Katya Kazakina
Senior Reporter at Artnet
Senior reporter, columnist: Artnet News. Contributor: NYT, Town & Country, Elle Decor. Ex: Bloomberg, DJ, WSJ. RTs are not endorsements
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2 weeks ago |
news.artnet.com | Katya Kazakina
Since John Singer Sargent and Henry Clay Frick were contemporaries with sympathetic tastes, moving in elite circles, it’s surprising that they never got together for a sitting. The Frick Collection, which just reopened, does not own a single painting by the famous Edwardian-era painter.
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3 weeks ago |
news.artnet.com | Katya Kazakina
Stepping into the renovated wing for art from Africa, Oceania, and the ancient Americas at the Metropolitan Museum of Art last week, I gasped. The bright new space is filled with 1,800 objects representing 663 cultures. There are Fang masks from Central Africa, a ceremonial dance paddle from the Austral Islands, and 15-foot-tall wooden funerary poles carved by the Asmat people of New Guinea.
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4 weeks ago |
news.artnet.com | Katya Kazakina
What the hell is going on with the Old Masters market? The question burst into focus last week, after Sotheby’s underperformed with its much-touted Saunders Collection. The group of 57 lots was estimated at $80 million to $120 million. It totaled $65 million, including fees. A much smaller sale at Christie’s also disappointed, with a $6.89 million total, 17 percent below its low target.
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1 month ago |
news.artnet.com | Katya Kazakina
Belgian Neo-Impressionist artist Georges Lemmen (1865-1916) is not exactly a household name in the annals of art history. So I did a double take earlier this month when I spotted a record-shattering result at Sotheby’s in New York for a Pointillist portrait that he painted. Titled Jeune femme faisant du crochet (Julie Lemmen), 1890, the painting portrays the artist’s sister, Julie Fréderique Lemmen, knitting.
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1 month ago |
news.artnet.com | Katya Kazakina
Work of the Week is excerpted from The Back Room, our lively recap funneling only the week’s must-know art industry intel into a nimble read you’ll actually enjoy. Artnet News Pro members get exclusive access—subscribe now to receive this in your inbox every Friday. Rashid Johnson’s Untitled Escape Collage, a mixed media painting on ceramic tiles, featured the artist’s signature materials: black soap, wax, vinyl and spray enamel.
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