WORLD ART
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At MoMA, Latin American Artists Look Back to the Past in Order to Plot Their Future
In 2016, ARTnews Top 200 collectors Patricia Phelps de Cisneros and Gustavo A. Cisneros made headlines when they announced they would donate...
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At Frieze, Artist ektor garcia Refashions Previous Works for an Installation Referencing La Llorona
Artist ektor garcia’s piece la llorona is installed at the Shed now that Frieze has opened its doors, but when garcia got on the phone...
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Christie’s Gerald Fineberg Tepid Sale Generates $153 M., But Sales Continue To Be Tepid
The first of Christie’s two-part auction of real estate investor Gerald Fineberg’s collection featured big names and generated $153...
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Undervalued and Cult Artists Reign in Low-Haul $69.5 M. Evening Sale at Phillips New York
Hours after the latest edition of Frieze New York opened to VIPs Wednesday, Phillips staged an evening sale dedicated to art from the 20th...
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The Best Booths at Frieze New York 2023, From a Jack Whitten Tribute to a Lament for Roe v. Wade’s Overturning
As Frieze New York opened to VIPs this Wednesday, midway through the second week of fairs the city has seen in a row, a line stretched toward...
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Raul de Lara’s Rustic “Soft Sculptures” Act as Portraits of Invisible Laborers
A straw broom leans against the wall, but something is amiss: its wooden handle forms a gentle, downward-sloping arc, as if pulled by gravity...
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Wura-Natasha Ogunji Uses a Sewing Machine to Create Dreamy Drawings with Thread
The title of Nigerian-American artist Wura-Natasha Ogunji’s current New York show at Fridman Gallery, “Cake,” couldn’t be more perfect. The...
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Ahead of His Centennial, Gagosian Mounts a Major Richard Avedon Exhibition, With Works Chosen By Artists, Celebrities, and More
The images of Richard Avedon, 100 years on, are still remarkably fresh. Whether it’s his fashion photography for Harper’s Bazaar in the...
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$53 M. Gustav Klimt Leads Sotheby’s $427 M. Two-Part Evening Sales in New York
On Thursday night, Sotheby’s staged a set of evening auctions dedicated to works from the estate of music executive Mo Ostin and another to...