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THE LATEST ARTICLES
Marion Maneker
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February 11, 2025
Friedrich Through Trump-Colored Glasses
The Met’s new show of echt German romanticist Caspar David Friedrich, whom Hitler co-opted for fascist appeal, raises some interesting questions about our cultural moment. Is Friedrich, the progenitor of a style now more familiar in comic books than art history books, worth taking seriously?
Marion Maneker
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February 9, 2025
Old Masters of Their Domains
Solid sellers, a $3 million Raphael, and some surprise overachievers made sure the Old Master season in New York ended on a high note, although buyers above $1 million remain scarce.
Marion Maneker
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February 7, 2025
The Mod Squad
Two new shows—Orozco in Mexico City and an enlightening survey of Brazilian modernists in London—make yet another case for gazing far beyond Europe.
Asia’s Failure to Launch
Just when the art market seemed like it was entering a new stratosphere, in late 2022, the trend reversed abruptly. Yes, interest rates went up and supply dwindled. But the Asian market also contracted substantially. Have Chinese bidders dropped out? Or are they simply more hesitant to buy the dip?
Marion Maneker
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February 2, 2025
A Gagosian Retrospective
Larry Gagosian, who knows more than anyone about selling overpriced trophy assets to very rich men, is being displaced at his 980 Madison flagship gallery by Bloomberg Philanthropies, which bought the property for $560 million. It’s a fitting end to one era—and a fascinating start to another.
Marion Maneker
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January 28, 2025
The Mystery of the Morandi Market
A second extraordinary show of Giorgio Morandi’s art has opened in New York in the span of four months. Artists and collectors swoon over the Italian recluse’s muted masterpieces, but his auction market and prices have never followed suit. Will they now?
Marion Maneker
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January 26, 2025
Sotheby’s Billion-Dollar Real Estate Play
On a year-end call, the auction house reported that fine art sales were down 31 percent last year, and luxury sales and real estate are now driving the company. And that $1 billion investment from Abu Dhabi last fall? Don’t call it a bailout…
The Artnet of the Deal
The embattled art market company faces an intense five weeks of politicking that will determine, once and for all, who controls its future—and who will prevail in the interminable Weng–Neuendorf battle of wills.
Marion Maneker
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January 22, 2025
Americana Hustle
Formerly a musty shopping spree (brown furniture, silverware, weather vanes) for the Boston Brahmin set, the American art sales this week in New York will offer works by revered landscape and natural history painters such as Thomas Cole and Albert Bierstadt, as well as a trove of outsider art from the collection of William Louis-Dreyfus.
Marion Maneker
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January 17, 2025
The Way of Christie’s
News of Guillaume Cerutti’s ascent to run the Pinault Collection set off a predictable game of telephone in the art market, filled with all sorts of informed (and uninformed) speculation about what the family might be plotting. Herewith, a summary of the inside conversation, from the Qataris to the Arnaults.