Posts by John Dorfman
Deep Water
Two decades after his death, Robert Motherwell is shaping up to be the most profound of the Abstract Expressionists.
Read MoreArt as Experience: An Inside Look at the Home of Two Premier Art Collectors
Donald and Shelley Rubin’s apartment is a curated space for an eclectic collection of works from around the world.
Read MoreWestern Art: Auction Market is on the Upswing
The market for Western-themed art is as vast as the high plains, and specialty auctions are leading the stampede.
Read MoreRoberto Matta Painting Sells for $5,010,500
In the New York art world of the 1940s, Roberto Matta was an ambassador of Surrealism and a progenitor of Abstract Expressionism.
Read MoreWorld Record for Most Expensive Work of Art at Auction
Edvard Munch’s The Scream, 1895, Was Offered at Sotheby’s New York, on May 2, 2012 and Sold for $119,922,500 Featured Images: (Click to Enlarge) When The Scream rotated into view at the front of Sotheby’s main New York salesroom on a Wednesday evening in May, it was as if a piece of our collective unconscious…
Read MoreTibetan Art: An Unusual Exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
From 17th-century scrolls to contemporary psychedelic prints, the MFA Boston points the route to Shambhala, Tibetan Buddhism’s mythic city.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreImpressionism: Portland Exhibition Reveals the Private Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas kept a great deal to himself—not only his private life but some of his most interesting artworks.
Read MoreConceptual Art: The Walker Art Center Presents a “Lifelike” Exhibition
The Walker Art Center makes us look twice at life’s most ordinary objects.
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