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Sotheby’s offers peek at Breuer building’s makeover

The Art Newspaper

Isamu Noguchi: © 2025 Estate of Isamu Noguchi / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York In June 2023 Sotheby’s announced it would purchase Marcel Breuer’s former Whitney Museum of American Art building, a feat of Brutalist architecture, for $100m. Ruth Asawa: Artwork © 2025 Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc., Courtesy David Zwirner.

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A quartet of key art market players join forces to form ‘super group’ consultancy

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There were relatively few clients, but they were very committed clients of a certain age who were collecting classic 19th- and 20th- century art,” Dolman says. Old models no longer working Gorvy thinks that traditional platforms including auctions and art fairs are no longer functioning like they used to. What should I be buying?”

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Marcel Breuer: From Bauhaus Visionary to Furniture Design Icon

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Gropius s idea was to bridge the gap between craftsmanship and the fine arts, and the Bauhaus taught students both theory and applied crafts, so that they were capable of creating objects that were both functional and aesthetically pleasing. Coming to auction on 20 Jan 2025 via Setdart Auction House (Est: 2,200 EUR – 2,500 EUR).

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The tale of a French psychiatric asylum that harboured Second World War resistance fighters—and where patients became artists

The Art Newspaper

The book’s format—an exhibition catalogue with essays of varying lengths—never gives a clear reason why Saint-Alban still functioned throughout the war. Foremost among those works were sculptures—carvings and assemblages—by Auguste Forestier (1887-1958), who arrived at the asylum at the age of 14 and remained.

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Victorian “Tear Catchers” Story a Myth, But the Bottles Are Highly Collectible

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This vibrant turquoise blue bottle with gold paint and white enamel details sold for $300 in March 2025. These bottles are presented sometimes as Victorian or Civil War tear catchers, used to hold the tears of lost love from a bygone and sentimental age. It sold for $165 in May 2025. This bottle is the best of both.

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Taste test: artist-made desserts will be shown (and eaten) in New York gallery’s one-night exhibition

The Art Newspaper

The ephemeral, edible show is a fundraiser for the small art dealership that will also function as participatory performance art. Coincidentally, the exhibition will feature 33 artists, matching the purported age of Jesus Christ at that Last Supper.) Williams, Hein Koh and Melissa Joseph. I’m a mix of excited and scared,” Joseph says.

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Social Media Savvy Helps Reseller Hit $1M Mark

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Reseller Kelly Gunn says vintage telephones have become popular again, and thanks to technology, her 1966 payphone is fully functional and connected to her Bluetooth. Gunn has also seen her Facebook and Instagram accounts explode into a combined following of over 550,000 vintage enthusiasts of all ages.

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