WASHINGTON, DC.-The Nicholson Project, a nonprofit artist residency, neighborhood garden, and cultural hub in Southeast DC, announces Song of Sons, a dynamic public art installation by artist Nate Langston Palmer. Song of Sons is an ongoing multi-year photography project that began in 2019 with Palmer documenting a Washington, DC dance group of young Black men specializing in Beat Ya Feet—a dance style that originated in, and remains unique to, Washington, DC. Blending artistic expression with cultural preservation, the project engages local communities through large-scale public art and digital storytelling, aiming to enrich public space and spark dialogue on heritage and urban transformation. “Having this work shown on such a large scale in D.C., the city where I was born and raised, is so meaningful to me,” says artist Nate Langston Palmer. ... More
Kenner Star Wars (1978) Darth Vader 12 Back-A Double-Telescoping (DT) Light Saber action figure, AFA-graded 80 NM. It sold for $130,095, a world auction record for a production action figure of any type from any toy line.
YORK, PA.- Earlier this year, Hake’s made headlines worldwide as the first auction house ever to break the million-dollar mark with an auction focused exclusively on action figures. The company’s high-profile sale of the Jeff Jacob Collection Part I rocketed to $1.45 million and included a Kenner 1978 Star Wars Double-Telescoping Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi 12 Back-A action figure that sold for $105,182, a world auction record for a figure of its type. Less than four months later, on May 15, Hake’s returned to the auction spotlight with Part II of the Jacob Collection, which closed at $1.2 million and became the second action-figure-specific sale in history to land in seven-figure territory. Adding extra luster to the May sale’s results, its top lot, a Kenner Star Wars (1978) Darth Vader 12 Back-A Double-Telescoping (DT) ... More
M7 in Doha. Courtesy of Art Basel.
BASEL.- Art Basel, together with its parent company MCH Group, and leading Qatari organisations Qatar Sports Investments (QSI), a major investor in sports, culture, entertainment and lifestyle, and QC+, a strategic and creative collective specialising in cultural commerce, today announced a one-of-a-kind partnership that will include the launch of a new fair of modern and contemporary art in Qatar. Debuting in Doha in February 2026, Art Basel Qatar will embed itself in Qatar's vibrant cultural landscape and the dynamic arts ecosystem of the MENA region, providing an unparalleled platform to showcase leading galleries and artistic talent from the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia and further afield. The inaugural edition of Art Basel Qatar will be held in M7 creative hub and the Doha Design District in downtown Msheireb, in proximity to world-renowned landmarks including the National Museum of Qatar. This partnership builds upon Qatar's singular cultural vision and ... More
John Wesley (American, b. 1928) ink on paper depicting George Washington in upper right and three Native Americans. Est $10 - $15,000.
GLEN COVE, NY.-Roland Auctions NY will present an exquisite personal collection of art and antiques from the estate of prominent Long Islander Laura Leonard Ault, as part of their Multi-Estates Auction on May 31stat 10am. The collection will include Laura Leonard Ault’s specially curated selection of decorative arts items including porcelain, glassware, an extensive group of Scottish Terrier memorabilia, doorstops, stunning sterling silver pieces from Tiffany and Georg Jensen and much more. This collection, along with hundreds of other impressive items from multiple noteworthy estates, will be offered along with Fine and Contemporary Art, Antique furniture pieces, 20th Century Modern, Silver, Decorative Arts, Asian Arts, Textiles and Lighting. Previews will be held on Thursday, May 29th & Friday, May 30th, 10am – 6pm. Laura Ault, who passed away in 2024 and her late husband, ... More
T. Lux Feininger, Der Bau als Bühne, Bauhaus Dessau, 1927. Vintage gelatin silver (contact) print, 10.6 x 8 cm (11.9 x 8.9 cm) Estimate € 4,000 – 5,000.
COLOGNE.- Two important collections make up the largest group of lots within the photography offering this season: the first is the private collection of the Berlin gallery owner and publisher Roland Angst (Only Photography), who died in 2022. The collection focuses on fotoform, American photography and contemporary Japanese photography, and will be auctioned over a period of two years, as well as the holdings of Galerie Clairefontaine from Luxembourg, whose successful auction Lempertz already began last fall. The artistic range of Marita Ruiter's gallery, which was one of the important players in the international art scene for three decades and contributed lasting impulses to the Luxembourg photography scene, is reflected in the selection of around 60 photographs that will be offered on both consecutive auction days. The highlight of the season is the glamorous ˈTied-up Torso (Henrietta Ficellée)ˈ from a private South German collection, taken in 1980 ... More
Kurt Schwitters, Bild der guten Hoffnung, oil, wood and plaster relief, 1940. Estimate €150,000 – 200,000.
COLOGNE.- From 28 May to 5 June 2025, the Modern & Contemporary Discoveries auction at Sotheby’s Cologne will present a curated selection of modern & contemporary art, including paintings, sculptures, prints by national and international artists such as Oskar Kokoschka, Emil Nolde, Markus Lüpertz, Rainer Fetting, Mimmo Paladino, Joseph Beuys, Norbert Bisky, Yoshitomo Nara, Ivan Marchuk, Katharina Grosse, Mary Bauermeister. In total, the sale, which will run online from 28th May to 5th June 2025, includes 69 lots, with a pre-sale estimate of around €1,5 million. The works will be exhibited publicly in the galleries of Palais Oppenheim in Cologne, Gustav-Heinemann-Ufer 136-138, from 28th May to 5th June 2025, daily open from 10am to 5pm, on Saturday from 12pm to 4pm, and on 4th & 5th June 2025, daily open from 10am to 1pm. Valentin Woltmann, Head of Sales Modern & Contemporary Art, said: ”The sale of Modern & Contemporary Discoveries is an exciting expedition through modern and cont ... More
Pedro Berruguete, The Annunciation, (c. 1485-1490). Oil and gilding on panel. 124 x 94.3 cm. Loan from the Arburua collection in 2024.
BILBAO.- A long-hidden gem of the Spanish Renaissance, "The Annunciation" (c. 1485-1490) by the influential painter Pedro Berruguete, is now captivating audiences at the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum. The breathtaking artwork, virtually unseen for over a century, has been brought back to its original splendor thanks to a meticulous, months-long conservation effort under the 2024 Iberdrola-Museum Conservation and Restoration Program. The unveiling marks a significant moment for Spanish art history, offering a rare glimpse into a pivotal work by Berruguete, considered one of the most important artists of his era. "The Annunciation," a loan from the Arburua collection, underwent a complex restoration process from September 2024 to March 2025, orchestrated by a "dream team" of experts. "This program's core mission is to safeguard the material integrity of artworks, ensuring these cultural treasures can be enjoyed by generations to come," ... More
LONDON.- Ben Brown Fine Arts announced that Nabil Nahas has been selected to represent Lebanon at the 61st edition of La Biennale di Venezia, running from 9 May to 22 November 2026. Commissioned and curated by Nada Ghandour and produced in collaboration with the Lebanese Visual Art Association (LVAA), this marks a significant milestone in Nahas’s distinguished career. A defining figure in Lebanese contemporary art, his practice unites abstraction and figuration in luminous works that echo the rhythms of nature and the vastness of the cosmos. Born in Beirut in 1949, Nahas makes paintings that seem to breathe, bloom and multiply, their surfaces dense with coral-like textures and saturated colour. Drawn to the intricate geometries of the natural world –fractal forms, tidal rhythms, marine organisms – he builds sculptural compositions that hover between abstraction and life. Palm trees, cedars, and starfish recur like memories, rooted in the landscapes of his childhood ... More
NEW YORK, NY.- Iwan Wirth, Manuela Wirth and Marc Payot, co-presidents of Hauser & Wirth, announced today that the gallery now exclusively represents the estate of celebrated American artist Susan Rothenberg (1945-2020). Over five decades, Susan Rothenberg developed a charged visual language that carries immense physical presence, emotional intensity and psychological nuance. A painter’s painter, she redefined the medium through bold explorations of scale and the pictorial potential for conveying both interior and introspective space. Although Rothenberg’s imagery evolved significantly throughout her career, certain key elements in the structure of her compositions remained constant. Dynamic, ... More
NEW YORK, NY.- A major presentation by New York–based artist Lorna Simpson is now on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and is the first exhibition to consider the entirety of her painting practice to date. Simpson came to prominence in the early 1990s with her pioneering approach to conceptual photography. Since then, she has produced works in multiple media that continue to probe the nature of images and how they construct meaning. Lorna Simpson: Source Notes focuses on a significant new development in her work over the past decade: paintings that confront the complexity of identity and the indeterminacy of representation. Through more than 30 works, this focused exhibition presents a selection of Simpson’s major paintings, from her first work in the medium to an example from her ... More
BERLIN.- In June, Berlin will celebrate 30 years since Christo and Jeanne-Claude transformed the Reichstag into a monumental work of art. On that occasion, a mapping projected onto the West facade of the building will commemorate the project that was realized in 1995, while the Neue Nationalgalerie will exhibit the iconic Wrapped Volkswagen Beetle Saloon, 1963-2014. After a prolonged and complex struggle through the political and bureaucratic challenges of the 1970s, '80s, and '90s, Wrapped Reichstag was finally realized on June 24, 1995. The artwork was executed by a team of 90 professional climbers and 120 installation workers, who wrapped the historic building in 100,000 square meters (1,076,390 square feet) of thick, woven polypropylene fabric with a shimmering aluminum ... More
Henri Hecht Maik, 1922-1993, Un Bond Avec Maman.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Abell Auction Co. will present Fine Art, Jewelry and Important Estates on May 31 and June 1, showcasing exceptional items from prominent West Coast residences and private collections. Leading the sale are sought-after works by Reuven Rubin, Western landscapes by Frank Tenney Johnson, iconic designs by David Webb and a rare collection of Israeli art, alongside an array of notable furnishings and décor. Live bidding starts at 10 a.m. PDT each day. “This exclusive sale brings together a thoughtfully curated selection of rare and exceptional pieces, each with outstanding craftsmanship and provenance,” said Abell Auction Co. Vice President Todd Schireson. “From fine art and jewelry to distinguished design, it presents a unique opportunity to secure works of lasting beauty and historical value that could belong to a museum, yet can be acquired for personal ownership.” The highly anticipated sale will offer over 600 lots, highlighted by: • Frank Tenney ... More
Pedro José Díaz, Don Fermín Francisco de Carvajal-Vargas y Sotomayor y Alarcón. Museo Nacional del Prado. On deposit from the Fundación Don Álvaro de Bazán Collection, Madrid.
MADRID.- The hallowed halls of Madrid's Museo Nacional del Prado are set to glow with new splendor, as the museum announced today the incorporation of two captivating 18th-century Peruvian viceregal portraits. On generous loan from the Fundación Don Álvaro de Bazán, these magnificent canvases offer a rare and exquisite window into the sophisticated art of the Viceroyalty of Peru, enriching the Prado's growing collection of American art. The newly arrived works feature Doña Joaquina Nimpha de Carvajal y Vargas, Countess of Puerto, and her distinguished husband, Don Fermín Francisco de Carvajal-Vargas y Sotomayor y Alarcón. Attributed to the talented Lima-based painter Pedro José Díaz, these portraits are not just artistic masterpieces but vibrant historical documents, showcasing the opulent lives of the elite during the Spanish Empire's ... More
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Michael Jordan uniform, game-worn in 1992-93 and on 'Sports Illustrated' cover, scores $2.63 million DALLAS, TX.- Like the player who wore it on his way to basketball immortality, a 1992-93 Michael Jordan Game-Worn Chicago Bulls Uniform soared to $2.63 million to lead Heritage’s May 16-18 Spring Sports Catalog Auction to $18,487,695. Two independent authenticators combined to photo-match this jersey and shorts as having been worn by Jordan in 17 games during the 1992-93 season, as well as on the October 18, 1993 cover of Sports Illustrated. “It is only fitting that the player many consider the greatest in the history of the sport should produce the highest result in this auction,” says Chris Ivy, Heritage’s Director of Sports Auctions. “Even now, long after the end of his playing career, he remains arguably the most coveted athlete from any sport among collectors. That this uniform is complete, with both a jersey and shorts, was photo-matched to games and appeared on the cover of what ... More
Design unveiled for West Side of Lincoln Center Campus NEW YORK, NY.- Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. (LCPA) today announced the preliminary design for the Amsterdam Avenue side of its campus. Designed by Hood Design Studio (Landscape Architect), WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism (Design Architect) and Moody Nolan (Architect of Record), renderings were released for the first time today. The project creates a new, world-class outdoor performance venue, community park spaces, and removes the wall that has separated Lincoln Center from Amsterdam Avenue—creating new, welcoming entrances along the complex’s west side. Responding to Lincoln Center and local communities’ desire to remove this wall at Damrosch Park, it will be replaced with a series of welcoming transition spaces from the street into Lincoln Center’s iconic campus. This extends greater welcome along the west of the performing ... More
David Kordansky Gallery announces representation of Sayre Gomez LOS ANGELES, CA.- David Kordansky Gallery announced representation of Sayre Gomez. His work will be included in our upcoming presentation at Art Basel in Switzerland, and his debut solo exhibition with the gallery will open in January 2026 at our Los Angeles location. SITE Santa Fe in New Mexico will present a solo exhibition in 2026 of the artist's work. Sayre Gomez (b. 1982, Chicago) creates paintings and sculptures whose photorealistic virtuosity and scrupulous attention to detail reveal an unvarnished Los Angeles rarely seen in popular imagery. In their deep attunement to the incongruities and disparities visible on the streets of Los Angeles, Gomez’s immersive landscapes serve as local stand-ins for broader American realities. Abandoned cars, banal signage, neglected architecture, and other oft-overlooked corners become, through the artist’s “paint what you know” approach, ... More
Art Basel Unlimited: Pace announces projects by Arlene Shechet, Latifa Echakhch, and Robert Longo NEW YORK, NY.- Pace shared details of its presentations at the 2025 edition of Art Basel Unlimited, which will feature three ambitious large-scale projects by Arlene Shechet, Latifa Echakhch, and Robert Longo. Shechet will present a monumental sculpture from her 2024 Girl Group exhibition at Storm King Art Center in New York, Echakhch will debut a new installation following her 2023 transformation of Basel’s Messeplatz, and Longo—whose solo exhibition at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark continues through August 31—will unveil a new multimedia work created specially for the fair. Arlene Shechet’s Midnight, the largest of six outdoor sculptures commissioned for her landmark Girl Group exhibition at Storm King Art Center last year, brings her signature experimentations with color, balance, and material to a monumental scale. Appearing to be anchored to the ground ... More
Madeline Peckenpaugh's "Chosen Places" opens, blurring lines between reality and abstraction NEW YORK, NY.- Alexander Berggruen presents Madeline Peckenpaugh: Chosen Places. This exhibition will open Wednesday, May 21, 2025. Madeline Peckenpaugh’s paintings invite and destabilize a viewer’s culturally trained perception of the landscape to explore nature, memory, and the self. There is a reconciliation of opposites: the deep space of the real world and the flat space of the canvas. She shifts the scale of everyday elements, interlaces forms, and renders them in single tones and fluctuating textures. Through iterations of adding, blurring, and scraping paint to veil and expose prior layers, Peckenpaugh creates scenes that oscillate between landscape and abstraction, challenging a viewer’s sense of reality. She creates environments where human gesture and the spontaneity of the material come together. In her new body of work in Chosen Places, her gestures have become ... More
Revelatory new Genesis P-Orridge documentary explores final year of transgressive artist LONDON.- Genesis P-Orridge — pioneering musician, transgressive artist, spiritual explorer and gender revolutionary — lived their art to the extreme. In her last act on earth, P-Orridge decides to bare it all. Doc’n Roll Films announced the UK and Ireland theatrical release of S/he Is Still Her/e - The Official Genesis P-Orridge Doc, a raw and revelatory feature documentary exploring the final year of the legendary, musician, artist, writer, spiritual explorer, cultural engineer and gender revolutionary Genesis P-Orridge. The film opens nationwide on the 20th June 2025, with special event preview screenings from 12th June 2025 featuring Q&As with Genesse (Genesis’s daughter) in attendance, plus additional special guests TBA. Genesis P-Orridge lived their art to the extreme. A pioneering musician, avant-garde artist, spiritual explorer and gender revolutionary, Genesis has been featured in films and videos, ... More
IMMA to present a new performance installation by award winning Sweat Variant DUBLIN.- IMMA, the Irish Museum of Modern Art, will present a new performance installation by New York based Sweat Variant, the collaborative practice of Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born, acclaimed for their highly experimental, formally inventive cross-disciplinary work, who will present my tongue is a blade, on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 June 2025 from 2pm to 5pm, in the Chapel at IMMA. my tongue is a blade, is a three-hour durational movement practice that is a work with relation, memory, and reflection. It asks: What are the limits of our attention and how does that test the strength of our bonds? Three performers commit to remembering each other, holding each other, bearing each other, and sustaining the world that contains them. This rich visual and sonic landscape is an invitation to the audience to witness this practice and resonate within it. This new piece continues themes of embodied ... More
OK Linz presents FLATZ: Physical Machine LINZ.- The OK Linz is showing a cross-section of the work of Wolfgang FLATZ (born 1952 in Dornbirn/Austria). FLATZ is among the most extraordinary artistic personalities of our day. His oeuvre encompasses nearly all genres and media, from jewelry to mobile sculptures to performative works, as FLATZ explores myriad facets of artistic design. He grapples with, scrutinizes, and dissects current developments as well as the individuals who are inextricably entangled in them. His central starting point is the human body, which is pushed to its limits or expanded using various means. Very early on, the artist FLATZ was already casting himself in the guise of a total work of art. In the 1980s, he decided to stage himself as a brand, signaling his intention by changing his name from Wolfgang Flatz to FLATZ in capital letters. The jewelry he designs for himself and his tattoos can be seen as part ... More
Calder Gardens unveils a new website, launches memberships and tickets PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Calder Gardens announced today that it will open to the public on September 21, 2025, following a celebratory week of special events. In conjunction with the announcement, the institution has unveiled its new visual identity and website—caldergardens.org. This marks another step toward the inauguration of the widely anticipated cultural destination dedicated to cultivating reflection, curiosity, and human connection through the art of Alexander Calder, one of the most influential artists of the 20th century and a native Philadelphian. With the launch of the new Calder Gardens website today, members of the public are now able to purchase memberships online—offering the benefit of reserving advance tickets—and subscribe to a mailing list for exclusive updates, event invitations and special offers. Designed by Karlssonwilker, the new Calder Gardens logomark ... More
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On a day like today, English sculptor Barbara Hepworth died
