Observer’s 10 Art Exhibitions to See In Europe This Summer 2024
Nina Beier, China, 2015. Photo: Finnish National Gallery / Petri Virtanen Summer is basically here, the New York art scene is set to slow down for the season and all …
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‘Hidden Master’ Places George Platt Lynes in the Photography Canon
Queer Modernist photographer George Platt Lynes working in his studio. Courtesy of A Precious Few LLC Photographer George Platt Lynes, born in 1907, was self-taught but shot portraits of Gertrude …
Trader Ralph Goldenberg’s $16M Art Collection Is Headed to Sotheby’s
Andy Warhol, Fragile, (1962). Courtesy Sotheby’s The minimalist London home of the late financial trader Ralph Goldenberg was always intended to house art. Originally designed by architect John Pawson for …
The Opulent Contents of Venice’s ‘Palazzo Volpi’ Hit the Block
Palazzo Volpi is one of Venice’s most famed palaces. Courtesy Sotheby’s Treasures from Palazzo Volpi, a 16th-century Renaissance building renowned as one of Venice’s most famous palaces, are hitting the …
Which “Picasso Celebration 1973-2023” Exhibitions Are Still Running?
This past April marked the 50th anniversary of Pablo Picasso’s passing at the age of 91. To honor his lasting impact on art, museums and other institutions around the world …