A $6.2 million banana and the unexpected return of the art market
A $121.2 million René Magritte. A $68.3 million Ed Ruscha. And don’t forget that $6.2 million banana that sold for six times ...
Duct-taped banana sells for $6.2 million at art auction
NEW YORK (AP) — An eerie nighttime streetscape below a pale blue daytime sky by the Belgian surrealist René Magritte sold for ...
The most expensive paintings ever sold
Despite some concerns of a flagging market, November’s art week had a relatively strong start – with several marquee pieces ...
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Iran’s vast collection of Western art re-emerges despite high tensions with US
The government of Iran’s Western-backed shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and his wife, the former Empress Farah Pahlavi, built ...
Iran's vast collection of Western art, much long hidden, re-emerges despite high tensions with US
As Iran faces increasing tensions with the West and turmoil at home, a new exhibition at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary ...
How a small NC town landed a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ exhibit with Picasso & Monet
The collection comes from the late Salisbury native, billionaire and philanthropist Julian Roberston and his wife Josie.
Magritte, Master of Surrealism, Joins the $100 Million Dollar Club
Move over, Picasso, van Gogh and Warhol. With an inscrutable painting, the Belgian painter breaks a nine-figure threshold at ...