Works by world’s preeminent contemporary artists sold at Christie’s New York to benefit Artists for Haiti

NEW YORK, NY.- With a sale total of $ 13,662,000, Christie’s, Ben Stiller and David Zwirner are delighted with the outstanding results of the Artists for Haiti charity sale. The auction included 27 works by 26 of today’s most prominent artists, many of which were created specifically for this cause. Four world auction records were obtained and 2 works of art were sold for over one million dollars, Marlene Dumas at $2,000,000 and Luc Tuymans at $1,150,000, with many lots realizing well over their [...]

The Whitney Presents a Mid-Career Retrospective of Groundbreaking New York Artist

NEW YORK. N.Y.- This spring, the Whitney Museum of American Art presents the first comprehensive mid-career retrospective of Glenn Ligon (b. 1960), widely regarded as one of the most important and influential American artists to have emerged in the past two decades. Organized by Whitney curator Scott Rothkopf, in close collaboration with the artist, the exhibition surveys twenty-five years of Ligon’s work, from his student days in the Whitney Independent Study Program until the present. The exhibition will travel to the Los [...]

Sotheby’s Sale of Lehman Brothers Collection Totals $12.3 Million

LONDON.- Sotheby’s sale of selected works from the distinguished Neuberger Berman and Lehman Brothers Corporate Art Collections brought a total of $12,277,751 today, reaching the high estimate ($8/12 million). Seventeen auction records were set for artists including Julie Mehretu and Glenn Ligon, and the sale was 83% sold by lot with more than half of those works bringing prices above their high estimates. “This collection was put together with great care and foresight,” said Tobias Meyer, Sotheby’s Worldwide Head of [...]

Christie’s Sale Presents Exciting Selection of Post-War & Contemporary Art

NEW YORK, NY.- Attracting both new and seasoned collectors alike, Christie’s First Open sale of Post-War and Contemporary Art will offer a stimulating selection of paintings, prints, photographs, and sculptures on March 11. Presenting an exciting mid-season collecting opportunity, First Open showcases works by some of the most desired contemporary artists of our time, including Helen Frankenthaler, Barbara Kruger, Yayoi Kusama, Glenn Ligon, Gabriel Orozco, Cindy Sherman, Wayne Thiebaud, Fred Tomaselli, and Andy Warhol among many others. The sale will [...]

Concept of “Desire” to be Explored by Group of Contemporary Artists

AUSTIN, TX.- This February, The Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Austin investigates the notion of desire in an exhibition of the same name. Curated by Annette DiMeo Carlozzi, Blanton curator of American and contemporary art and director of curatorial affairs, the exhibition features over fifty works from an international group of contemporary artists working in all media, including Glenn Ligon, Marilyn Minter, Petah Coyne, Bill Viola, Tracey Emin, Isaac Julien and many others. The accompanying [...]

Regen Projects Celebrates 20th Anniversary with Glenn Ligon Exhibition

LOS ANGELES, CA.- Regen Projects presents an exhibition of new paintings by New York based artist Glenn Ligon. This is the artist’s third solo exhibition at the gallery and marks the 20th anniversary of Regen Projects. The exhibition presents a suite of new paintings entitled “Figure” that continue Ligon’s investigation of James Baldwin’s seminal 1953 essay “Stranger in the Village.” The themes in the essay – cultural identity, the decipherability of the other, and the burden of history – find [...]

Sotheby’s next big Impressionist and Modern Art sale

Sotheby’s next big Impressionist and Modern Art sale in New York next month is led by an evening sale which is estimated to fetch at least $117 million. 23 of the 68 works in that sale, including paintings by Monet, Degas, Picasso and Modigliani are described as coming from ’an Important European Collection.’ The most valuable is van Dongen’s ’Jeune Arabe’ (pictured), from 1910 which is estimated at $7 million to 10 million dollars. Altogether the works have a minimum [...]