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The Billy Wright Collection of Comics Sells for $3,466,264
When Billy Wright, a retired chemical engineer, died in 1994, no one in his family realized there was buried treasure in his house—in the form of 345 comic books from the 1930s and ’40s. Continue reading
Land Art: Earthworks that Defined Postwar American Art
In the Sixties, art left the galleries and museums and went back to the land. Four decades later, Land Art is coming indoors. Continue reading
Barroom Murals: Modern Art Found in American Bars
In these great American drinking establishments, museum-quality mural art is on the menu. Continue reading
Art Frames: You Can’t Fully See the Picture Without the Frame
Art frames have been changed almost every decade to make the pictures look more modern, to go with new furniture or for collectors to mark them with their own taste. Continue reading
Mosaic Art: Millard Sheets’ Mosaic Masterpiece is Rescued
Unfortunately, the Dallas Building, which was completed in 1959, was taken down in 2006, but a set of mosaics Sheets created was salvaged and has just been restored. Continue reading
Wearable Sculpture
From Picasso and Calder to Chamberlain and Koons, major artists have been making jewelry their medium. Continue reading
Pious Fraud
In a bombed-out church in wartime Germany, Lothar Malskat crossed the line that separates art restoration from forgery. Continue reading
Realms of the Uncanny
For many artists in pre-AbEx America, the boundaries between the real and the unreal could be quite porous. Continue reading
A Whole Man’s Life
MoMA mounts a de Kooning show as vast and varied as the artist’s career. Continue reading