Lucas Museum Exodus Continues as Pilar Tompkins Rivas Departs
With the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art inching closer to finally opening next fall, an exodus afflicting the…
Collector Komal Shah Launches Making Their Mark Foundation
Komal Shah, one of the world’s top collectors, has announced that she will rename her Shah Garg Foundation…
Hauser & Wirth Shows Masterpieces from Eileen Harris Norton Collection
In February, Hauser & Wirth’s Downtown Los Angeles gallery will stage a show of masterpieces from the holdings…
Klimt’s Elisabeth Lederer Portrait Sells for $236.4 M. at Sotheby’s
A watershed moment for the November auctions arrived tonight at Sotheby’s, where Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer (1914–16) sold…
Consignor of Amoako Boafo Portrait of Thelma Golden Is Jesse Williams
An Amoako Boafo painting listed for sale in Phillips‘s upcoming modern and contemporary art day sale next week…
FLAG Art Foundation, Parrish Art Museum Plan New Exhibition Partnership
The New York–based FLAG Art Foundation and the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, New York, have announced…
Qatar Reveals It’s the Owner of Courbet’s Famous Self-Portrait
Qatar revealed this week that it’s the owner of Gustave Courbet‘s famed self-portrait Le Désespéré (The Desperate Man),…
Yan Du’s London Nonprofit Names Billy Tang as Artistic Director
The London-based nonprofit space Yan Du Project (YDP) has named Billy Tang as its artistic director, just ahead…
How Aspen Art Museum Is Looking to Redefine Itself for Next Generation
On a late July afternoon in Aspen, I stood in the living room of a private home with…
Bernard Arnault Says French Wealth Tax Will ‘Destroy’ the Economy
Art collector Bernard Arnault, one of the richest men in the world, spoke bitterly against plans for France…
Major Collection of Old Masters Paintings Could Be Fractionalized
Thomas S. Kaplan, the billionaire investor who has amassed a particularly rich collection of Old Masters paintings, said…
Key Art Collector and MoMA Funder Dies at 87
Agnes Gund, one of the greatest and most influential art patrons in the US, has died at 87.…