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Birds-eye view of gallery cubicles selling art at Art basel.
Dec 28

High-Profile Auctions, Digital Sales and Millennial Collectors: What to Expect from the Art Market in 2023

The art market rebounded in 2022, breaking numerous auction records. What should we expect in 2023?
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Feb 17

Dallas Art Fair Director Kelly Cornell Is Ready for Another Big Year

After a reduced fair in November of 2021, the Dallas Art Fair will be returning in full swing in April.
By Helen Holmes
Dec 8

The American Antiquities Trade is Defined By Bad Actors

Billionaire Michael Steinhardt will face no criminal charges for acquiring a collection of looted and smuggled artifacts.
By Helen Holmes
Nov 13

Dallas Art Fair Director Kelly Cornell Knows Her Hometown Has Great Things Ahead

By Helen Holmes
Mar 26

A Virtual Reality App for Galleries and Collectors Opens Up a New Art Buying Experience

By Helen Holmes
Aug 13

The Best Lesson I Learned on the Road as a Traveling Art Handler

By Jonathan C. Schwartz
Ilaria Bonacossa.
Nov 2

Turin’s Artissima Art Fair Takes on a New Director and New Direction

By Margaret Carrigan
Chris Marinello, CEO of Art Recovery International.
Aug 31

The Art World Calls This Man When Masterpieces Go Missing

By Alanna Martinez
Paul F. Walter.
Aug 7

Christie’s to Sell Collection of New York Arts Patron Paul F. Walter

By Alanna Martinez
BMW i3 Spaghetti Car by artist Maurizio Cattelan sold for $117,562 at Leonardo DiCaprio's annual St. Tropez charity auction.
Aug 4

The Week in Auctions: Results From Leo’s Charity, War Posters and Marilyn Monroe

By Alanna Martinez
French businessman Francois Pinault tours the former stock exchange building within the presentation of the project for the future museum of the Pinault Foundation, on June 26, 2017 in Paris. A concrete cylinder inserted in a classic arcaded rotunda: Japanese architect Tadao Ando on June 26 presented his plan to transform the former stock exchange building in Les Halles district of Paris into a new museum of the Pinault Foundation whose opening is scheduled for early 2019.
Jun 28

François Pinault to Turn Former Paris Stock Exchange Into New Museum

By Alanna Martinez
A 1953 map of Disneyland created by Walt Disney and Herb Ryman, which will be sold at Van Eaton Auctions and is estimated to fetch betwee $750,000 and $1 million.
Jun 26

Walt Disney’s First-Ever Disneyland Map Sells for $708K

By Alanna Martinez
Some of the Nazi memorabilia found at the home of English serial killer Patrick Mackay, 3rd November 1975. Mackay claimed to have murdered eleven people in England in the mid 1970s. (Photo by )
Jun 20

Authorities Uncover a Trove of Nazi Artifacts Hidden in Argentina

By Alanna Martinez
Banker David Rockefeller, Chairman of the Chase Manhattan Corporation, pictured in conversation at the Savoy Hotel during the Chase Investment Forum, London, October 21st 1963.
Jun 9

Rockefellers’ Giant Art Collection to Sell for Charity

By Alanna Martinez
Tom Chantrell's realistic depictions of the Star Wars actors makes this a highly desirable poster among fans, in addition to the fact that it was released in a limited run before being replaced with an Academy Awards style version. Star Wars (20th Century Fox, 1977), issued 1978, Full-Bleed British Quad Style C, Sold for $2,390 in November 2015.
May 25

The Fan Guide to Star Wars’ Rarest Collectibles

By Alanna Martinez
Gnomesville features a collection of thousands of garden gnomes tucked away in the forest.
May 25

Plan Your Summer Road Trip to the World’s Quirkiest Art Museums

By Alanna Martinez
Yusaku Maezawa.
May 19

The Real Reason Japanese Collector Yusaku Maezawa Is Crushing the Auction Scene

By Alanna Martinez
A 1953 map of Disneyland created by Walt Disney and Herb Ryman, which will be sold at Van Eaton Auctions and is estimated to fetch betwee $750,000 and $1 million.
May 11

The First-Ever Map of Disneyland Offers a Vision of What Could Have Been

By Alanna Martinez
Roy Lichtenstein's Young America.
May 2

That Time Roy Lichtenstein Designed a Sailboat to Win America’s Cup

By Alanna Martinez
Actor Bill Paxton arrives at HBO's 'Big Love' Season 5 premiere at Directors Guild of America on January 12, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by )
Mar 30

Actor Bill Paxton’s Family Art Collection Goes on Display at Nevada Museum

By Alanna Martinez
François Boucher, The Triumph of Venus, 1740.
Feb 17

How a Count’s 18th Century Shopping Spree Gave Sweden Its Great Masterpieces

By David D'Arcy
Art by Wimsett.
Oct 13

Muralist for Hire: These Artists Transform Homes Into Fantasy Lands

By Alanna Martinez
This undated image released by Copyright Bob Ross Inc./The Joy of Painting, shows the late Bob Ross, host of the PBS series "The Joy of Painting." PBS said Thursday it's posted a video remix with clips from "The Joy of Painting" instructional series, featuring the late Bob Ross. The "Happy Painter" remix is from John Boswell, who created the "Garden of Your Mind" video tribute to Fred Rogers. That mashup of clips from "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" has been viewed nearly 6 million times on YouTube. "The Joy of Painting," still seen in repeats, aired on PBS from 1983 to 1994 with its bushy-haired, mellow-voiced host. Ross died in 1995. (AP Photo/Copyright Bob Ross Inc. ® The Joy of Painting)
Aug 30

Bob Ross’ Iconic Hair Was a Perm, Gagosian to Host Clinton Fundraiser

By Alanna Martinez
Royal Enfield Bullet 350
Jul 17

The Coolest Cafe Racer: Royal Enfield Bullet 350 Twinspark

By Matt Scanlan
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