Art News

Friedman Benda announces its fifth annual guest-curated exhibition entitled Blow Up. Curated by FELIX BURRICHTER, the founder and editor of the architecture and design magazine PIN–UP, the exhibition will take the miniaturized domestic ideal of the dollhouse and blow it back up to full size.

Katie Paige, FOG Steering Committee member and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) Trustee, has been involved with FOG since its beginning. Paige talks about her mutual passions for social reform and art, what drew her to become involved in FOG and what she’s most excited about at this year’s fair.

What is video art? How is it any different from all the other moving pictures that are apparently not-art? Let's explore its history and present.

An art dealer in the Hague recently made a once in a lifetime discovery—an original work by the master of Flemish Baroque Peter Paul Rubens.

Heritage Auctions took a first step into a new area of collectibles with its offering of 25 certified and graded collectible video games made its debut Jan. 13.

The biggest factor in the price of art often isn't quality or effort–it's branding. But when a new artist steps into the art market, he or she has no reputation–no branding. That's where art dealers come in. They promote, educate, and help artists to gain fame and success.

Created in response to the destruction of important cultural sites in the Middle East and Africa, a new foundation is funding projects that preserve humanity’s invaluable ancient monuments. The International alliance for the protection of heritage in conflict areas, or ALIPH, aims to support prevention, protection and restoration projects around the world.

Sotheby's is pleased to announce that we will auction the only complete archive of skateboard decks produced by iconic streetwear brand Supreme in private hands. Spanning 20 years of production, the archive includes all 248 decks created by Supreme from 1998-2018, diligently and passionately assembled over decades by collector Ryan Fuller.

The 19th-century Quaker artist Edward Hicks painted some of American folk art’s most cherished works. In this film, Christie's Specialist Sallie Glover explains how, in a series of works featuring animals and children, he reconciled creative impulses with religious beliefs.

The J. Paul Getty Museum announced today the acquisition of Spring in the Alps, 1897, by Giovanni Segantini (Italian, 1858-1899). Originally painted for Jacob Stern, a San Francisco collector and director of Levi Strauss & Co, the painting has a long connection to California. It was on continuous loan to Legion of Honor in San Francisco from 1928 until it was sold by Stern’s descendants in 1999.