One of Jean Pignozzi’s many web sites summarizes him as an “Italian, Harvard-educated venture capitalist.” But that barely scratches the Read more…

Impressionist and Modern Art Aside from a few high-profile flops that the houses stumbled Over, the February sales of Impressionist Read more…

With Auctions and art fairs hogging so much of the limelight these days, galleries are moving in on museum turf Read more…

In the spring Phillips de Pury & Company looked confident after a successful New York season. It had snagged the Read more…

I started out writing art reviews for Flash Art and Arts in the 1980s in New York. At the time Read more…

Helmut Newton’s sizzling images of gorgeous, nude women pushed Buttons and spoke to society’s fixation on beauty and glamour. Today, Read more…

Whether Lilliputian or Goliath in scale, Ron Mueck’s über-realistic sculptures leave a lasting impression A disembodied and giant male face Read more…

In 2001, Takashi Murakami established Kaikai Kiki, the multifaceted art enterprise whose activities include the production and promotion of artwork Read more…

  Judd Tully’s diary of Al Taubman’s days in court. At the end of the most important art world trial Read more…

Swann Galleries joins the contemporary art frenzy In the red-hot auction arena of contemporary art, price is often a prohibitive Read more…