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Woman observing closely a colorful sculpture by artist Yinka Shonibare at Frieze London 2023

Frieze London and Frieze Masters Announce 2024’s Participating Galleries and Programming

Frieze Week will be here before you know it—here's what to expect.
By Elisa Carollo
Picasso cubist bright colors painting

From Modern to Old Masters: Sotheby’s Hot Summer Season in London

Standout lots include Minimalist masterpieces from the Ralph I. Goldenberg Collection, a fascinating portrait by Tamara de Lempicka and a Basquiat tryptic.
By Elisa Carollo
Auction room during the Sotheby's modern art sale

A Piet Mondrian Painting Sold for a Record Breaking $51 Million at Auction

A rare Piet Mondrian composition from 1930 broke the artist's auction record during a Sotheby's evening sale.
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Composition No. II by Piet Mondrian

A Rarely Seen Painting by Modern Art Master Piet Mondrian Heads to Auction This Week

By Emma Burleigh
facade of the Met

Whitney Museum Curator David Breslin Set to Lead the Met’s Modern and Contemporary Art Expansion

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

Winold Reiss in New York: What Does it Mean to Be Modern?

By Anne Wallentine

Christie’s Has Updated Its Auction Categories to 20th and 21st Century

By Helen Holmes

I.M. Pei’s Impressive Art Collection Will Be Auctioned Off by Christie’s

By Helen Holmes

Everything You Need to Know About the Modigliani Expected to Sell for $150 Million

By Daniel Grant
Installation view of "India’s French Connection: Indian Artists in France."

These Are the Indian Modernist Masters Left Out of Art History

By Margaret Carrigan
Beirut's corniche in July 2006.

Private Museum for Arab Art Slated for 2020 Opening in Beirut

By Alanna Martinez
Gordon Strong Automobile Objective and Planetarium, Sugarloaf Mountain, Maryland. Project, 1924–25. Perspective.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Archives Still Hold Mysteries Left to Solve

By Alanna Martinez
Gameplay from Joycestick.

Could a Virtual Reality Game Be the Key to Understanding James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’?

By Alanna Martinez
Some of the newly discovered cave paintings.

38,000-Year-Old Cave Paintings Could Have Huge Impact on Archaeology and Modern Art

By John Bonazzo
Jared Leto arrives to the 2015 Vanity Fair Oscar Party February 22, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California.

Jared Leto Will Play Andy Warhol, Broad Museum’s Blockbuster Attendance

By Alanna Martinez
WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 28: U.S. President Barack Obama (R) presents the 2013 National Medal of Arts to Architect Billie Tsien (L) and Tod Williams (2nd L) during an East Room ceremony July 28, 2014 at the White House in Washington, DC. Tsien and Williams were honored for their contributions to architecture and arts education.

Architects Named for Obama Library, Sotheby’s Auctioneer Stands Behind London Market

By Alanna Martinez
L'Eternel Printemps.

How Screwed Is Sotheby’s?

By Guelda Voien
Artist Frank Stella.

Frank Stella Is Secretly the Art World’s Funnyman

By Alanna Martinez
The ancient Syrian city of Palmyra.

Syrian Troops Ready to Retake Palmyra, Vermeer’s ‘Little Street’ Comes Home—and More

By Alanna Martinez
Barkley L. Hendricks, JohnWayne, 2015.

7 New York Gallery Shows You’ll Flip For This Spring

By Ryan Steadman
Artwork by Francisco Vidal on view at London gallery Tiwani Contemporary's booth in the Armory Focus: African Perspective section.

At Armory Show, No Signs of Art Market Slowing

By Alanna Martinez
Erro's "Poutine et Myley Cyrus," 2014.

European Pop Art, More Political Than Ours, Returns With Erro at Perrotin

By Anthony Haden-Guest
Joe Bradley, installation view of 2008 Whitney Biennial. Grear Patterson, Atlanta, 2015.

Are Painters Out of Ideas?

By Ryan Steadman
William Kentridge, Notes Towards a Model Opera (detail), 2015.

William Kentridge Draws the World Together at Marian Goodman Gallery

By Ryan Steadman
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