Lafayette 148’s Carol Schuster Has a Fail-Proof, Three-Step Guide to Selecting Works For Acquisition
Carol Schuster at home in New York. All images courtesy of Schuster. “New York has always been the center of contemporary art.” It’s a bold...
Category : Art Collector
For Years, KAWS Kept His Prolific Collecting Practice on the DL. Now He’s Giving Us a Peek at His Monumental Trove
Brian Donnelly in Brooklyn studio. Photography by Jason Schmidt. All images courtesy of Donnelly. “I don’t think my practice has much of an effect on...
Photographer Maryam Eisler Reveals What Being a Collector Taught Her About Selling Her Own Work, and Vice Versa
Maryam Eisler at home in front of her photograph Montauk Cowboy, 2024. On right: Allie McGhee, Red Mask, 2018. All images courtesy of Eisler. The most intriguing...
Emily Carr painting discovered at NY barn sale worth six figures at Canadian auction
One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. A longtime New York-based art dealer stumbled upon a painting at a Hamptons barn sale for which he...
Art Adviser Lisa Schiff Pleads Guilty to One Count of Wire Fraud
Lisa Schiff, a prominent art adviser who was accused of swindling her clients out of millions of dollars, pleaded guilty to one count of wire...
Consignors Revealed! Eric Clapton and Damien Hirst Are Selling Art in London This Week
As Frieze London runs this week, Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Phillips will hold sales that are estimated to bring in between £182.3 and £269 million ($208...
Art Basel Hong Kong Collectors’ Breakfast with Shane Akeroyd
Art Basel Hong Kong may be more than a few months away – March 28-30, 2025 – to be exact, but art appreciation happens all year round....
Folk Art Collection Draws Bidders To Hudson Valley Auctioneers
Like a star atop the Christmas tree, this Nineteenth Century millinery trade sign, double-sided and star-shaped, was at the apex of the sale. Made of...
Museums and Galleries Month: A Reading List | Features
Museums and Galleries Month is about more than appreciating the aesthetics of paintings and artifacts. It’s the perfect time to deepen our knowledge of these...
Photographer Campbell Addy on how he’s assembling his growing art collection
The British-Ghanaian photographer Campbell Addy is best known for his stylish images of today’s Black cultural vanguard— from Naomi Campbell to Beyoncé, you name them,...