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David Lynch’s Personal Items Hit the Auction Block in Los Angeles

1 week ago | artnews.com | Angelica Villa

Hundreds of items from filmmaker David Lynch’s personal estate are being auctioned by Julien’s in Los Angeles, with online bidding already exceeding $56,000. Nearly 450 lots are included in the sale, which spans Lynch’s career and features movie props, musical gear, Polaroids, and more. The sale will officially end on June 18. Lynch, a filmmaker known for features such as Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive, died in January at the age of 78 after being diagnosed with emphysema.
Centre Pompidou to Open New Brazil Satellite

1 week ago | artnews.com | Angelica Villa

While its Paris home base closes for five years to undergo a renovation, the Centre Pompidou will expand its international reach, opening its first South American space in 2027. Scheduled to launch in November 2027, the new location in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, will be one of several satellites operated by the Centre Pompidou, with others in Shanghai, Málaga, and Metz, France, among other locales.
Harvard Returns Early Images of Enslaved Americans to Descendant after a Years-Long Legal Dispute

1 week ago | artnews.com | Angelica Villa

Harvard University has released ownership of what scholars consider the earliest surviving photographs of enslaved African Americans, settling an eight-year dispute with a lone descendant of the subjects captured in the images.
Faculty at School of Visual Arts in New York Unionize

1 week ago | artnews.com | Angelica Villa

The School of Visual Arts has become the latest New York campus to unionize, after 1,200 instructors voted 77% in favor of joining the United Auto Workers last week. The bargaining unit, SVA Faculty United–UAW, now joins Columbia, New York University, and Parsons under the same labor umbrella and will seek its first contract this summer. Ballots were tallied by the Labor Relations Board in Manhattan on May 23. Adjunct faculty make up most of SVA’s teaching corps.
Russian University Chancellor Dies Inside Soviet-Era Statue

2 weeks ago | artnews.com | Angelica Villa

Nikolai Chesnokov, chancellor of Moscow’s State Academy of Physical Education, died on Thursday at the site of a World War II–era monument in the Russian city of Volgograd, according to reports in the local media. He was 68. Chesnokov had traveled to the city to attend a national sports event associated with the school and took part in an unofficial visit inside a 279-foot Soviet-era statue, which stands atop Mamayev Kurgan, the site of the Battle of Stalingrad.
Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Sales Rake in $282.9 Million

2 weeks ago | robbreport.com.au | Angelica Villa

Blue-chip artists ranging from Ed Ruscha to Jean-Michel Basquiat aided the house in nearly reaching its high sales estimate. Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Sales Rake in 282.9 Million Blue-chip artists ranging from Ed Ruscha to Jean-Michel Basquiat aided the house in nearly reaching its high sales estimate. Published on 18 May 2025 By Angelica Villa for ARTNews, Harrison Jacobs for ARTNewsLaura Owens, ‘Untitled’, 2006.
New York Sales Miss the Mark as Top Works and Young Artists Fall to Lower Levels

2 weeks ago | artnews.com | Angelica Villa

The spring auction season ended with a miss, as Christie’s, Sotheby’s, and Phillips collectively fell short of even their most modest expectations. The houses had estimated $1.2 billion to $1.6 billion in sales for the week’s evening sales, but together brought in just over $1 billion, including buyer’s premiums, with each auction failing to reach its pre-sale estimate. The hammer total of $837.5 million was even more disappointing.
Former Whitney Museum Building Designated a Landmark

2 weeks ago | artnews.com | Angelica Villa

The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission has designated the former home of the Whitney Museum at 945 Madison Avenue as both an individual and interior landmark. The building, designed by Marcel Breuer and completed in 1966, is now protected for its historical significance. The building has been acclaimed for its unusual form: it resembles an inverted ziggurat, and has a raw concrete interior and distinctive cantilevering.
Sotheby’s Rakes in $186.1 Million at Its Recent Contemporary Art Sales

2 weeks ago | robbreport.com | Angelica Villa |Harrison Jacobs

Sotheby’s three-part evening sale on Thursday in New York generated a total of $186.1 million on 68 lots, coming towards the high end of its $141 million to $204.9 million estimate. The result, while higher than a similar sale in November, was still a notable 18 percent drop from the equivalent sale last May, which generated $227.9 million.
Blue-Chip Artists Help Sotheby’s Three-Pronged Finale to a Solid $186.1 M. Total

3 weeks ago | artnews.com | Angelica Villa |Harrison Jacobs

Sotheby’s three-part evening sale on Thursday in New York generated a total of $186.1 million on 68 lots, coming towards the high end of its $141 million to $204.9 million estimate. The result, while higher than a similar sale in November, was still a notable 18 percent drop from the equivalent sale last May, which generated $227.9 million.