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State Senator Sarah McBride, Nation’s Highest Ranking Transgender Official, Speaks with Art Newspaper on her Experiences with the Arts

Tuesday, December 1st, 2020

Art Newspaper Looks at Why High-Profile Works Are Stolen, Often Multiple Times

Tuesday, October 13th, 2020

High Line Revels 2020 Public Art Commissions

Wednesday, February 19th, 2020

Seth Cameron of Bruce High-Quality Foundation to Take Over as Head of New York’s Children’s Museum of Art

Wednesday, January 29th, 2020

UK Arts Mark Higher Contributions to UK Economy Than Agriculture

Wednesday, April 17th, 2019

NYT Spotlights Museums’ Efforts to Highlight Latinx Artists

Tuesday, April 24th, 2018

NYT Appraises Market Prospects for New Crop of Highly Political American Art

Monday, May 1st, 2017

Lawsuit Highlights Challenges for Collectors from Artist Foundations

Saturday, October 15th, 2016

Lori Holtz Leaves Christie’s, Continuing High-Profile Departures

Thursday, August 4th, 2016

South Korea Boasts Highest Number of Private Art Museums in World

Tuesday, January 19th, 2016

Art Lending Set for Record Highs in Coming Years

Wednesday, August 5th, 2015

Bloomberg Notes Higher Prices for Female Artists on the Secondary Market

Monday, July 21st, 2014

Statue Breaks World Record for Highest Sale of Ancient Egyptian Art

Wednesday, July 16th, 2014

Alex Katz to Premiere Work in Public Art Project by Highline and Whitney Museum

Tuesday, June 24th, 2014

Art Market Digs Deep for New High Sellers at Auction

Friday, April 11th, 2014

Ed Ruscha Tapped for High Line Art Program

Friday, March 14th, 2014

Researchers Study Age of Highest Creativity for Artists

Monday, January 6th, 2014

Chinese Painter Zeng Fanzhi Becomes Highest Selling Contemporary Asian Artist at Sotheby’s Hong Kong Auction With $23.3 Million Final Price

Tuesday, October 8th, 2013

British Art Exports Achieve Highest Mark Since Financial Crash

Wednesday, August 14th, 2013

ArtNet Statistics Indicate Exceedingly Strong Market for Female Artists, Refutes List of Highest Sales Records

Thursday, May 2nd, 2013

Major Artists Donate Work for Auction to Support Whitney Museum’s Highline Location

Friday, April 5th, 2013

Venice Biennale to Highlight a New Group of Young British Artists

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013

Warhol Tops List of Highest Selling Artists

Sunday, January 6th, 2013

New York City – Richard Artschwager: “Richard Artschwager!” at the Whitney Museum and “BLPS” at The Highline, Through February 3rd, 2012

Sunday, November 25th, 2012
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Jail for Spanish Forger Who Attempted Sale of 15 Fake Works

February 21st, 2023

A Spanish court has sentenced an art collector to prison for selling a set of fake works, including a series of forged works attributed to Edvard Munch and Roy Lichtenstein.
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The Guardian Interviews Former Subjects of Painter Alice Neel

February 21st, 2023

The Guardian has a piece this week on what it was like to be painted by Alice Neel. “One day Alice said she wanted to paint me and to bring some things I could wear, so I packed a little suitcase and had various costumes,” says artist and sex activist Annie Sprinkle. “I’d just had my labia pierced and I was showing it off, and she really wanted to see that. She picked a leather outfit and I put a feather in my hair.”
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Alice Walton’s Art Bridges Foundation Behind $4.5 Million Robert Colescott Buy

February 21st, 2023

Alice Walton’s Art Bridges Foundation is apparently behind the $4.5 million purchase of a Robert Colescott at Bonhams this month. “This work in particular presents a hopeful and powerful message, and we are pleased that it resonated so strongly with individuals and institutions alike,” says Ralph Taylor, Bonhams’s global head for postwar and contemporary art.
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