Sotheby’s Back to Back Eve Sales
Blog
November 19, 2021 by Judd Tully

The international art market continued its skyward climb with barely any turbulence at Sotheby’s double-header evening sale on Thursday that Read more…

Strong prices for female painters and young artists—but Francis Bacon’s Pope sells to the guarantor—at Phillips’s $137.9m auction in New York
The Art Newspaper
November 18, 2021 by Judd Tully

The 20th century and contemporary art evening sale saw stiff competition for works by Shara Hughes, Joan Mitchell, Amy Sherald Read more…

Sotheby’s White Glove Macklowe Bonanza
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November 16, 2021 by Judd Tully

Sotheby’s pulled off the first stage of The Macklowe Collection with a white glove, 100 percent sold $676,055,000 evening sale, Read more…

Andy Warhol’s Muhammad Ali and other heavyweights help Christie’s make $420m in 20th-century sale in New York
The Art Newspaper
November 12, 2021 by Judd Tully

Only five of the 59 lots went unsold in the auction last night Following on the high heels of the Read more…

Caillebotte masterpiece goes to Getty and four auction records smashed at Christie’s New York sale of Edwin Cox’s Impressionist trove
The Art Newspaper
November 12, 2021 by Judd Tully

Last night’s single-owner sale of the late Texan oilman’s vaunted collection brought in a massive $332m Who said Impressionism was Read more…

Inside Glenn Ligon’s Groundbreaking Solo Show at Hauser & Wirth
Avenues Magazine
November 10, 2021 by Judd Tully

Sex, race, & neon A heavyweight in the pantheon of artists dealing with themes of Black identity, gender, and sexuality, Read more…

Basquiat remains ‘king of capital gains’ as rare work fetches $40m at Christie’s white-glove sale in New York
The Art Newspaper
November 10, 2021 by Judd Tully

All lots sold and records were set for ten artists, including Peter Doig, Stanley Whitney, Xinyi Cheng and Nicolas Party Read more…

Dawoud Bey at the Whitney and the Sean Kelly Gallery
Blog
September 29, 2021 by Judd Tully

There are still a few more days to catch Dawoud Bey’s superb photography exhibition, “An American Project” at the Whitney Read more…

Inside the Dual Jasper Johns Exhibits in NYC and Philadelphia
Avenues Magazine
September 28, 2021 by Judd Tully

At 91, Jasper Johns may be America’s greatest living artist. Avenue previews his double-whammy retrospective at the Whitney and Philadelphia Read more…

Chuck Close Interview for the Archives of American Art (1987)
Smithsonian Archives
August 22, 2021 by Judd Tully

I conducted a series of long-play cassette taped interviews with Chuck Close back in the spring of 1987 for the Read more…