Jordan Riefe / TruthdigNov 17, 2017
Art adviser Todd Levin called the Christie's auction sale of “Salvator Mundi" an "epic triumph of branding and desire over connoisseurship and reality." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Amy Goodman / TruthdigJul 19, 2012
Seventy-five years ago, the Spanish town of Guernica was bombed into rubble. The brutal act propelled one of the world's greatest artists into a three-week painting frenzy. Dig deeper
Mr. Fish / TruthdigJun 10, 2012
"If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes," Picasso said, naming the distinct advantage that artists have always had over pundits and polemicists when it came to perceiving the world as it is; pundits and polemicists being much more likely to insist that the world is whatever a person wants it to be."If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes," Picasso said, naming the distinct advantage that artists have always had over pundits and polemicists. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Richard Schickel / TruthdigMay 14, 2011
Bergé admits that his own nature was controlling, and he makes no apology for it. Indeed, he makes no apology for anything in his life. And therein lies something of a mystery. We are not allowed to imagine what Saint Laurent saw in this man—except an enabler.I think Saint Laurent had something like an artist’s spirit, but he was obliged to operate in a world that is almost the definition of ephemera. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 24, 2010
Pablo Picasso's "Portrait d'Angel Fernandez de Soto" sold for a staggering 347 million pounds -- that's $512 million for those of us in the dollar zone -- at a Christie's auction in London on Wednesday (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 20, 2010
Somehow, a lone art bandit -- or a band of bandits -- managed to pull off an impressive five-finger-discount maneuver at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris on Wednesday night, making off with five masterpieces worth a grand total of close to 100 million euros. Sacré bleu! Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 26, 2010
A visitor at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art made her mark, unexpectedly, on Pablo Picasso's turn-of-the-last-century painting "The Actor" by accidentally falling into it Friday and adding a 6-inch rip not intended by the artist to the lower right corner of the canvas. Big oops! Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 13, 2009
Sotheby's enjoyed a windfall Wednesday when the auction house's New York HQ nearly doubled its estimated high of $67.9 million for its contemporary art bid-fest, in which Andy Warhol's works figured prominently among the biggest-selling successes of the evening. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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