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The Most Expensive Works by Mark Rothko Sold at Auction

Mark Rothko’s ‘Orange, Red, Yellow’ 1956. AP Photo/Alastair Grant Mark Rothko’s abstractions, recognizable for their rectangularly shaped floating forms and thin washes of color, have been said by critics and historians to invoke the metaphysical. The Russian-American painter relied on these formal elements to imbue his canvases with grand meaning. He famously remarked his works …

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Clothing Brand Hurley Is Collaborating with Keith Haring Estate on Capsule Collection

Clothing from the Hurley x Keith Haring collection. Courtesy Hurley The streetwear brand Hurley, which is known for surf and swim apparel, has released a capsule collection inspired by Keith Haring, one of the most recognizable and oft-licensed American artists. The collection includes cotton T-shirts, board shirts, bucket and trucker hats, bathing suits, and sweatshirts …

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New York’s Neue Galerie to Merge with Metropolitan Museum of Art in Major Expansion

Ronald Lauder with Gustav Klimt’s Klimt’s Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, one of the Neue Galerie’s prized possessions. Photo Chris Hondros/Getty Images The Neue Galerie, a private museum in New York’s Upper East Side run by collector Ronald S. Lauder, will merge with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, making yet another major expansion of the …

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The Met Teams Up with Band-Aid on Art-Themed Adhesive Bandages

Band-aids featuring designs by Redon, Van Gogh, and Monet Kenvue Brands LLC. Following the success of their 2025 collaboration, BAND-AID® Brand and the Metropolitan Museum of Art have reunited to produce a new lineup of art-themed adhesive bandages. This year, the band-aids feature details from three flower paintings in the Met’s collection: Impressionist painter Claude …

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Rothko Leads Sotheby’s $433.1 M. Contemporary Art Sale, UK Returns Artifacts to Ethiopia, and More: Morning Links for May 15, 2026

Sotheby’s sold an $85.8 million Rothko painting from dealer Robert Mnuchin’s holdings on Thursday. Julian Cassady Photography/Alive Coverage/Courtesy Sotheby’s Good Morning! Sotheby’s kicked off the May marquee auction season with a $433.1 million result at its modern and contemporary art evening sales. Australia’s Yindjibarndi Ngurra Aboriginal people say a $107 million payout from a recent …

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Valie Export, Groundbreaking Feminist Artist Who Questioned the Nature of Art, Dies at 85

Valie Export, 2025. Photo Nicole Toferer Valie Export, whose groundbreaking work questioned the very nature of art and cinema, all through an explicitly feminist lens, has died at 85. The news was confirmed by Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery, which represents her. Her death on May 14 came three days before her 86th birthday, according to AFP. …

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The Best Booths at NADA New York, From Quietly Ominous Ceramics to Ecstatic Jazz Paintings

A booth at NADA New York, 2026. Kevin Czopek/BFA.com The New Art Dealers Alliance opened the 12th edition of NADA New York on Wednesday, coinciding again with the start of Frieze just five blocks north. Those who made the trip to Chelsea’s Starrett-Lehigh building on West 26th Street and 11th Avenue were greeted by not …

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At Independent, Joel Mesler’s ‘Death Wish’ Is Part Art Exhibit, Part Market Experiment

Joel Mesler, On the Couch, (2026) on sale at his booth titled Interiors at Independent. Courtesy Joel Mesler. Photo by Jessica Dalene Weber. At a coffee shop in Little Italy late last month, Joel Mesler leaned back in his chair and started explaining how he used to sell art in New York. Back when he …

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The Founders of Open Restitution Africa (ORA) on Their New Open Data Platform

Molemo Moiloa (left) and Chao Tayiana Maina (right), founders of Open Restitution Africa (ORA) Mekbib Tadesse, 2025. On March 31, the research initiative Open Restitution Africa (ORA) launched the ORA Open Data Platform, a database that provides information on the restitution of African artifacts and ancestral remains. Developed over six years by ORA’s all-woman, pan-African …

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