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Feb 10 08 12:00am EDT

Today in the Art World: Heist in Zurich, Fisk's Woes, Royal Academy Controversy Continues

Armed robbers lifted between $100 million and $163.2 million worth of art from a museum in Zurich over the weekend. The artist who designed movie posters for films ranging from The Little Mermaid to Young Frankenstein died. A court has ... Continue


Feb 08 08 12:00am EDT

Artworthy

Artworthy is a recurring feature that calls out exhibitions, fairs, and/or other art world events worth your precious free time. This weekend's pick... Most people know Jasper Johns for his iconic flag painting or False Start, which David Geffen sold ... Continue


Feb 08 08 12:00am EDT

Parsing Through the London Sales

Figure Painting wasn't in London this week for the Impressionist and modern and post-war and contemporary sales at Christie's and Sotheby's, so we've had to rely on second-hand accounts and press releases to make sense of it all. The general ... Continue


Feb 08 08 12:00am EDT

Today in the Art World...

Clothes designed by Paul Poiret will be sold at auction following an exhibition of the French couturier's work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art last year. An art world merger. Two Picasso's were stolen from a Swiss museum. Andre Balazs ... Continue


Feb 07 08 12:00am EDT

A Second Look at Bacon's Triptych

As Figure Painting noted yesterday, Francis Bacon's Triptych 1974-77 set a record for a post-war work of art sold in Europe when it fetched $51.7 million (that price includes buyer's premium) at Christie's in London on Wednesday evening. (It is ... Continue


Feb 07 08 12:00am EDT

Acquisitions, Installations and Extortion

The Getty has acquired Irving Penn's portraits of blue-collar workers. There will be an urban farm at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center this summer. The arts get more support in Miami. A clue as to the identify of the buyer who ... Continue


Feb 06 08 12:00am EDT

Straight From the Artist's Mouth

This is Keith Tyson's Nature Painting (Red), which the artist donated to The (RED) Auction that Figure Painting has been writing about. Like all of Tyson's Nature Paintings, it was made by pouring paint and other materials onto an aluminum ... Continue


Feb 06 08 12:00am EDT

It Was a Super Tuesday in the Art World, Too

Sotheby's sale of impressionist and modern art in London last night did well. Which presidential hopefuls have members of the art world been supporting? The current presidential administration proposed a $33.8 million increase in the Smithsonian's budget. So-called urban art ... Continue


Feb 06 08 12:00am EDT

Bacon Sets at Record at Christie's London

The auction results from Christie's post-war and contemporary sale in London are in — an evening auction across the pond translates to an afternoon one on the East Coast — and Francis Bacon, robbed of the record for a contemporary ... Continue


Feb 05 08 12:00am EDT

Mixed Messages About the State of the Art Market, the Miami Scene, and the Met

A "burned" Picasso fetched £5.7 million at Christie's in London last night, just one lot in a successful sale. Those Schiele drawings put up by the Neue Galerie also flew off the block. Sotheby's has slashed its estimate for the ... Continue


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