Here is your chance to learn a little more about Yusaku Maezawa … the collector who spent over $110 million for Basquiat’s Untitled (1982).  He also owns works by Calder, Giacometti, Judd, Picasso, etc.   Source: Maezawa’s World: The … More…

  It appears that Ann Freedman, former director of the ‘no-longer-in-business’ Knoedler gallery, has finally settled the last lawsuit brought against her. This one involved a fake Jackson Pollock that she, through the gallery, sold to Francis H. White for … More…

Due to their decision to sell off 40 works from its collection to fund an endowment and renovations (a big no, no, for museums), the Berkshire Museum has cut ties to the Smithsonian Institution. I bet it would be more … More…

  There isn’t much time left to stop the sale of the 40 works from the Berkshire Museum and every option should be explored. Lee Rosenbaum’s idea seems to be a good one. Could Williams College come to the rescue … More…

  The Barbican, in London, will host Basquiat: Boom for Real. A retrospective exhibition running from September 21 through January 28, 2018.  If you want to learn a little more about this art world star, check out Miranda Sawyer’s article … More…

Source: Newsletter Archives – we just released Volume 201 of our Comments on the Art Market.  In this issue we cover Tales from the Dark Side, Really (updates from the collectibles market), Stocks and the all important Art Market (our thoughts … More…

The Art Newspaper reported that an anonymous group of donors offered the Berkshire Museum one million dollars with the stipulation that the museum take its art off the auction block for at least a year and try to come up … More…