The Lust Exhibition Burnishes Giacometti
In the summer of 1949, a 22-year-old graduate student from the University of Chicago arrived in Paris on a Fulbright
View ArticleIn Art, Genes Matter: Giacometti at MOMA
Blessed are the artists who, owing to family history, innate talent and an indomitable will, are born to their vocation.
View ArticleAfter All These Years, Henry Moore Is Great
The big retrospective devoted to Henry Moore (1898-1986), which has now come to the National Gallery of Art in Washington,
View ArticleAn Unexpected, Even Ferocious
For aficionados of modern sculpture, it’s a stroke of good fortune that the traveling exhibition devoted to the early work
View ArticleMatisse Collection At Morgan Library Best Show in Town
It was to be expected that, when the Morgan Library got around to mounting its first exhibitions of 20th-century art,
View ArticleAn Action Painter, Lester Johnson Beat Own Facility
Facility, which in painting is usually taken to mean both ease of expression and a mastery of the medium, is
View ArticleGiacometti’s Depictions of Women Inspire Reverence, Some Revision
The Women of Giacometti, an array of paintings and sculpture by the Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) on display at
View ArticleJohn Good Leaves Gagosian, Reportedly For Christie’s Private Sales
Longtime Gagosian director John Good has left the gallery. He had been with Gagosian since the mid-1990s, and was based
View ArticleChristie’s Auction of Bruno Giacometti’s Estate Won’t Include Paintings and...
The estate of Bruno Giacometti, the youngest of the four Giacometti brothers, of which sculptor Alberto was the eldest, will
View ArticleSotheby’s Biggest Auction Ever Still a Squeaker
Sotheby's hit its biggest total ever, but not everything soared, or sold.
View ArticleGlenn Horowitz Bookseller to Open New Midtown Gallery With Photos of Giacometti
This week, Glenn Horowitz Bookseller will open its new Manhattan gallery space Rare, along with the inaugural exhibition. Located on West 54th Street, across the street from MoMA’s sculpture garden,...
View ArticleA Life-Size Giacometti Could Be Priciest Sculpture Auctioned in History of...
Christie's is set to separate one collector from an enormous wad of cash next month when it brings to the block for the first time ever Pointing Man (L’homme au doigt), a 5' 10" masterpiece by the the...
View ArticlePicasso Cubist Portrait of a Harem Shatters Auction Record, Brings $179M at...
Said consultant Todd Levin: "It’s a series of private sales with a public face on it. There’s no suspense. It’s preordained.”
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