Art
Frida Kahlo’s “El sueño” Portrait Sells for Record-Breaking $55 Million USD at Sotheby’s Auction
SummaryFrida Kahlo’s self-portrait, El sueño (La cama), sold for a record-breaking $55 million USD at Sotheby’sThe 1940 painting, showing Kahlo in bed with a skeleton, reflects a period of the artist’s chronic pain and marital turmoilThe sale set a new auction record for a Latin American artistA deeply intimate self-portrait by Frida Kahlo has shattered the artist’s previous auction record, selling for a monumental $55 million USD at Sotheby’s in Manhattan. The piece, titled "El sueño (La cama)," or "The Dream (The Bed)," now holds the record for the most expensive work by any Latin American artist sold at auction.The canvas, created in 1940, is a powerful reflection of a period of great distress in Kahlo's life, coinciding with the deterioration of her health and her turbulent marriage. I...
Matt McCormick Charts the Evolution of His Charcoal Cowboys in New Book
SummaryMatt McCormick is releasing a new monograph, What I Feel I Can't Say, spotlighting his charcoal drawings under his publishing imprint, Highway LiaisonReleasing November 28, the forthcoming book features nearly 200 drawings created over the last decadeLos Angeles-based artist Matt McCormick is releasing a new book tracing the quiet evolution of his charcoal practice. Released under his publishing atelier, Highway Liaison, What I Feel I Can't Say assembles nearly 200 drawings created over the last decade in a personal record animated by the artist's cool, cinematic restraint.The collection began in 2013, when McCormick got serious about his art practice. “I’d always squeezed it in around everything else, but the noise was starting to quiet,” he reflected in a recent post. “Felt like I...
Slawn and Opake Swing Back Hard in ‘Heroes, Villains and Violence’
SummaryBritish artists Slawn and Opake team up on Heroes, Villains and Violence, an upcoming showcase at The Art of Hip Hop, coinciding with Miami Art WeekFeaturing a range of new works, the artists muse on childhood dreams and future directionsFresh off their TABOO drop, London’s new iconoclast duo Slawn and Opake are back together for an immersive showcase at Wynwood’s Art of Hip Hop, just in time for Miami Art Week. Running from December 3 through 31, their new exhibition, Heroes, Villains and Violence, pushes deeper into the chaotic, self-mythologizing universe the two have been building together, taking heavy cues from both pop cultural spectacle and personal narrative. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Opake (@opake_art) This new suite of collaborative works delve into the ...
$236M USD Gustav Klimt Painting Becomes the Second Most Expensive Artwork Ever Sold
SummaryGustav Klimt’s “Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer” (1914–16) sold for $236.4 million USD at Sotheby’s inaugural Breuer Buildin sale, making history as the second most expensive artwork and the most expensive modern artwork ever sold at auction.Bringing a total of $706 million USD, the two-part auction saw the highest single-evening sale in the house’s history.Sotheby’s christened its new New York Breuer Building headquarters last night with a record-breaking debut, delivering the highest single-evening total in the company’s history. Tallying an astonishing $706 million USD — more than twice the sum achieved at its comparable sales last year — the sale signaled signaled momentum in a previously shrinking art market.Headlining the sale was Gustav Klimt’s six-foot-tall “Portrait of Elisab...
Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ Comes Alive in New James Jean Print
SummaryJames James is releasing a collaborative "Frankenstein" print with director Guillermo del Toro on November 25The edition reimagines the film's poster with sculptural embossment, gloss effects and delicate foil embellishments featuring its main charactersJames Jean typically works solo, save for his collaborative posters with Guillermo del Toro. Over the last few years the Taiwanese-American illustrator and horror maestro have cultivated quiet the creative partnership after del Toro tapped Jane to design the leading poster for his 2017 film The Shape of Water, a fantastical, aquatic scene. The two later came together for a Pinnochio-inspired artwork, and now they are reuniting for the director's most recent film, Frankenstein.Jean revealed the collaborative project via Instagram, tho...
World Press Photo Celebrates 70 Years With 70 Prints
SummaryArts nonprofit World Press Photo commemorates its 70th anniversary with a limited-time print saleThe sale features works from 70 photographers across continents and eras, centering its photojournalistic focusFor seven decades, World Press Photo has celebrated the power of photojournalism, elevating images that deepen our understanding of the world. Founded in 1955, the organization has become a global touchstone for visual storytelling, and now, as it marks its 70th anniversary, it’s commemorating the milestone with a special limited-time print sale.The sale throws open the doors to World Press Photo’s extensive archive, offering the public a chance to own a piece of visual history. The collection brings together standout photographs from World Press Photo Contest's past as well as ...
Tribute Portfolio’s Recoleta Grand Brings Porteña Culture Into Focus
Recoleta Grand, Buenos Aires, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel, sits in the center of the city's storied Recoleta district and builds its identity around the neighborhood's deep art history. The hotel leans into Porteña culture with interiors by Lucas Gashu that mix local textures, custom art and early 20th century influences. Books fill the rooms and common areas, turning literature into a consistent element that runs through the sprawling space.The food and drink program follows the same creative spirit. Executive Chef Maximiliano Matsumoto blends Argentine ingredients with contemporary technique shaped by his time in some of the city’s most respected kitchens. Café de Prensa nods to Buenos Aires’ historic literary cafés while Mansión Mihura unfolds across restored rooms filled with visual refe...
A2Z Art Gallery Debuts Jono Toh’s ‘Thinking Out Loud’
Summary'Thinking Out Loud' is Toh’s most focused and confident abstract work to dateThe show marks a major career jump, backed by strong collector interest and a recent Louis Vuitton Paris acquisitionAfter working in fashion across New York, Hong Kong and Sydney, Jono Toh has shifted his focus to painting. His work explores the space between conscious thought and intuition, using bold shapes to translate personal memories and emotions into visual form. Thinking Out Loud, his new exhibition at A2Z Art Gallery makes that internal process visible through a series of clear, graphic compositions."These visual expressions move through the uncertainties of my life with clarity and optimism,” he said in a press release. “They invite the viewer into a space where thought becomes visible, and where ...
Stickymonger’s New Surrealist Suite Heads to NANZUKA UNDERGROUND
SummaryStickymonger is set to open her latest exhibition, See Through, at NANZUKA UNDERGROUNDRunning from November 22 through December 27, the 21-piece showcase explores the curious act of seeing and a tender, self-reflective gazeBrooklyn-based artist Stickymonger returns to NANZUKA this season with a new solo presentation at its Tokyo flagship gallery. Entitled See Through, the exhibition introduces a new body of uniquely contoured canvases that channel nostalgia through snapshots of everyday life, blending whimsy and introspection with a deft, spray painterly hand.The girls that enliven these surreal scenes draw their charm from a multicultural blend of pop sensibilities, reminiscent of the artist’s inspirations and creative upbringing. From growing up in Korea in the 1990s to carving ou...
Maurizio Cattelan Will Make RenBen 2026 His Canvas
SummaryConceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan has been tapped to organize and conceive the 2026 edition of RenBen, the Renaissance Society's annual benefit galaSet to take place on April 8, the event will see a full night of programming rendered through Cattelan's provocative and witty lensChicago's venerable Renaissance Society has confirmed the return of RenBen, its annual fundraiser event, with none other than Maurizio Cattelan at the helm. Lauded as one of most surreal nights on the art world calendar, the gala and the conceptual artist make for a perfect pairing.RenBen's format is famously unconventional: unlike typical art world benefits, the event does away with the traditional auction model, and is instead defined by its curatorial intimacy, handing full creative control to a single a...
KAWS:HOLIDAY Lands in Abu Dhabi
SummaryThe KAWS:HOLIDAY exhibition has debuted in Abu Dhabi at Souq Al Mina, in partnership with AllRightsReservedThe installation features a monumental, luminous COMPANION figure reclining while cradling a glowing moon, exploring themes of light and scaleThe public art display, organized by Manar Abu Dhabi, will run from November 15, 2025, through January 4, 2026The global public art project KAWS:HOLIDAY has landed in the Middle East, debuting in Abu Dhabi with a massive, luminous installation that redefines scale and light. In collaboration with long-time partner AllRightsReserved (ARR), the exhibition is centrally featured at Souq Al Mina as part of the second public light art exhibition presented by Manar Abu Dhabi.The monumental work features KAWS’s iconic COMPANION figure in a serene...
Ed Ruscha’s $295 USD Chocolate Bar Explores a Sweeter Side of California
SummaryPop art legend Ed Ruscha teams up with andSons Chocolates for a $295 USD limited-edition dark chocolate barA love letter to California, the Central Valley-shaped bar comes packaged in a cloth-bound box featuring Ruscha’s “Made in California” (1971) lithographEd Ruscha has partnered with Los Angeles-based chocolatier andSons on the perfect sweet treat for the art lover in your life, arriving just in time for the holidays.Taking cues from the artist’s bold, graphic signature, the bar takes its shape after the topography of California’s Central Valley, where the Pacific Ocean kisses the Santa Lucia Mountains. Each bar comes housed in a cloth-bound box adorned with a reproduction of Ruscha’s iconic “Made in California” (1971) lithograph.The chocolate itself fuses the tastes of Peruvian ...
