— Judd Tully was on the scene for all of the week’s blockbuster sales including Monday’s strong $68M sale at Phillips, the record-breaking $142 million Bacon sale at Christie's, and the sale of Warhol’s crash painting at Sotheby’s for $105,455,000.
— Ashton Cooper interviewed Iranian-American artist Shadi Yousefian about the power of sending and receiving letters.
— Five big-time collectors, including Howard Rachofsky and Lisa Perry, filled Eileen Kinsella in on the one that got away.
— Rozalia Jovanovic trekked out to the Brant Foundation in Greenwich, Connecticut to review the first major U.S. survey of Julian Schnabel’s work since 1987.
— Katya Foreman reported from Paris on standouts from this year’s Paris Photo fair.
— Twenty-five works from the Munich art hoard, including pieces by Otto Dix, Henri Matisse, and Marc Chagall, were put online this week by German officials.
— Lady Gagadebuted her new album with a massive Jeff Koons exhibition and artRave at the Brooklyn Navy Yards.
— Modern Painters profiled painter Arnaldo Roche and his recent blue period.
— Coline Milliard spoke to Bonhams CEO Matthew Girling on the auction house’s new headquarters and global overhaul.
THIS WEEK'S VIDEOS:
