Tag: Masterworks
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Christie’s Nabs $450 M. S.I. Newhouse Cache, Led by Pollock, Picasso, and Brancusi Masterworks
Treasures priced at $100 million by 20th-century masters Jackson Pollock and Constantin Brancusi will lead Christie’s New York’s marquee May art sales, coming from the collection of media magnate S. I. Newhouse, Artnet News has revealed. While Christie’s has yet to confirm Artnet’s report, those two estimates, if met, would far exceed those artists’ current read more
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Christie’s to Offer Three Masterworks From Agnes Gund Collection This May
When Agnes Gund bought Mark Rothko’s1964 abstraction No. 15 (Two Greens and Red Stripe)in 1967, she purchased it directly from the artist in his studio. The painting would go on to hang in her living room for decades. This May, it will be offered on the secondary market for the first time, leading a focused read more
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Art Investing Startup Masterworks Files Legal Complaint Against an Early Hire Over Lawsuit Threat
From its offices on the 57th floor of 1 World Trade Center, employees at Masterworks hawk fractional ownership of blue-chip artworks, promising retail investors hefty returns. Reporting in both ARTnews in 2022 and the New York Times in 2024 has revealed a freewheeling atmosphere in which the company has played fast and loose with legal read more
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Evan Beard Has Left Masterworks to Launch His Own New York Gallery
Editor’s Note:This story is part ofNewsmakers, a newARTnewsseries where we interview the movers and shakers who are making change in the art world. Not every art dealer is in the mold of Leo Castelli, the aristocratic Italian who came to New York and created a market for artists like Jasper Johns and Andy Warhol. His read more
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