Oskar Kokoschka, Girl with Goose in Basket, 1930. Oil on canvas. Estimate: €80,000 – 120,000. Courtesy Sotheby's.
COLOGNE.- A well-established date in Sotheby's Cologne winter season calendar is the Modern C Contemporary Discoveries Sale. The curated auction combines paintings, photographs, works on paper and sculptures by sought-after modern and contemporary artists from the 20th and 21st centuries, including Alexej von Jawlensky, Bernard Aubertin, Joseph Beuys, Albert Birkle, André Butzer, Lyonel Feininger, Max Klinger, Jeff Koons, Walter Leistikov, Markus Lüpertz, Heinz Mack, Vera Molnár, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Hermann Nitsch, Thierry Noir, Max Pechstein, Thomas Schütte, JCJ Vanderheyden, Andy Warhol, and many more. December is all about the festive winter holidays, and in anticipation of these, the online auction in Cologne, which kicks off at 2 p.m. CET on 3 December 2025 and features 8G lots, is expected to provide some attractive opportunities for collectors. ... More
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie's Handbags announced its final online auction of the season: Handbags Online – The New York Edit. Featuring over 300 exceptional pieces, the sale offers a curated selection of timeless accessories and enduring fashion staples, each chosen for its craftsmanship, rarity, and allure. At the heart of the auction are two extraordinary single-owner collections: Splendor & Style: Handbags from the Collection of a Distinguished Lady and The Susie Hoimes Collection: The Art of Costume Jewelry. The top lot of the sale is a Rare, Exceptional Shiny Orange H Porosus Crocodile Sellier Kelly 25 with 18k White Gold & Diamond Hardware, Hermès, 2013 (Estimate: $80,000–100,000). Additional highlights include a Rare Sterling Silver Mini Kelly, Hermès, circa 1990s (Estimate: $80,000–100,000) and a Limited Edition Multicolor Printed Swift Leather “1, 2, 3 & Away We Go” Birkin 25 with Palladium Hardware by Nigel Peake, Hermès, 2019 (Estimate: $20,000–30,000). The Susie ... More
Albert Renger-Patzsch, Ruhrgebiet Gas und Strom, 1932. Vintage gelatin silver print on Agfa-Brovira paper, 22.5 x 16.6 cm (22.8 x 16.8 cm). Estimate € 2,000 – 3,000.
COLOGNE.- The highlight of the autumn season at Lempertz is the auction of works from one of the world's most important photography collections: Miami-based businessman and philanthropist Martin Z. Margulies is selling off parts of his holdings. With a total of 154 lots (over 300 photographs), these make up the largest portion of the photography auction. Starting with the Düsseldorf School of Photography, prominently represented here by multi-part works by Bernd and Hilla Becher (lot 704, €30/€40,000) and Thomas Struth (lots 705-708, from €10,000 to €15,000), the collector's attention turned early to their artistic form related precursors in the 1920s, in particular the photography of New Objectivity in the Weimar Republic. This search for traces of photographic history resulted in extensive acquisitions of outstanding vintage prints by Albert Renger-Patzsch, August Sander, Hugo Schmölz and Werner Mantz ... More
Art handlers from the LT Group removed the painting from the wall of the church, transporting it to a temporary restoration lab within the San Geremia complex for treatment. Photo: Sofia Marchesin.
VENICE.- Save Venice is undertaking the restoration of four artworks in the church of San Geremia in Cannaregio that date from the 15th to 17th centuries. This important pilgrimage site houses the Sanctuary of Saint Lucy, whose relics were relocated here in 1861 when the nearby church of Santa Lucia was demolished to make way for Venice’s railway station. This hallowed complex features many notable artistic treasures, including Jacopo Palma il Giovane's altarpiece Madonna and Child in Glory with the Coronation of Venice by Saint Magnus, which was restored with funding from Save Venice in 2021. Now, thanks to the generosity of Italian jeweler Pasquale Bruni, the restoration of Jacopo Palma il Giovane’s The Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary began last month. Save Venice extends its sincere thanks to Pasquale Bruni for their partnership as a corporate sponsor, whose investment directly supports our work to safeguard the artistic ... More
Konstantin Egorovich Makovsky (Russian/French, 1839-1915), HIH Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia, circa 1900. Oil on panel, 24 x 19-5/8 in. Estimate: $80,000 - $120,000.
DALLAS, TX.- Heritage Auctions will present Imperial Porcelain & Russian Works of Art from the Collection of A La Vieille Russie, a landmark event that unites Heritage with one of the most respected names in Russian art. Taking place December 16, this unprecedented collaboration with A La Vieille Russie (ALVR) — the venerable New York firm that introduced Fabergé to the United States and has guided the formation of many of the world’s most important private and public collections — marks a milestone in Heritage’s continued leadership in this field. “A La Vieille Russie has defined and developed the market for Russian art in the U.S. since the early 20th century,” says Nick Nicholson, Heritage’s Director of Russian Works of Art. “To present highlights from its collection, works that have informed scholarship and taste for generations, is an extraordinary privilege.” Spanning ... More
BRUSSELS.- Kanal's collection of contemporary art has been growing steadily since its creation in 2018. Today, it includes works by such artists as Ann Veronica Janssens, Francis Alÿs, Pélagie Gbaguidi, Willem Oorebeek, Léonard Pongo, Kasper Bosmans, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Otobong Nkanga and the recently deceased Walter Swennen alongside many others. A year before its opening, Kanal adds another selection of artworks to that dynamically growing list. Latest acquisitions include works like Aequare: the Future that Never Was (2023), Sammy Baloji’s ruminative film that received a special mention at the Venice Biennale; or Luna Mahoux's intimate documentary The Other Queen of Memphis (2024), the artist’s first-ever work to be included in a museum collection. Among acquisitions highlights are also Lucy McKenzie’s Mural Proposal for Jeffrey Epstein's New York Townhouse (Filming of American Psycho) (2024), a monumental indictment ... More
Lee Ufan. Photo: Claire Dorn. Courtesy Studio Lee Ufan.
COLOGNE.- South Korean artist Lee Ufan (born 1936, lives in Kamakura, Japan) has been awarded the 32nd Wolfgang Hahn Prize by the Society for Modern Art at the Museum Ludwig. His art brings together contrasting forces such as emptiness and tension, silence and energy. As co-founder of the Japanese minimalist Mono-ha movement (‘School of Things’), a collective of artists in Tokyo between 1968 and 1975, he continues to seek a harmonious reordering of things. Since the 1970s, his minimalist painting in particular has had a major impact on the international art scene. Influenced by the Korean Dansaekhwa movement (‘monochrome painting’), known for its monochrome style, Lee works with a broad brush, placing dots, lines and diffuse rectangles on large-format canvases. These elements appear as isolated formal signs, rhythmically structured patterns or in loose, non-narrative figurations. Lee regards the act of painting as ‘a pure and absolute event’ involving ... More
TAICHUNG CITY.- The Taichung Green Museumbrary, designed by SANAA—the Japanese architectural team led by Pritzker Prize laureates Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa—opens on December 13, 2025, inaugurating Taiwan's first integrated metropolitan art museum and central library complex. Situated within Central Park on the former Shuinan military airport site, the 5.8-hectare facility comprises eight interconnected volumes wrapped in expanded aluminum mesh—SANAA's largest cultural project to date, manifesting their investigation into visual permeability and spatial porosity. The Taichung Art Museum launches with the exhibition A Call of All Beings: See you tomorrow, same time, same place, co-curated by the museum's in-house curators alongside Ling-Chih Chow (Taiwan), Alaina Claire Feldman (USA), and Anca Mihuleţ-Kim (Romania/South Korea). The curatorial collaboration weaves multiple methodologies—from Daoist philosophies to indigenous cosmologies, from ... More
Frank Frazetta Luana US Movie Poster / Vampirella #31 Cover Original Art (Capital Productions, 1973/Warren Publications, 1974).
DALLAS, TX.- Proving itself once again the dominating force in the comic art and comic books collectibles industry, Heritage Auctions wrapped up its Nov. 19–23 Comic Art Signature® Auction with a final tally of $14.91million — the day after its landmark Comic Books Signature® Auction realized $14.45 million and included the highest price ever paid for a comic book, among a handful of records broken over the course of the five-day pair of auctions, each of which achieved 100% sell-through. “Godfather of Fantasy Art” Frank Frazetta’s 1972 painting for the poster and promotional art for the U.S. release of the Italian jungle-adventure flick Luana — and subsequently used for that movie’s 1974 Ballantine Books novelization and a 13-page adaptation of the story in the comic Vampirella — took in $1.75 million to lead the comic art auction. The Frazetta painting was part of Howard Lowery’s Fantasy and ... More
GHENT.- In 2020, photographer Stephan Vanfleteren embarked on a challenging project that culminates in the exhibition Stephan Vanffeteren. Transcripts of a Sea at the MSK Ghent, during autumn and winter 2025. The exhibition is the conclusion of a long quest, not only into the depths of a body of water, but also into the essence of artistry - Vanfleteren's answer to what complete artistic freedom can mean. The multiple meanings of Transcripts of a Sea are primarily related to the theme of the sea, which, in recent years, has become an almost unmanageable obsession for Stephan Vanfleteren. The photographer shows the sea in its most surprising guises, from smooth water surface and ephemeral foggy images to threatening tempests and an all-consuming stormy or treacherously calm sea. His visual transcriptions are highly personal in nature because they are the result of a specific skill that he only came to accept after months at sea, and subsequently learned to embrace as a blessing. Initially wanti ... More
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Kunsthalle Wien unveils first major Richard Hawkins survey in Austria VIENNA.- Kunsthalle Wien presents a major survey of works by Richard Hawkins (b. 1961, Mexia, Texas), bringing together over 100 paintings, collages, sculpture and videos from nine distinct bodies of work produced over the last three decades. Since the early 1990s, Hawkins has developed a singular practice based upon the intense pleasure of looking and the dynamics of desire. Employing collage as a means to structure and develop his compositions, he has described his work as “promiscuously referential,” quoting from the histories of artistic representation in sculpture, painting, literature and the performing arts alongside popular culture. The exhibition manifests distinct lines of obsessive enquiry that has encompassed subjects as diverse as Greek and Roman statuary and the headshots of Japanese male hair models. Hawkins’s fanatical approach makes reference ... More
Baltimore Museum of Art raises over $1.1 million from BMA Ball BALTIMORE, MD.- The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) raised over $1.1 million during the spectacular BMA Ball and After Party held on Saturday, November 22. The proceeds raised from the record-setting event will help the BMA continue to elevate artists, connect local and global narratives, expand its educational programs, and provide more meaningful art experiences for students, families, and adults throughout the state of Maryland. More than 400 guests attended the BMA Ball and another 200 attended the After Party. The highlights of the evening included the presentation of the Changemaker Who Inspires Award to The Sherman Family Foundation, in honor of George Sherman and their decades-long history of supporting children and families, education, and the arts in Baltimore and beyond. The global Artist Who Inspires Award was presented to Wangechi ... More
The Munch Museum presents its 2026 programme OSLO.- Next year, MUNCH invites you to explore a programme ranging from Nordic icons to today’s most daring contemporary artists. Discover large installations, unexpected retrospectives and interactive experiences with art that both moves and inspires. Power and vulnerability, desire and anger – Paula Rego, influential political artist and feminist icon, explored these themes with a striking mix of humour and gravity. For the first time in the Nordic region, discover her vividly coloured, wildly imaginative figurative paintings in this captivating exhibition. The Portuguese-British artist Paula Rego (1935–2022) receives her first ever large scale exhibition in the Nordic region. Her inspiration from Edvard Munch (1863–1944) is clearly visible in her colour-rich, wildly imaginative figurative paintings. From the canteen at Freia, Norway’s most iconic chocolate brand, to MUNCH ... More
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg presents landmark exhibition of Małgorzata Mirga-Tas's textile narratives WOLFSBURG.- Family, community, solidarity, and self-empowerment, as well as exclusion and persecution, are the defining themes in the work of the artist Małgorzata Mirga-Tas (born 1978 in Zakopane, Poland). Through her textile “paintings”, she connects the past and the present and tells a different, alternative story of unseen and marginalized people. Małgorzata Mirga-Tas focuses on the lives of the Romani people, Europe’s largest ethnic minority, who have been marginalized, discriminated against, and persecuted in Europe since the fourteenth century—and often still are today. Through her visually powerful combination of different textiles and patterns, she paints an intimate picture of the everyday life of the Romani, often linked to historical narratives that frequently perpetuate stereotypes as external representations. Mirga-Tas contrasts her powerful ... More
Birgir Andrésson's conceptual color worlds reemerge in Copenhagen exhibition COPENHAGEN.- Birgir Andrésson (1955–2007) was among the first artists to be exhibited and represented by NILS STÆRK. Between 1999 and 2004, the gallery presented two solo exhibitions, with a third in planning at the gallery’s former space in Islands Brygge when the artist passed away in 2007. His late work Africa (2007) was intended for this exhibition and now returns to that moment with quiet resonance. How do we describe a color? For Birgir Andrésson, color was never simply something we see. Born to blind parents in the Westman Islands off the southern coast of Iceland, he grew up in a world where color existed first as language – something spoken, named, and imagined. When Andrésson came across a German guide of standardized color codes, he was struck by its foreign tone: rational, orderly, and therefore unmistakably German. The realization was absurd ... More
"Water's Edge: The Art of Truman Lowe" opens at the National Museum of the American Indian WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian opened “Water’s Edge: The Art of Truman Lowe,” the first major retrospective of the acclaimed Hoocąk (Ho-Chunk) artist, at its museum in Washington, D.C. This landmark exhibition brings together for the first time many of Truman Lowe’s (1944–2019) monumental sculptures and significant works from public and private collections, including 28 from the National Museum of the American Indian. Featuring nearly 50 of his sculptures, drawings and paintings, the exhibition surveys his career and the key themes he explored in his work. Lowe’s sculptures made of willow branches, feathers and other natural materials evoke the waterways of the Wisconsin woodlands where he was raised and the canoes used to traverse them. His work also considers human relationships to place and memory. “Truman Lowe’s art reflects on the waters and woodlands of his home, as well as family and cultural traditions, ... More
Purdy Hicks presents AnaÏs Tondeur's plant-led photographic journeys through contaminated landscapes LONDON.- This exhibition grows from a pressing question: what might plants teach us about living together in a world on fire? It gathers two long-term photographic projects rooted in sites of environmental violence—zones of anthropogenic fire, contamination, and ongoing transformation—where industrial and nuclear histories entangle with disrupted ecosystems and precarious life-worlds. From Chernobyl Herbarium, created with flora from the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, to Flowers of Fire, formed among the charred and contaminated earth of the Terra dei Fuochi in southern Italy, I follow plants as guides, learning from the ways they make worlds even amid the ruins. Both projects emerge from a collaboration with philosopher Michael Marder, exploring ways of attuning to plants through the image-making process in which the plants themselves act as agents of their own inscription. ... More
Cemile Sahin awarded with the Erich Fried Prize 2025 BERLIN.- The Kurdish-Alevi writer and artist Cemile Sahin has been awarded the Erich Fried Prize 2025. This was decided by the German writer and journalist Fatma Aydemir, the sole juror for 2025. She writes about the author: “Cemile Sahin is a writer and visual artist whose literary work is shaped by the masterful intertwining of language and image, of the poetic and the political. In her novels, she relates in a sober and equally tender manner the stories of people who, in a world marked by war and violence, fight not only for their mere survival, but always also for their own concept of freedom. The perspective that Sahin employs is that of a cineaste, a language artist, and a chronicler of exile.” The Erich Fried Prize has been awarded by the International Erich Fried Society since 1990 and is decided by a panel of judges that changes each year. It is endowed with €15,000 ... More
The South London Gallery announces 2026 exhibitions programme LONDON.- The New Year sees the return of New Contemporaries to the South London Gallery (SLG) for the first time since 2022. Spanning both SLG sites, it will showcase 26 emerging and early-career artists living and working across the UK. In spring 2026, paintings by Brazilian artist Paulo Nimer Pjota, presentedagainst an expansive, site-specific wall painting, will create a new installation in the Main Gallery, while in the Fire Station galleries, British Nigerian artist Ranti Bam’s first solo institutional exhibition will include ceramic sculptures and a new sound installation. This will be followed by a major presentation of new and existing sculptural works by Polish artist, Monika Sosnowska. Opening in December will be the first solo exhibition in the UK by South Korean artist, Kang Seung Lee, curated by the third cohort of New Curators. New Curators is a paid ... More
Christie's announces Important Watches NEW YORK, NY.- Christie's presents Important Watches, a live auction taking place on December 9 in New York City. The sale will present rare and exceptional timepieces spanning vintage icons and contemporary masterpieces. Highlights include outstanding private collections and a curated selection of watches from the world's most renowned houses—Rolex, Patek Philippe, Cartier, and Audemars Piguet—as well as contemporary independent makers such as Greubel Forsey. Highlights from the sale include a silver Grande and Petite Sonnerie tourbillon “hump-back” carriage clock by Nicole Nielsen for Charles Frodsham & Co., offered from the Edlis | Neeson Collection (Estimate: $200,000–400,000). Other highlights include: • Patek Philippe Ref. 2526 in yellow gold, a highly important and only known version retailed by Serpico y Laino and fitted with a first-series black enamel ... More
Abell Auction Co. presents "Behind the Blockbuster: The Collection of Mark Canton" LOS ANGELES, CA.- Abell Auction Co. will open the doors to Hollywood history on December 3 with Behind the Blockbuster: The Collection of Mark Canton, an exclusive sale honoring the life and career of the acclaimed producer and studio executive whose work helped define the modern cinematic landscape. Live online bidding will begin at 9 a.m. PDT. Canton held leadership roles at Warner Bros. and Columbia Pictures, and guided some of the industry’s most recognizable productions over five decades. He was the creative force behind “Caddyshack,” “In the Line of Fire,” “First Knight,” “Batman Returns,” “A Few Good Men,” and many other acclaimed films. The highly anticipated auction offers more than 400 lots, ranging in value from $200 to $20,000, that capture Canton’s unique artistry, vision and style. Attracting both seasoned and emerging collectors, highlighted ... More
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