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Larry Gagosian

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 • February 2, 2025
Julie Brener Davich • January 25, 2025
A Nevelson Revival & New York’s Winter Show
Louise Nevelson
Louise Nevelson is having a moment, with a show at Pace Gallery and jewelry by Celine; meanwhile at the Park Avenue Armory, a trove of treasures gets feted.
Marion Maneker • January 22, 2025
Americana Hustle
Art of the Americas Exhibit
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.
Kathleen Kennedy Frank Marshall
Julie Brener Davich • January 19, 2025
An Art Collection’s Escape From L.A.
Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall decided to sell their collection six months before fires ravaged Los Angeles. Now, dozens of 20th century works are safe, sound, and for sale in Tribeca.
Mattia De Luca
Inner Circle Exclusive
Marion Maneker • January 15, 2025
The Morandi Moment
Mattia De Luca’s dream was to hold a pop-up exhibition of his favorite artist, Giorgio Morandi, in New York. On the eve of another important Morandi show at David Zwirner, he speaks about his experience with the artist.
james dolan
John Ourand • January 7, 2025
Garden & Gun
The showdown between MSG Networks and Altice is leaving fans of the streaking Knicks out of luck and Jim Dolan running out of options. LightShed Partners’ Brandon Ross illuminates the issues and explains how an MSG Networks bankruptcy could play out, including a potential merger with YES.
iwan wirth manuela wirth
Marion Maneker • January 5, 2025
The Art World’s New Manhattan Clubhouse
The folks at Hauser & Wirth want you to experience the art collecting lifestyle in a down-to-earth, casual setting, complete with a very mindful seasonal locavore menu. Can a simple concept of art gallery-as-restaurant bring new collectors into the fold?
melissa joseph
Marion Maneker • December 17, 2024
Brooklyn’s Finest
A conversation with Brooklyn Museum director Anne Pasternak and Uovo prize founder Steven Guttman about bestowing this year’s award on Melissa Joseph, the fast-rising textile designer and painter.
René Magritte’s ‘L’empire des lumières’
Marion Maneker • November 27, 2024
Ken Griffin’s Magritte & Other Auction War Stories
There were heroes amid the $1.3 billion in sales during last week’s New York auctions, and a couple humbling moments, too. But a closer inspection reveals something less flashy: steady, systematic gains for an art market that’s finally recovering from its post-pandemic malaise.
Ed Ruscha Standard Station, Ten-Cent Western Being Torn in Half
Marion Maneker • November 24, 2024
Beyond the Banana-rama
Look past the crypto spectacle of Cattelan’s $6.2 million duct-taped fruit, and it’s clear that the premier auctions showed a steady appetite for the superstars’ stand-out works—Magritte, Ruscha, Prince—but a less reliable hunger for everything else. Of course, the houses are declaring victory.