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Catherine the Great’s Pro-Vaccination Letter Heads to Auction

by Cassie Packard November 30, 2021November 30, 2021

The sovereign led a mass vaccination campaign against smallpox that laid the groundwork for over two million Russians to be inoculated against the deadly disease

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Frida Kahlo Portrait Hammers at $31 Million, Shatters Records for Latin American Art

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia November 16, 2021November 17, 2021

The sale of “Diego y yo” (1949) skyrocketed past Kahlo’s previous auction record, $8 million.

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Looted 16th-century Manuscripts Are Returned to Mexico’s National Archive

by Cassie Packard October 3, 2021October 13, 2021

At least 10 stolen documents that had been illegally taken from Mexico’s National Archive were ultimately identified.

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Remember That Banksy That Self-Destructed? It’s Going Up for Auction

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia September 3, 2021September 3, 2021

“Girl with a Balloon,” which started shredding as soon as it sold in 2018, could fetch more than $8 million.

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Logbook Signed by Martin Luther King Jr. in Birmingham Jail Breaks Auction Record

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia February 26, 2021February 26, 2021

The ledger signed by the civil rights activist in 1963 fetched $130,000 at Hake’s Auctions.

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Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Personal Collection Heads to Auction

by Cassie Packard December 24, 2020December 22, 2020

Sotheby’s is auctioning artworks that were once in the pair’s home, including kitschy cookie jars that Andy Warhol collected.

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Art Auction Hopes to Help Relief Efforts in Artsakh

by Hakim Bishara December 17, 2020December 18, 2020

Sixty artists from around the world are participating in this auction to benefit refugees who have fled the takeover of Artsakh, also known as Nagorno-Karabakh, by Azerbaijani forces.

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George Condo’s Cutism

by John Yau December 12, 2020December 11, 2020

Condo’s paintings play to his viewers’ sense of superiority; it gives them something to smile at without thinking too deeply into the work.

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New Auction Platform Will Contribute to HBCU Art History Scholarships

by Cassie Packard November 30, 2020November 30, 2020

Greenhouse Auctions, launching its inaugural sale on December 2, will help fund scholarships for students at over 50 historically Black colleges and universities.

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Kent Monkman Auctions One of His Drawings to Support Toronto’s Indigenous Communities

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia April 9, 2020April 9, 2020

Proceeds from the sale will be donated to Toronto Aboriginal Support Services Council (TASSC), a nonprofit that provides cultural, socio-economic, health, and housing support for the city’s Indigenous residents.

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Christie’s Expects $51M for One of China’s ‘Da Vinci’ Scrolls, But Provenance Questions Remain

Avatar photo by Zachary Small September 6, 2018September 6, 2018

Centuries before Wester Europe coined the term, “renaissance man,” artist Su Shi moonlighted as a pharmacologist, gastronome, and statesman for the Song Dynasty.

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Two Dalí Paintings, Bought by a Countess in the 1930s, Finally Head to Auction

by Elena Goukassian February 13, 2018March 2, 2018

Dalí’s Freudian delusions of love might make you feel better if you’re having a lackluster Valentine’s Day.

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