ART
Julie Brener Davich
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August 31, 2025
The Old Masters’ New Wave
A rising generation of women is pushing to break into the old boys’ network at Maastricht, while trying to lower the barriers to entry along the way. Of course, it still helps to have inherited the family business.
Brynn Wallner
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August 29, 2025
An Influencer Inside the Rolex Box
At the end of every summer, the luxury gravy train arrives in Flushing, where brands use their suites, and two weeks of Grand Slam tennis, to market their wares via an army of influencers. But what’s all that brand marketing doing to the U.S. Open itself?
The Side Dealers of Sotheby’s
The New Yorker’s Patrick Drahi blockbuster documented what many of us knew: Sotheby’s employees do significant moonlighting, apparently with the owner’s tacit approval. But if this unseemly practice doesn’t faze Drahi, the art world’s biggest clients may not be so tolerant.
Marion Maneker
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August 26, 2025
Museum Curation in the MAGA Age: Part II
On a drive through Maine’s mashup of liberal arts college towns and Trump Country, we saw a marvelous Gertrude Abercrombie show, admired Ann Craven’s sunsets along with the real thing, and ran into Alex Katz holding court at the Colby College Museum.
Marion Maneker
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August 24, 2025
Museum Curation in the MAGA Age
In our post-monocultural attention-deficit age, museums have attempted to curate more shows, often highlighting lesser-known artists. In fact, this isn’t wokeism or tokenism at all, but rather a way for institutions to gel with their local communities.
Julie Brener Davich
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August 22, 2025
Dream Weaver
Legendary collector Pauline Karpidas has a genius for bringing together the fantastical and the surreal, and somehow making it work. The eclectic contents of her London flat, on offer at Sotheby’s next month, will feature a wide range of paintings and furniture. But for design collectors, the main draw is a rare, high-volume trove of Lalanne.
Raters of the Lost Art
The Wildenstein Plattner Institute is dedicated to the resource-intensive production of catalogues raisonnés—scholarly compendia of an artist’s entire oeuvre. Executive director Elizabeth Gorayeb explains why the work is a “money pit”—and why it’s so essential.
Marion Maneker
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August 19, 2025
Putting the Art in Artificial
Why is Silicon Valley seemingly so excited about replacing human artistry? A frank conversation about Big Tech’s art “disruption” fantasies, and where that leaves creatives and enthusiasts.
Julie Brener Davich
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August 17, 2025
The Antiques Roadshow Hangover
Regional auction houses have largely taken over the lower end of the decorative arts category, after Sotheby’s and Christie’s retreated to luxury sales while partnering with the smaller players on prestige collections. Meanwhile, a group of digital rivals has risen up to eat their lunch.
Marion Maneker
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August 15, 2025
Aboriginal Art’s Second Coming
After decades of well-meaning but market-dampening regulations, Australian Aboriginal artists like Emily Kam Kngwarray are finding their true value. It just so happens that we’re in the middle of an Indigenous art boomlet that may portend another frenzy of interest.
The Hottest Artists in the Middle Market
Since the most active sector of the art market lately has been the sales below $1 million, ARTDAI has given us a look at the action at the smaller auction houses: Rockwell and Abercrombie predominate, and collectors keep searching for overlooked value.
Marion Maneker
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August 12, 2025
The New New Haven Thing
The Yale School of Art has launched the careers of many famous artists. Now its dean is on a mission to make sure the art students don’t have to take on debt.
Julie Brener Davich
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August 10, 2025
Drive to Survive
Several of the world’s most collectible cars are coming up for auction this week in Monterey, including onetime owner Larry Ellison’s McLaren, estimated at $23 million, a 1961 Ferrari Spider (also at least $20 million), and a rare yellow Ferrari F50 once owned by Ralph Lauren.
Marion Maneker
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August 8, 2025
Pearlman’s Wisdom
Henry and Rose Pearlman’s grandson has developed an innovative plan to exit their collection from Princeton and divvy up the works across the country on a rotating basis. It may provide an economic and community-engagement model for foundations to follow.
The Top 50 Artists of the Year… So Far
A deep dive into ARTDAI’s top 50 lists for the first half of the year, which reinforces the notion that buyers are turning toward historical and undervalued works.
Marion Maneker
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August 5, 2025
The Karpidas Market Bailout
The octogenarian collector, famous for collecting “in depth,” is emptying out her London home and selling an estimated $80 million worth of art and design. She once helped bail out the art market after the financial crisis. Can she do it again?
Julie Brener Davich
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August 3, 2025
The Rise of Wearable Art
Artists from Lalanne to Picasso have made jewelry, sometimes as one-offs for friends and lovers, sometimes in larger numbers. Now, the niche field of artists’ jewelry is hitting its stride among buyers who might not splurge on a painting, but can spring for a pendant.