Celebrity Life
This Life-Size Bronze Hippo Bathtub Just Sold for $4.3 Million—25 Times What the Owner Paid for It
We hope a matching hippo hot tub is in the works.
A $19.6 Million Magritte Painting Tops Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Sale
Making it the top lot at Christie’s sale of Impressionist and modern art on Monday.
Art Is a Better Investment Than Your Blue-Chip Stocks—and It Looks Nicer, Too
Collecting—based on data—can be just as lucrative in ROI as your blue-chip portfolio.
How This Spanish Hotel Is Celebrating One of the Country’s Most Famous Paintings
Running through November, the Meninas Madrid Gallery public art exhibit places Velazquez-inspired pieces throughout the city—including one at the VP Plaza España Design hotel made with rare and semi-precious materials.
The Palms’ Artsy Nightclub Is Closing After Less Than a Year—But the Damien Hirst Sculptures Will Stay
The works, which belong to two of the world’s top art collectors, will remain in the casino's fine art collection.
Prince Charles’s Monet, Dalí and Picasso Artworks Are My Fakes, Forger Claims
Tony Tetro says he is the author of three fake Monet, Dalí and Picasso works currently on loan to Dumfries House.
Artist Nairy Baghramian Is Poised to Make a Splash in the US This Fall
She has an exhibition opening November 8 at Marian Goodman Gallery, plus a dance project with Performa 19.
Marc Jacobs Is Selling Off More Than 150 Works of Art Before Moving Into His New Frank Lloyd Wright Home
Each one of the eclectic works comes complete with a Jacobs backstory.
A New MoMA PS1 Exhibition Examines America’s Military Campaigns in Iraq
The exhibition, which opens November 3, features works by 83 artists responding to the bloody conflicts.
Alma Thomas, One of the Obamas’ Favorite Artists, Could Double Her Auction Record Next Month
Alma Thomas’s rainbow-colored artwork is due to go on sale at Christie’s on November 13.
This Yves Klein Painting Could Sell for a Record-Breaking $18 Million at Auction
The work from 1960, Barbara (ANT 113), is part of Klein’s fabled “Anthropometries” series.
Inside the New Paris Suite Designed by Francis Ford Coppola
The legendary director envisioned this stunning penthouse for the five-star Lutetia on the Left Bank