California Court Rejects Resale Royalties Law [Updated]
A California court has handed a defeat to Chuck Close and his artist colleagues suing Christie’s and Sotheby’s, attempting to
View ArticleCondo, Kelly, Close Reveal Fantasy Art Wish Lists
Which art-world bigwig owns “a lot of drawings” by John Currin? Which Christie’s director would own Rothkos if she could
View ArticleChuck Close: ‘It Was Dumb to Paint’
Of all of the tributes to Chuck Close that we’ve seen today, in honor of his 72nd birthday, which included
View ArticleEastern Promises: The Parrish Art Museum’s Midsummer Party in Southampton
“We get everything from the real housewives to real chic,” Deborah Bancroft, co-chair of the Parrish Art Museum, told The Observer Saturday evening,
View ArticleChuck Close’s Obama Portraits Will Go for $100,000 a Pop at Private Sale
In this week’s New Yorker, Calvin Tomkins details the creation of Chuck Close’s portrait of President Obama. Working from a
View ArticleScenes From a (New York Observer) Party
– The intimidatingly assiduous Peggy Siegal greets people at the door; thanks us for coming to celebrate party with The
View ArticleWe Had the Time of Our Lives: The New York Observer Offers Parting Glimpse of...
Sure, you've seen a hundred shots of Katie Holmes celebrating at The New York Observer's 25th Anniversary Party by now. If you didn't know what Rex Reed looked like, now you do. And those pictures of...
View ArticleTo Do Wednesday: Wear White
Bust out the summer whites and mingle with the art and downtown society crowd at the New Museum’s White Party.
View ArticleDrink It In: With So Much Culture on Offer, We Toast Our Way Though a Week of...
Shindigger loves almost any opportunity to raise a glass to art, as we did recently at Guild Hall’s 2013 Summer
View ArticleA Good Yarn: Artists’ Tapestries Are Popping Up in Museums, but They’re Not...
Earlier this month, Guild Hall, a nonprofit exhibition space in East Hampton, opened an exhibition of the work of painter
View ArticleHyst-Area: Famed Club Comes Back from the Dead, as ’80s-Era Debauchery...
Area, the famed 1980s nightclub that featured Andy Warhol sculptures, Keith Haring murals and a deejay named Jean-Michel Basquiat, was
View ArticleChuck Close Shoots for the Hollywood Stars
“It’s the size of a Volkswagen and you shove this baby right down their throats,” Chuck Close told Vanity Fair of
View Article12 Things to Do in New York’s Art World before October 27
This annual gala once again takes over Cipriani 42nd Street, with its sky-high ceilings and ample bellinis. Richard Serra will accept the lifetime achievement award this year. Mazel!
View ArticleNew York’s Richest Artists: Cindy Sherman, Chuck Close and More
With revenues smashing the $2 billion mark in the fiscal year ending July 1, 2014, the market for Contemporary art has never been hotter. It should come as little surprise, then, that the living...
View ArticleContemporary Artists Head North to Pay Homage to the Hudson Valley’s Artistic...
“River Crossings: Contemporary Art Comes Home” will feature works in a range of styles from 30 big-name contemporary artists.
View ArticleEast End Artists, Art Collectors Pack Tony Parrish Museum Gala
Dealers, collectors, artists and socialites flooded the Parrish Museum of Art in Water Mill last Saturday evening for the Midsummer Party.
View ArticleWho Won?: The First Annual Art World Review of Previews
Our roundup of fall art world roundups.
View ArticleMeet the Powerhouse Art Dealer Protecting the ‘Most Famous Unknown Artist’s’...
Feigen gallery's Frances Beatty on her career—and her drive to keep Ray Johnson's work alive.
View ArticleHow One of America’s Top Art Collectors, Alice Walton, Plans to Change the...
The collector has amassed one of the greatest collections of American art and put it on public view for free in Bentonville, Ark.
View ArticleMiami Nice: PAMM Gala Doubles as Coming Out Party for Museum’s Popular New...
The Art of the Party in Miami was a celebration of Perez Art Museum Miami's new director Franklin Sirmans.
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