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Private Sales Are Surging as Auction Houses Lean into Exclusive, Experience-Led Selling
The auction houses seem to be in a game of one-upsmanship when it comes to private selling exhibitions. Read MoreARTnews.com
Alma Allen Speaks Out on Backlash Over U.S. Pavilion Commission: ‘A Little Stressful’
The sculptor is representing the U.S. at the Venice Biennale amid a tense political climate.
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Top Collector John Phelan Fired as Navy Secretary, After Reports of Pentagon Infighting
Phelan was abruptly fired Wednesday, with little explanation from Navy brass. Read MoreARTnews.com
Historic Watch Recovered From Titanic’s Wealthiest Passenger Nets $1 Million
John Jacob Astor IV’s pocket watch, kept in the family for generations, doubled its high estimate at auction.
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Roses and Thorns of Greater New York
An artist on saying no to the US Biennale pavilion, Dumbo Open Studios turns 10, and the Rijksmuseum takes on Ovid’s magnum opus. Read MoreHyperallergic
What We Loved (And Didn’t) in “Greater New York”
Plus, the works we’re on the fence about in the massive MoMA PS1 survey. Read MoreHyperallergic
Smithsonian’s American Art Museum Appoints New Director Amid Turbulent Moment
Lynda Roscoe Hartigan assumes her post this Fall.
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Collector Dimitris Daskalopoulos’s NEON to Conclude After ‘Having Fulfilled Its Mission’
NEON, the Athens-based initiative founded by leading collector Dimitris Daskalopoulos, will conclude its activities later this year, “after 14 years of activity, having fulfilled its cultural and social mission,” according to a release. NEON’s final project began last year when the first of three exhibitions by Chicago-based artist Michael Rakowitz opened at the Acropolis Museum Read MoreARTnews.com
Tiffany Window From Connecticut Church Could Fetch $2 M. at Christie’s
Over the past few years, major Tiffany windows have begun to circulate more frequently often moving from religious settings into private collections and museums. Read MoreARTnews.com
