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Phillips Posts $115.2 Million ‘White Glove’ Sale, Big Gain Over Last Year
20 May 2026 @ 4:08 am
New records were set for Joseph Yaeger, Pat Passlof, and P.S. Krøyer.
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Sotheby’s Hauls In $304 Million at Modern Art Auction, as Market Momentum Continues
20 May 2026 @ 3:30 am
The total, led by a Matisse and a Picasso, trounced the result at last year's sale.
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Six Artists Vie to Design Billie Holiday Monument in New York
19 May 2026 @ 9:55 pm
The public is invited to weigh in on proposals submitted by artists including Thomas J. Price and Tavares Strachan.
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Identity of Pompeii Victim Revealed in High-Tech Scans
19 May 2026 @ 6:00 pm
The technology showed the individual was fleeing with a medical case.
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Christie’s $1.1 Billion Night Signals a Stunning Rebound for the Art Market
19 May 2026 @ 5:38 pm
What do the numbers say about the marquee S.I. Newhouse and 20th-century sales?
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Dubai Plans a Massive New Museum for Digital Art
19 May 2026 @ 5:30 pm
The institution arrives as Gulf rivals pour billions into new media and tech-focused cultural infrastructure.
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Waddington’s Spring Sale Spotlights Canadian Masters
19 May 2026 @ 2:42 pm
Comprised of three sessions—Canadian & International Fine Art, First Nations Art, and Inuit Art—the Major Spring Sale brings together masterworks from across mediums, periods, and places.
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Ancient Treasures From Lost Egyptian City Head to San Francisco
19 May 2026 @ 2:33 pm
The de Young Museum's "Treasures of the Pharaohs" will feature dozens of objects from the "golden city" of Aten.
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$1.1 Billion Christie’s Auctions Shatter Records for Pollock, Brancusi, Rothko
18 May 2026 @ 10:51 pm
Sixteen lots from S.I. Newhouse's storied collection made an estimate-smashing $630.8 million.
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British Museum Unveils Elaborate Display for Bayeux Tapestry
18 May 2026 @ 10:35 pm
The museum will display the artifact flat for the first time in recent history.
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