"The Scream" Scares Up $120 Million and Shatters Records at Sotheby's Epic Impressionist and Modern Sale
Posted: Thursday May 31, 2012
Edvard Munch’s angst-filled masterpiece "The Scream" rocketed to a record $119,922,500 at Sotheby’s Wednesday evening. The 1895 pastel, expected to fetch in excess of $80 million, became the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction and the first to break the $100 million mark.It is one of four versions and the
Sales Report: Frieze New York Makes a Convincing Case for Itself With an Opening Burst of Business
Posted: Thursday May 31, 2012
Wandering around the airy, massive tent that is home to the inaugural Frieze Art Fair, critic Jerry Saltz mused, “New Yorkers usually don’t cross water for culture, unless it’s an ocean.” But cross water they did, and in droves — though the tent was so large that it was at times difficult to
Jeff Koons Lends His Playful Characters to Designer Lisa Perry's New Capsule Collection.
Posted: Wednesday May 30, 2012
When designer Lisa Perry walked into her eponymous Madison Avenue boutique last Thursday evening, the white sequined shift dress she wore appeared stark and devoid of color, until she whirled around to show off the digital print of Jeff Koons’s 1988 porcelain sculpture “Pink Panther” emblazoned on its back. Koons’s wife, Justine Koons, walked