2+ week, 1+ day ago   (400+ words) After our item ran that blue-chip artist Raymond Pettibon — whose paintings have fetched as much as $3.4 million at auction — was recently celebrated by Sotheby’s in Beverly Hills, numerous notable readers reached out to tell us they own Pettibon works that…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (559+ words) Artist Lucien Smith, the downtown darling whose meteoric rise helped define New York’s early-2010s art scene, has died at 37. Bill Powers, whose Half Gallery presented Smith’s first solo gallery exhibition, “Good Vibrations,” in 2012, remembered the artist as an important figure…...

3+ mon, 6+ hour ago   (375+ words) A forgotten Andy Warhol work made up of handprints is poised to make waves in Austria. In 1985, restaurateur Peter Herrero asked his regulars to paint their own tables at short-lived The Strand, and one habitué got her pal Warhol to…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago   (220+ words) As Art Basel’s flagship fair in Switzerland kicks off June 18, the blue-chip art market has made a comeback for top galleries and their ultra-wealthy collectors. We recently reported that today’s SpaceX IPO will only keep the good times rolling. But…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (305+ words) There’s an unauthorized documentary on top art dealer Larry Gagosian in the works, Page Six Hollywood has learned. Barry Avrich — the director behind the hit Netflix doc “Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art” — is training his lens…...