Andy Warhol’s $26m Digital Portrait of Debbie Harry Hits Market
A rare digital portrait of Blondie’s Debbie Harry by Andy Warhol has resurfaced and is now available for sale, carrying… Read More
3 August 2024
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Andy Warhol Foundation Settles Lynn Goldsmith Appropriation Lawsuit For $21k
The legal saga surrounding Andy Warhol’s “Prince Series” and its use of the photographer Lynn Goldsmith’s image has reached a pivotal juncture.
18 March 2024
Is Appropriation Art Finished? Read My Marilyn Monroe Red Lips
The discourse surrounding Appropriation Art has emerged as a nuanced exploration of cultural, societal, and artistic paradigms.
6 January 2024
The Upside Of Macklowe’s Toxic Divorce – Sotheby’s Settlement Auction
Last November’s Sotheby’s sale of 35 works from The Macklowe Collection was nothing less than historic, realising $676.1 million, the… Read More
18 February 2022
Warhol’s Portrait of Basquiat Tops Christie’s Sale Achieving $40,091,500
Andy Warhol’s 1982 portrait of his friend, the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat from the collection of Peter Brant, achieved $40,091,500 at Christie’s
12 November 2021
John Giorno Multidisciplinary Artist Poet Dies Age 82
John Giorno whose legendary influence as an artist-poet stemming from the expansive and multidisciplinary nature of his work has died age 82.
13 October 2019
Blue Chip Bling Art Features In New Las Vegas Gambling Palace
High value bluechip contemporary art displayed at alternative venues is usually something that excites us here at Artlyst; however,
24 May 2018
Warhol and Sedgwick: Hotel Chelsea Room Door Sells For $52,500
A door from the infamous Hotel Chelsea belonging to the room resident ‘Superstar’ actress Edie Sedgwick and artist Andy Warhol shared in 1965, while filming Chelsea Girls, has sold for $52,500.
14 April 2018
Why Tintin illustrations by Politically Controversial Hergé Break the £1m Mark
Last week, an India ink drawing of Tintin and his dog Snowy sold for almost $500,000 (£380,000) at auction in Paris.
20 November 2017
Basquiat Boom The Hero In His Own Play By Edward Lucie-Smith
The new Jean-Michel Basquiat show at the Barbican titled Basquiat: Boom For Real comes with a thumping big hardback catalogue published by Prestel.
21 September 2017
Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Sale Realises Respectable £62.3m Total
Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Sale has realised a very respectable £62.3 million / $79.8 million / €70.4 million total.
29 June 2017
Elton John’s Basquiat Warhol Painting To Be Auctioned In Paris
A monumental painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol, two enfants terribles of the art world, will be offered at auction from the collection of Elton… Read More
23 May 2016
Tehran 20th Century International Art Collection Exhibited In Berlin
The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art is to tour an exhibition that will feature both international Contemporary/Modern masterpieces and Iranian… Read More
13 May 2016
Warhol To Wallinger London’s Best Art Exhibitions March 2016
Gagosian’s Warhol and Avedon at their Britannia Street gallery is yet another Museum quality curation which juxtaposes the work of two… Read More
29 February 2016
Sexism In Art: And What We Perceive As Acceptable Body Depictions
So, I was about to launch into thoughtful musings on that inexplicable relationship between artist and muse and how the… Read More
24 July 2015
Brand Beckham, Warhol and Koons ArtBytch Reveals The Common Denominator
My name is Charles Saatchi and I am an alcoholic: given the growing trend for sprinkling the magical commercial fairy dust that is “Art”
7 November 2014
Warhol, Doig And Bacon Star In Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Sale
The market continues to storm ahead, ravenous for great works by great artists. This sale – one of the most… Read More
26 June 2014
Warhol Explores Halston: The first All American Fashion Designer
The Andy Warhol Museum has announced a new exhibition, Halston and Warhol: Silver and Suede, which explores the designer and… Read More
19 May 2014
Tehran Museum Could Display Modern Masterpieces After 30 Year Hiatus
A billion pound collection of modern masterpieces which has languished in a storeroom bunker under Tehran’s Museum of Contemporary Art… Read More
12 May 2014
Sotheby’s Set To exhibit Warhol, Richter and Hockney In India
Sotheby’s has announced that it will exhibit works by Andy Warhol, Gerhard Richter and David Hockney in India for the… Read More
30 January 2014
Damien Hirst Exhibits His Work Alongside Picasso, Bacon and Warhol
Damien Hirst is a Turner Prize winning artist. Despite his critical notoriety (much of it negative) he has managed to… Read More
30 November 2013
Astronomical Warhol Koons And Bacon Results Defy Art Market Skeptics
Oh what a crazy week for contemporary and modern art at auction: Despite a lot of hot air in the… Read More
16 November 2013
Sotheby’s Contemporary June Sale Offers Pop Art Masterpiece Plus
Sotheby’s is to offer for sale a magnificent and encompassing assembly of Post-war & Contemporary art on 26 June. Headlining… Read More
18 June 2012
Munch’s Scream Tops May Art Market Bill
Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” is aiming to be the biggest seller in New York during May’s upcoming auctions.
2 May 2012
Art Dealer Sought in £3m Art Fraud
Picasso Matisse and Klee works Defrauded By Cook Fine Art In New York A Madison Avenue art dealer has been… Read More
27 January 2012
Art Basel Miami VIP Day Spending Spree
10th edition art fair rocks with $2.5 billion of art offered It is the final day of November 2011 and… Read More
30 November 2011
Cornelia Parker Chooses Warhol Portrait For Exhibition
Masterworks from the Government Art Collection Opens at Whitechapel The second exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery of the Government… Read More
16 September 2011
Will Art Fairs Replace The Traditional Art Gallery
A new report from CINOA reveals startling new facts High profile auction sales of Warhol, Picasso and the Impressionists reported… Read More
28 August 2011
Tony Curtis Estate To Be Auctioned In September
Original works by Picasso and Warhol to go under the hammer The estate of one of Hollywood’s most colorful… Read More
11 August 2011
Warhol In Drag New Exhibition Opens In Salford
Cindy Sherman and Robert Mapplethorpe were also exploring themes along these lines in the 1980’s In 1981 Pop Artist Andy… Read More
2 July 2011
Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Sale Smashes Records
The Contemporary Art Evening Sale at Sotheby’s last night was the highest total ever achieved in London by a contemporary… Read More
30 June 2011
Is A Warhol ‘Soup Can’ Worth 30-50 Million Dollars?
Bid Here…. In the 48 years since it was executed Big Campbell’s Soup Can with Can Opener (Vegetable) has only… Read More
27 October 2010