New York City, 1936. A party around Christmas at the Artists Union on Ninth Street. One imagines a sugar-dusting of snow on the ground outside and “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town” on the radio. A man, ...
10.14.2026 Newyorker.com and 1 sites
In 1950s Paris, the CIA quietly funded an organization called the Congress for Cultural Freedom. It sponsored magazines, concerts, conferences, and art exhibitions while presenting itself as a purely ...
10.15.2026 Biggo.com
Frieze feels rather like Disneyland for art-world fanatics: the excitement, the rollercoaster of emotions, and the palpable stress in the room as dealers, having paid six-figure sums to be under this ...
10.15.2026 Artlyst.com
I write this with my dachshund lazily eyeing me from her bed, looking remarkably similar to David Hockney’s beloved Stanley in Dog Painting 17 (1995), which became the first dog painting by the late a...
10.19.2026 Apollo-magazine.com
Following record-setting results in Hong Kong, Sotheby’s will host The London Sales, three days of auctions including works by some of the most exciting artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, kicking off on 14th October with Modern British & Irish Art Evening Auction (featuring works from Laurence Lowry, Barbara Hepworth, Bridget Riley and more). Contemporary Evening will follow on 15th October with collections featuring Georg Baselitz, Andy Warhol, Mark Rothko and a special sale of David Hockn...
10.13.2026 Artsandcollections.com
A reflection on the colors, textures, and endless ambitions that shaped the world of cosmetics entrepreneur and obsessive collector Helena Rubinstein. Imperial rulers from Alexander the Great to Napol...
10.15.2026 Themagazineantiques.com
Willem de Kooning has returned home – at least, this is how the new exhibition Willem de Kooning at Work is promoted at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. For those who don’t know the story, it’s a good on...
10.16.2026 Anothermag.comFairfield Porter, Cityscape, ca. 1945. The story usually told about mid-century painter Fairfield Porter (1907-1975) is this: Porter, a talented and largely self-taught artist, was doggedly committed ...
10.14.2026 Mutualart.com