Auctions The Most Expensive Wine Auction Ever, Featuring 25,000 Bottles of the Rarest Vintage, Could Fetch $50 Million The bottles come from the cellar of Pierre Chen, a major art collector who's currently sponsoring a show at Tate Modern. By Lee Carter, 2 days ago
Art World The Secluded San Francisco Chalet of Ansel Adams, Legend of Landscape Photography, Has Hit the Market for $5 Million His childhood home was originally built in 1902 as a shining example of Arts and Crafts architecture. By Lee Carter, 2 days ago
Art Collectors What I Buy and Why: Andrew Schoelkopf, New York Gallerist and American Art Specialist, Can’t Shake the ‘Collecting Gene’ Schoelkopf Gallery, which is moving to Tribeca, promotes scholarship and research of American masters. By Lee Carter, Sep 25, 2023
Auctions A Rhinoceros With a Secret Bar, the First Large Animal Sculpture by François-Xavier Lalanne, Could Catch $6.5 Million at Auction The horned beast of 1964 set the tone for the artist's zoological whimsy for the next 44 years. By Lee Carter, Sep 22, 2023
Shows & Exhibitions From Elegance to Innovation, a New London Museum Exhibition Traces the Groundbreaking Legacy of Coco Chanel "Fashion Manifesto" at the V&A presents hundreds of rare Chanel items, from tweed suits to the 2.55 bag. By Lee Carter, Sep 21, 2023
Art Collectors What I Buy and Why: Young Collectors Matthew and Danielle Greenblatt on the Healing Power of Art Discovery went hand in hand with recovery for the New York couple. By Lee Carter, Sep 18, 2023
Shows & Exhibitions ‘Art and Confection’: Mexican Designer Bárbara Sánchez-Kane Upends New York Fashion Week With Her Sartorial Surrealism The artist has a new exhibition at Kurimanzutto in Chelsea, opening September 14. By Lee Carter, Sep 14, 2023
Art Fairs Meet 6 Rising Talents From the Inaugural Photofairs New York, From a Digital Dynamo Wielding A.R. to a Space-Bound Romantic Here are our picks from the 56 exhibitors. By Lee Carter & Annikka Olsen, Sep 11, 2023
Art Collectors What I Buy and Why: Philanthropist Dow Kim Started Collecting 25 Years Ago With a Marc Chagall Painting and Hasn’t Looked Back The collector just finished a visit to Frieze Seoul, where he did not leave empty-handed. By Lee Carter, Sep 11, 2023
Auctions The Epic Auction of Freddie Mercury’s Personal Effects Hit $15.4 Million in a Frenzy of Bidding—on the First Day Alone Bidders battled for a piece of the Queen frontman's life and career. By Lee Carter, Sep 6, 2023
Art Collectors What I Buy and Why: Collecting Is In the Blood for Gallerist Paul Henkel, an Art Historian Who Hails From a Family of Connoisseurs We chatted with the New York art collector and gallerist on the eve of an exhibition he's curating on the very topic of collecting. By Lee Carter, Aug 30, 2023
Auctions The 1980s Are Back and Bolder Than Ever With This Paris Auction of the Decade’s Indomitable Works of Art and Design Bonhams Paris will pay homage to the era's boundless creativity with a sale on September 21. By Lee Carter, Aug 29, 2023
Auctions François Meyer Photographed Iconic Artists and Scooped Up Their Work, Too. Now, His Storied Collection Heads to Sotheby’s Sotheby’s Paris will hold a dedicated auction of Meyer’s art collection on September 26. By Lee Carter, Aug 24, 2023
Auctions Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Treatise on Painting’ and Other Ultra-Rare Renaissance Books Could Fetch $25 Million at Auction The collection of 16th-century books is considered the finest such library to exist outside Europe. By Lee Carter, Aug 21, 2023
Style A New Exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum Explores Africa’s Flourishing Fashion and Art Scene Since the Liberation Era Co-curator Ernestine White-Mifetu gives us an illuminating tour of "Africa Fashion" and the greater narrative it encapsulates. By Lee Carter, Aug 21, 2023
