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THE LATEST ARTICLES
Marion Maneker
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November 12, 2024
A Cecily Brown Christmas
A major retrospective at the Dallas Museum of Art, plus a show at the Paula Cooper Gallery, make the case for the painter as one of the most compelling, intellectually and politically engaged artists at work today.
Marion Maneker
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November 10, 2024
The Art Market’s New November Math
A rise in the competition for third-party guarantees and attractive presale estimates indicate that dealers and consignors are feeling good about the upcoming auctions, including Mica Ertegun’s $95 million Magritte, Sid Bass’s $50 million Ruscha, and a “value proposition” $20 million Basquiat.
Marion Maneker
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November 5, 2024
Keith Haring’s Missing Market
Haring, the iconic New York street artist, became a pop culture icon but never developed a market to rival Basquiat, his more collectible contemporary. A sale of his subway drawings, at Sotheby’s, aims to change all that.
Marion Maneker
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November 4, 2024
De Kooning Does Dallas
No longer an art world outlier, thanks partly to the booming financial services industry, Dallas is home to a trove of contemporary works by Warhol, de Kooning, Agnes Martin, Gerhard Richter, Cy Twombly, Jasper Johns, and other postwar greats, hanging inside the private homes of the city’s longtime art patrons.
Marion Maneker
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October 29, 2024
The Invisible Wesselmann
The Fondation Louis Vuitton is staging an ambitious, poppy retrospective of the sex-obsessed Midwestern artist—complete with contextual support from Warhols and Lichtensteins—to make the case that Wesselmann does matter, even if he’s not easy to sell. The Mugrabis, one of the biggest holders of his art, are betting on a turnaround.
Marion Maneker
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October 27, 2024
Can a Million-Dollar Banana Save the Art Market?
More than anything, the art market needs a narrative. With a million-dollar banana (plus duct tape) on offer at Sotheby’s, and a $95 million Magritte poised to potentially go much higher, could this be the season that renews the market’s momentum?
Marion Maneker
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October 22, 2024
Still Life With Paris
Absent a unifying theme to the Art Basel Paris auctions, the list of dynamic lots suggest that collectors are following their own paths through these auctions, and looking for works of idiosyncratic value rather than chasing a market trend.
Marion Maneker
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October 21, 2024
Paris When It Sizzles
Sure, Paris pulled out the stops for the Olympics. But for Art Basel, the French seemed determined to put on a cultural spectacle to match the Summer Games this fall—and they did. Is this the beginning of a new art market narrative?
Marion Maneker
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October 15, 2024
Ad Hockney
Reminiscences about the signs of life in London—Christie’s domination, Sotheby’s Hockney success, nostalgia for Koons, Hirst, Ruscha, Prince, Freud, and de Kooning. Next up: Paris!
Marion Maneker
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October 13, 2024
Vanity Fair
Despite an art market downturn, London put on a great week of business that reminded everyone why Frieze has been a pillar of the global art circuit for more than two decades. Herewith, a tale of Sotheby’s, Christie’s, Degas, Hockney, Odundo, Whitten, and more.
