Posts by Category: Art

on 04 June

New Record for a Monet As ‘Haystack’ Fetches $110.7M at Auction

Move aside, oh-so-famous “Water Lilies,” Claude Monet’s oil painting “Haystack” just sold at a Sotheby’s New York auction for $110.7 million. Painted in 1890, the work is part of Monet’s..

2714 June 4, 2019 Art more

on 21 May

Jeff Koons’ ‘Rabbit’ Easily Hops Over $50M Estimate at Auction

American neo-pop artist Jeff Koons expresses the cultural zeitgeist by working with and transforming everyday objects, giving them a resonance that is both substantial and whimsical. His pieces are wildly...

3047 May 21, 2019 Art more

on 01 December

Edward Hopper’s ‘Chop Suey’ Fetches a Record $91.9M at Auction

One of Edward Hopper’s most widely recognizable paintings recently sold at Christie’s New York. The painting had been expected to top $70 million at auction; when the dust settled, it’d...

3498 December 1, 2018 Art more

08 November

Rolls-Royce and Fabergé Create Superlative Statement With First Imperial Egg in Over a Century

It took Rolls-Royce to bring back the Fabergé egg. But they did. They’ve teamed with the House of Fabergé to design a decidedly 21st-century spin on both the legendary egg and...

2928 November 8, 2018 Art more

25 November

Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Salvator Mundi’ Soars Past Records with $450.3M Sale

The last known privately owned painting from famed Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci has just sold at auction for a record-annihilating $450.3 million. da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi was expected to...

2835 November 25, 2017 Art more