| Auction Slump Has Silver Lining for MoMA After the recent drop in auction prices, artworks that were once out of reach for museums have suddenly become affordable again. nytimes.com |
Freeman Paintings to Be Sold at Christie’s Betty Freeman was a leading patron of contemporary music who spent her life commissioning works by composers like John Adams, John Cage and Steve Reich. nytimes.com |
Is This Seat Taken? In Front Rows of New Ballparks, No The Mets and the Yankees failed to sell about 5,000 tickets including some of the priciest seats to each of their first few games after last week’s openers. nytimes.com |
Old Masters' Surprising Success Not even the greatest optimists would have predicted the outcome of the Old Master paintings evening sales this week at Christie's and Sotheby's: 101 paintings sold for £53.54 million. nytimes.com |
Hot Warhols Help Sotheby’s Top $134 Million at Auction One year after the art market was in the doldrums with the world’s financial markets, buyers with deep pockets were not shy about stepping up for tried-and-true artists. nytimes.com |