With 22 of an allowed 40 pieces of art sold, the Berkshire Museum ends its much-frowned-upon auction of some of the most famous of its own artworks in a sale designed to finance expanded science and history sections. The museum now has its cash; many will be watching to see if the money is used wisely.
Christie’s is known for commercial auctions, but it also regularly donates auctioneers to museums and other cultural institutions and nonprofits for their benefit auctions. Now, it is extending its charitable work through partnerships with online platforms.
New York’s art auction scene congratulates itself on having sold more work by Black artists, but inclusion means much more.
The auction at Christie’s will proceed through today and tomorrow, but the charitable event has already broken multiple records.
The auction of the estate of David Rockefeller, which begins today, won’t just be the largest ever for charity—it’s expected to be the largest, period.
Have you ever bought a work of art at a charity auction? It turns out that the artists who donate their works can only deduct their direct costs from their taxes. Moreover, charity art sales may even depress the prices artists fetch at gallery sales. Amy Costello, in a podcast, explores these and other issues with artists, an art industry critic, and a nonprofit director.
For a change, this news about a museum’s plans for deaccessioning work by important artists isn’t stirring a controversy. Why is that?
Since July, a museum in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, has faced the wrath of the nation’s art community. The settlement should spur the arts community to develop more creative ways to preserve public art in financially struggling communities.
Thanks to a filing mix-up, the bag used by Neil Armstrong to collect samples from the moon on the first lunar landing is now in private hands and will be auctioned by Sotheby’s this summer. What are the rules surrounding ownership of publicly significant artifacts?
The legacy of the Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia lives on through donations to combat hate crimes, financed by the sale of one of his prized guitars.
