Tag: Sell
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Sotheby’s Will Sell Works by El Anatsui, Sean Scully, and Others to Benefit Royal Academy of Art
Next month, during the spring sales in London, Sotheby’s will auction off ten works to raise money for the Royal Academy of Arts in London, which has been in a financial crisis since the pandemic. The works have all been donated by living or honorary Royal Academicians, in the hopes of raising enough funds to read more
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Art Problems: Should I Sell My Work to People Whose Politics I Hate?
Should I allow my work to be sold to people whose politics I hate? I’m not okay with the ongoing injustice in Minneapolis and I don’t want to pretend this is just a difference of opinion. —distraught painter in America Short answer. No. You should not allow your work to be sold to MAGA supporters. read more
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Christie’s Set to Sell Ringo’s Drumset, Kurt Cobain’s Guitar, and Jack Kerouac’s Famed ‘On the Road’ Scroll in $30 M. Irsay Sale
This week,highlights from Jim Irsay’s famed collectionof film, music and sportsmemorabiliaand Americana go on view at Christie’s Los Angeles ahead of theirauctionin March. It’s a 10-minute drive from the Beverly Hills Hotel where the billionaire owner of the Indianapolis Colts died last May at age 65 from an apparent cardiac arrest. Irsay took the HVAC read more
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Financially Strapped Met Opera May Sell its Prized Marc Chagall Paintings (But Keep Them in Place)
New York’s Metropolitan Opera is facing a serious financial crunch, and may sell two beloved Marc Chagall murals to help fill the gap—but if it does, it will leave them in place. Sotheby’s valued the artworks at a total of $55 million, reports the New York Times. Unveiled in 1966, The Sources of Music and read more
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