Jan Stobbaerts (Belgian, 1838-1914), The Dog Shearer (Le Tondeur de Chiens), 1873. Signed Jan Stobbaerts (lower left). Oil on canvas, 38 1/2 by 49 1/4 in. (98 by 125 cm.)
MILWAUKEE, WI.-Gallery 19C and Thomas Deprez Fine Arts announced that Jan Stobbaerts’ The Dog Shearer (Le Tondeur de Chiens) has found the most ideal home at the Grohmann Museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The theme of the Grohmann Museum, which includes over 2000 works of art dating from 1500 to the present day, is the evolution of organized work - from manpower and horsepower to water, steam and electrical power. The collection was gifted in 2001 by Milwaukee businessman and collector, Dr. Eckhart Grohmann. James Kieselburg, the Director of the Grohmann Museum commented: “Our collection includes over 2000 examples and covers the last 500 years of labor and industry, but this working scene is a first for us. Dog-shearing, and the repurposing of the fur for knitting, is quite a unique subject to be sure." ... More
NEW YORK, NY.- A New York family occupied the same duplex in a Rosario Candela designed Fifth Avenue building ever since it was built in 1927, filling their home with masterworks. Now, Christie's offers the contents of this treasure house in a landmark sale series: Irene Roosevelt Aitken, Collector | Connoisseur | Patron. The five sales over the course of more than two weeks will offer almost 800 lots of porcelain, paintings, drawings, furniture, carpets, antique firearms and a dazzling array of objects of the absolute highest quality. The sales are organized to reflect the way the collection was displayed in the apartment. The three live auctions are Irene Roosevelt Aitken: The Dining Room and British Paintings (11 Feb.); Irene Roosevelt Aitken: The Drawing Room and French Paintings (12 Feb.), Irene Roosevelt Aitken: The Library, Bedrooms and Objects of Vertu (13 Feb.). Two online auctions A Love of the 18th Century (4-18 Feb.) and A Life on 5th Avenue (4-19 Feb.) – give collectors the opport ... More
Extraordinarily rare ET (Japan) tin friction ‘Honeymoon’ Robot Car, one of possibly only two in existence that retain their original pictorial boxes. Sold to a U.S. buyer for $233,700 against an estimate of $40,000-$80,000
DENVER, PA.- Morphy’s November 11-13 Toys & General Collectibles Auction launched a sweet honeymoon trip for a Japanese robot car that soared to an astronomical winning bid of $233,700. Extraordinarily rare and possibly one of only two known that retain their original pictorial boxes, the sensational fantasy toy known to space toy collectors as the “Honeymoon Car” led a stellar 1,375-lot auction lineup that totaled $1.66 million. Made by ET (Japan), the silver convertible was complete and all original, with a blue windshield, large grille and tailfins typical of midcentury American cars. Why it is known in the toy-collecting hobby as the “Honeymoon Car” is unclear – even more so when considering one lithographed robot serves as the driver, while the other rides along as a passenger in the backseat, engrossed in a TV screen broadcasting an outer-space scene. Not exactly a love match! Undoubtedly, the colorful lithographed box added a tremendous amount to its desirabilit ... More
18th century portrait miniature titled Portrait of Dr. Walter Hastings (1752-1782) dated 1782 age 30, just 1 ½ inches by 1 ¼ inches, housed in a 22k gold pendant case. Estimate: $1,000-$3,000.
AMESBURY, MASS.- John McInnis Auctioneers will greet 2026 in style with a three-day New Year’s Week Estates Auction, Thursday thru Saturday, January 1st-3rd, online and live in the gallery located at 76 Main Street in Amesbury. Over 1,000 lots will be sold, including formal, country and primitive Americana; fine art; marine; silver; jewelry; Asian; Continental; and more. “Don’t miss this opportunity to browse hundreds of items up close, as there is nothing better than viewing these pieces in person before you bid,” said auctioneer John McInnis. “Come experience the atmosphere, the wonderful selection and feel the excitement that only a live auction can offer. We’d love to see everyone there all three auction days, with live previews starting at 9am.” The three sessions will start each day at 12 o’clock noon Eastern time. Many of the higher-dollar items will come up for bid on Day 1. These will be led by a rare and unusual 18th century Boston Chippendale mahogany ... More
BERLIN.- Esther Schipper announced the passing of Ceal Floyer. She died on December 11 after a long battle with illness. Floyer was one of the most radically conceptual artists of her generation, renowned for her concise humor and profoundly understated visual language. Her works are brilliantly inventive and, just like her, full of razor-sharp intelligence, dry wit, and visual acuity. The minimal interventions she defined as her artworks—shifts in scale, subtle spatial displacements, plays on words and nearly invisible edits—provoke a heightened awareness of perception itself. Like a haiku, Ceal’s art was built from restraint, with every choice being highly intentional and nothing left to chance. Her work is poetic yet uncompromising, and invites viewers to reconsider the mechanics of seeing, naming, and meaning. She achieved, ... More
Ali Eyal, My sleeping room, 2025. Colored pencils on walnut paper, 11 x 8.5 inches (28 x 22 cm.) Framed: 13.75 x 11.25 inches (35 x 29 cm).
NEW YORK, NY.- François Ghebaly is presenting Imagine, all this happened just an hour ago, Ali Eyal’s debut exhibition with the gallery. Ali Eyal is an Iraqi artist working across painting, drawing, assemblage, and film to examine how personal memory tangles with political violence and loss. Born in Baghdad in 1994, Eyal orients much of his practice around vanished places: the unelectrified dark of a childhood bedroom in the city; an uncle's farm south of Baghdad; and other familial spaces now destroyed and existing only in the artist’s imagination to which he returns again and again through the circuitous routes of memory and reinterpretation. His images unfold in a cartoonish, sometimes grotesque idiom that sidesteps realism. Instead, Eyal finds in exaggeration and distortion a sharper instrument for rendering what he calls "the after war.” This refers to the lingering psychological wake of conflict, and the way state violence continues to reverberate through survivors and diasporic ... More
Adelsteen Normann: Impressionist of the North offers new perspectives on Normann’s oeuvre, placing him in a broader art historical context.
BODØ.- Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum opened the doors to a grand exhibition that breathes new life into one of Northern Norway’s most significant artists! Adelsteen Normann (1848–1918) was a pioneer of Norwegian landscape painting and a vital bridge between the dramatic nature of Northern Norway and the European art audience. To highlight Adelsteen Normann’s artistic work, the exhibition Adelsteen Normann: Impressionist of the North has been organised as part of the ongoing collaboration between the Nordic Institute of Art (NIA) and Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum (Northern Norway Art Museum), taking place at the museum in Bodø. Eilert Adelsteen Normann (1848–1918) was born on Vågøya in Bodin (today part of Bodø municipality). After initial studies in Copenhagen, he pursued an artistic career, moving to Düsseldorf in 1870 to study at the Academy of Art. Normann became known for his coastal landscapes of Northern and Western Norway, though he also painted urban scenes. By 1887, he had settle ... More
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (TCF, 1977), Historic Half Sheet Key Poster Artwork by Tom Jung.
DALLAS, TX.- Heritage Auctions made history yesterday during its Dec. 9–10 Hollywood & Entertainment Signature® Auction, where the original 1977 half-sheet artwork created by illustrator Tom Jung for Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope sold for $3.875 million, making it the most valuable piece of Star Wars memorabilia and piece of movie poster art ever sold at auction. The landmark result helped define the two-day event, which realized $7.71 million, powered also by a trove of The Wizard of Oz treasures, the unforgettable Marilyn Monroe, Clint Eastwood’s Pale Rider pistol and more. The auction saw more than 2,600 international bidders across more than 600 lots. Jung’s painting — the first widely published image used to promote Star Wars — shattered every existing franchise record, surpassing the screen-matched “Red Leader” X-Wing filming miniature ($3.125 million through Heritage in 2023) and Darth Vader’s lightsaber ($3.654 million). Its sale also sets a ... More
NEW YORK, NY.- December 11, 2025, Christie's final Handbag auction of the season: Handbags Online – The New York Edit came to its successful conclusion, establishing a world auction record for a Chanel handbag at a price of $152,400 and a final sale total of $3,640,963, selling 97% by lot. The record-breaking Chanel handbag was a Rare, Runway Silver & Black Lambskin Leather Shopping Basket Bag, Chanel 2014, both a new record and the sale's top lot, with a final price achieved of $152,400—more than ten times its low estimate of $15,000. Other standout results included, A rare Sterling Silver Mini Kelly, Hermès, circa 1990s, which achieved $127,000, A Matte Vert Peppermint Alligator Mini Kelly 20 II with Palladium Hardware, which realized $88,900 and a Limited Edition Multicolor Printed Swift Leather “1, 2, 3 & Away We Go” Birkin 25 with Palladium Hardware by Nigel Peake, Hermès, 2019, which sold for $38,100. The sale also ... More
Chang Ya Chin, Hot Lemon Coca Cola Onsen, 2025. Oil on linen, 57.1 x 41.9 cm. 22 ½ x 16 ½ in.
NEW YORK, NY.- Based on close examinations, Chang Ya Chin’s compositions are modestly scaled and serene, featuring contemporary objects depicted in the traditional methods and techniques of still life. Chang renders the objects tangible and verisimilar on canvas by studying the distinctly textured objects—a group of pears, a bugle, a bowl of rice, or a game of Tetris—and effectively "casting" them as actors and performers. Currently exhibiting at Perrotin New York, Chang's solo exhibition "Finding Ewha" is now on view through December 20, 2025. In “These Things”, her first exhibition with Kiang Malingue in Hong Kong in 2024, Chang presented more than a dozen small-scale paintings that feature regionally specific cuisines, drinks, and sweets, telling microcosmic stories that are either whimsical or fabulous in essence. Teamwork: Har Gows Rowing (2023) pictures three har gows rowing haphazardly in a tiny dragon boat atop a stand. The absurd ... More
The Rothschild Vienna Mahzor, 1415 Prayers for the Morning Services of Rosh Hashana (the Jewish New Year). Courtesy Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- This February in New York, Sotheby’s will offer for sale one of the most important illustrated Hebrew Prayerbooks to come to market: The Rothschild Vienna Mahzor. Dating to the early 15th century, this monumental High Holiday prayer book encapsulates both the refinement of medieval book arts and the fragility of Jewish life in Europe. Newly restituted, the manuscript bears a remarkable history of resilience and survival, reflecting the complex journeys of Jewish cultural treasures through centuries of upheaval. The tradition of illustrated Hebrew prayerbooks first flourished in southern Germany in the mid-thirteenth century, with fewer than twenty examples known to survive today. Among these rare masterpieces, the Rothschild Vienna Mahzor stands out as one of only three known to remain in private hands. The historic Hebrew manuscript -- created by a Jewish scribe-artist, superbly preserved, and ... More
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies Luxury Week continued with Magnificent Jewels on 10 December at Rockefeller Center. The sale achieved a total of $46.5 million and was 95% sold by lot. Tourmaline proved to be the surprise star of the sale, achieving the highest prices for the day including a world record price for a Paraiba tourmaline. Leading the results was a magnificent Tiffany & Co. Tourmaline and Diamond Necklace from the Collection of Max and Cecile Draime, which, after spirited bidding in the room, online, and on the phones, hammered at $4,223,000—soaring to ten times its low estimate. Immediately following, a matching Pair of Fine Tiffany & Co. Tourmaline and Diamond Earrings, also from the Draime Collection, realized $1,270,000, likewise exceeding ten times their estimate. Together, these exceptional jewels underscored the extraordinary demand for rare tourmaline creations and marked a defining moment in the sale. Further collection highlights ... More
Cauleen Smith. Photo: Joshua Franzos.
HANOVER.- Since her influential 1998 debut feature Drylongso—created while she was still an MFA student at UCLA and recently re-released by the Criterion Collection—internationally acclaimed filmmaker and artist Cauleen Smith (b. 1967, Riverside, CA) has developed a prolific multidisciplinary practice that expands film into immersive exhibition-making. Informed by the politically engaged experimental cinema of the 1960s and 1970s, by feminist and Afro-Futurist movements, and by jazz, poetry, discourse, and collaboration, Smith combines moving image, sculptural forms, sound, and experimental narrative structures to challenge imperial modes of Western knowledge production. In their place, she proposes new imaginaries and speculative futures grounded in Black culture and Afro-diasporic experience. At the center of this monographic exhibition at Kestner Gesellschaft—her first comprehensive presentation in Germany—is the film trilogy that gives the show its title, The Volcano Mani ... More
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Burwood Council and MCA Australia announce an innovative new partnership SYDNEY.- The Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia (MCA Australia) and Burwood Council today announced a new multi-year partnership to connect communities across Sydney through contemporary art and cultural experiences. The MOU was signed today by MCA Director Suzanne Cotter, Burwood Council General Manager Tommaso Briscese, MCA Chairman Lorraine Tarabay and Mayor of Burwood John Faker, supported by Minister for Multiculturalism, Jobs and Tourism, Stephen Kamper, and attended by Executive Director of Business Sydney, Paul Nicolaou. Sharing a mission to engage diverse communities with the very best in contemporary arts and culture, over the next few years MCA Australia and Burwood Council will develop a range of programs that support emerging talent, showcase contemporary art and ideas that connect visitors and communities ... More
The Frye Art Museum announces 2026 exhibitions SEATTLE, WA.- The Frye Art Museum will present Wallflowers, a group exhibition that reconsiders one of art history’s most enduring yet underestimated genres: the floral still life. Bringing together nineteenth- and twentieth-century paintings from the Frye’s collection with newly commissioned wallpaper designs by contemporary artists, Wallflowers explores how artists across centuries have turned to floral imagery as fertile ground for experimentation and reinvention. The exhibition unfolds like a cultivated landscape, with special-built trellised walls guiding visitors through moments of focused reflection and immersive pattern. Still lifes offer up a range of approaches, from the shimmering ephemerality of American Impressionists John Marshall Gamble and Soren Emil Carlsen, to the eclectic energy of Grigory Gluckmann and Nicolai Fechin’s textured brushstrokes, ... More
Exhibition explores Sylvia Safdie's deep dialogue with nature OTTAWA.- From December 12, 2025, to October 25, 2026, the National Gallery of Canada presents Sylvia Safdie: TERRA, an exhibition celebrating the five-decade career of the internationally renowned Montreal-based artist. Premiering some new works, Sylvia Safdie: TERRA highlights Safdie’s key paintings, large-scale sculptures, as well as a selection of her experimental videos. A total of 19 works created between 1977 and 2025 are on display including two of her videos Luna No. 1 and Luna No. 2, created in 2024. “We are thrilled to present this long-overdue exhibition dedicated to Sylvia Safdie at the Gallery,” said Jean-François Bélisle, Director and CEO of the National Gallery of Canada. “A pioneering sculptor, Sylvia Safdie also belongs to a generation of early video women artists in Canada, an aspect of her practice often overlooked. Her works are very contemplative. ... More
A celebration of Parisian allure: Christie's launches Mathilde & Friends in Paris sale and exhibition PARIS.- Christie's announced Mathilde & Friends in Paris. At the heart of this sale and exhibition, Mathilde Favier – a sparkling figure on the international fashion scene and Parisian at heart – draws us into a whirlwind of elegance, mischief, and refinement, the secrets of which she alone holds. From January 26 to February 4, cherished objects, iconic outfits, poetic charms, and unexpected treasures will reveal Mathilde's intimate world online at christies.com: a world woven from encounters, friendships, joyful discoveries, and delightfully unique objects. Discerning collectors and lovers of Paris alike will find one of her mantras here: Parisian chic is never about means, but about allure. As the head of public relations for one of Paris's most iconic fashion houses, Mathilde carries a piece of the heritage that makes the capital one of the most admired cities in the world. She embodies, ... More
Middelheim Museum will debut Monster Chetwynd's first outdoor solo exhibition ANTWERP.- The Middelheim Museum will present the first outdoor solo exhibition by international artist Monster Chetwynd. The exhibition takes its starting point from a new commission for the museum’s collection and unfolds into a landmark presentation of Chetwynd’s multifaceted practice. Visitors are invited to step into and actively engage with the artist’s imaginative universe. For this commission, Chetwynd will create a new sculptural entrance on the east side of the art park. This portal will serve as a gateway for the surrounding communities, including patients and visitors of the ZAS–Middelheim and UKJA hospitals, as well as students from the University of Antwerp. The work is part of a broader project in which the Middelheim Museum collaborates closely with children and young people from the UKJA mental health hospital. At its core lies the question of how the art park ... More
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt marks 40th anniversary with major exhibitions and temporary move to Bockenheim FRANKFURT.- The Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt will be celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2026. Since its opening in 1986, it has become one of today’s most prestigious exhibition venues for modern and contemporary art in Europe. The iconic postmodern Schirn building in the Frankfurt city center will be undergoing a energy-efficient renovation during its jubilee year. In the meantime, the Schirn will be presenting its program temporarily, until 2028, in the factory building of the former Dondorf printing works in Frankfurt’s Bockenheim district. Save the date: the Schirn will be celebrating its milestone birthday on May 8–10, 2026, with a big jubilee weekend. The exhibition program starts on January 29, 2026 with the first comprehensive solo ... More
Peh Family Collection takes center stage In Heritage's $42.1 million HKINF auctions DALLAS, TX.- A magnificent Republic Chang Tso-lin silver Specimen Pattern Dollar Year 16 (1927) SP63 PCGS, from the Peh Family Collection, Part III, soared to a record $4.32 million to lead Heritage’s Dec. 6-9 HKINF World & Ancient Coins Platinum Session® and Signature®Auction to $39,522,122. That total is the second-highest total for a World & Ancient Coins auction at Heritage, behind only The Paramount Collection World & Ancient Coins Auction that brought nearly $42 million in 2021. When coupled with Heritage’s $2,618,336 HKINF World Paper Money Signature® Auction, it raises the total for the events to $42,140,458. The $4.32 million for the Chang Tso-lin Dollar is the most ever paid for any coin in Heritage’s World & Ancient Coins department, and the most ever paid in Hong Kong through any auction house. It is one of six coins in the auction ... More
Leila Heller Gallery presents Darvish Fakhr's vivid inner worlds in Between States solo exhibition NEW YORK, NY.- Leila Heller Gallery opened the solo exhibition by Darvish, “Between States”. “Between States” explores the hypnagogic state between dreams and reality. The works carry a whimsical yet profound sense of a world suspended. Figures, landscapes, and emotions hover in the lightness of their own present being. This reflection is not just an aesthetic choice – it is a philosophical one. It invites viewers to experience a kind of perceptual weightlessness, to hover between understanding and wonder, and to remain fully present. The freedom he seeks to embody in both his painting and performance is driven by transcendence of these respective mediums, a type of liminal levity, where he invites us to float into our own equilibrium by simply being. While still rooted in the Western figurative tradition, his paintings are looser and more expressive, with a physical ... More
Hajra Waheed activates Bogotá's Fragmentos with Hum II BOGOTÁ.- Hum II (2023) transforms Bogotá’s Fragmentos into a living archive of women-led resistance, activating the ruins and gardens with a 32-channel sonic installation that weaves together global struggles for liberation and justice. For a nine-month period, until February 13, 2026, artist Hajra Waheed is exhibiting her critically acclaimed, award-winning multi-channel sound installation Hum II in Bogotá, Colombia. Built around artist Doris Salcedo’s anti-monument—Fragmentos, Espacio de Arte y Memoria, the work inaugurates the site’s ruins and gardens for the first time. Over 1,600 meters of wiring have been carefully laid and concealed within the ruins and beneath the garden floors, allowing the work to unfold as a discreetly embedded, uniquely mixed 288-track outdoor sound environment. Salcedo envisioned Fragmentos in 2017 as a space of reparation, remembrance, ... More
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On a day like today, American painter Mark Tobey was born
December 11, 1890. Mark George Tobey (December 11, 1890 - April 24, 1976) was an American painter. His densely structured compositions, inspired by Asian calligraphy, resemble Abstract expressionism, although the motives for his compositions differ philosophically from most Abstract Expressionist painters. His work was widely recognized throughout the United States and Europe. Along with Guy Anderson, Kenneth Callahan, Morris Graves, and William Cumming, Tobey was a founder of the Northwest School.
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