Auctions A Rare Version of Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Sells for a Record $2.8 Million, Signaling Smooth Sailing for Asia Week The series of gallery and auction sales netted a robust $132 million, driven by increased travel from China. By Lee Carter, Mar 31, 2023
Auctions A Spectacular 1937 Patek Philippe Wristwatch, Owned by the Last Emperor of China, Has Resurfaced at Auction Aisin-Giro Puyi wore the luxury timepiece while he was detained in Siberia for five years. By Lee Carter, Mar 29, 2023
Art Collectors What I Buy and Why: Bibliophile Pom Harrington on His Original Roald Dahl Book Illustration, and the Accessible Beauty of Picasso’s Prints His art collection encompasses rare book illustrations, works on paper, and limited-edition prints. By Lee Carter, Mar 27, 2023
Auctions New York’s Iconic Flatiron Building Sold for $190 Million in a Bitter Auction on the Steps of a Manhattan Courthouse Bidders battled it out for 40 minutes. By Lee Carter, Mar 24, 2023
Auctions What Defines ‘British Cool’? A Bonhams Sale Surveys the Vibe, With 11 Banksy Works, a Mick Jagger and Warhol Collab, and More The diverse array of offerings celebrates the rich cultural heritage of modern Britain and its enduring sense of cool. By Lee Carter, Mar 24, 2023
Auctions An Extremely Rare, Centuries-Old Italian Violin Hit a High Note at Auction, Selling for a Whopping $9.44 Million The 292-year-old violin is the third most expensive instrument to sell at auction. By Lee Carter, Mar 20, 2023
Art Collectors What I Buy and Why: Photography Collector and Dealer Anna Walker Skillman Is Raising Strong Daughters on Images of Confident Women Skillman owns and directs Jackson Fine Art in Atlanta, the gallery that launched Elton John's photography collection. By Lee Carter, Mar 20, 2023
Auctions The ‘Mona Lisa of the Deep’ and Hundreds of Other Treasures From a Gold Rush-Era Shipwreck Just Pulled In $1.1 Million at Auction The ship sank in 1857 while hauling gold from San Francisco to New York at the height of the California Gold Rush. By Lee Carter, Mar 13, 2023
Art Collectors What I Buy and Why: New York Collector Larry Warsh on His Early Eye for Basquiat, and the Octogenarian Artist He’s Coveting Now Warsh's collection of contemporary Chinese photography is currently on view at the Hirshhorn Museum in D.C. By Lee Carter, Mar 13, 2023
People David Chipperfield, One of the Art World’s Favorite Architects, Just Won the 2023 Pritzker Prize. Here’s a Look at His 7 Most Famous Museums The British architect's completed buildings span four decades and number over 100. By Lee Carter, Mar 7, 2023
Art Collectors What I Buy and Why: Digital Collectors Pablo Rodríguez-Fraile and Desiree Casoni on the State of NFT Art and Their Own Tokenized Acquisitions The couple's digital art collection can be viewed in a physical gallery, Venus Over Manhattan, through March 14. By Lee Carter, Mar 6, 2023
On View ‘Design Can Be a Way to Say, “Be Careful”’: Creative Legend Gaetano Pesce on the Message in His New Furniture, and His Thoughts on the Future The pioneering Italian designer and architect is the subject of a new exhibition in Los Angeles, through March 31. By Lee Carter, Mar 6, 2023
People Dutch Designer Maarten Baas on His Fascination With Time, Acquiring His First Banksy, and Making Handbag-Eating Monsters Baas has a new show of imaginative clocks at Carpenters Workshop Gallery in Los Angeles. By Lee Carter, Feb 27, 2023
Art World Frank Lloyd Wright’s Only Oceanfront Home, Where Architecture and Surf Join in ‘Natural Melody,’ Has Sold for $22 Million The architect designed the California home to resemble a ship's bow cutting through water. By Lee Carter, Feb 24, 2023
Art World A Rural English Manor Immortalized by Virginia Woolf as a Place Where ‘No Sound Whatever Reaches Your Ear’ Is on the Market for $3.1 Million The property dates back to 1280 and comes with a moat. By Lee Carter, Feb 23, 2023