While much of the global auction market continues to be in a correction period, overall auction sales at Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips for the first half of 2025 have fallen only 6.2 percent and the number of lots sold rose 1.3 percent compared to the same time last year. “Nothing has felt very good this year, but the data actually showed the decline was 6.2 percent compared to the level of uncertainty, especially due to things like the tariffs,” Lindsay Dewar, ArtTactic’s chief operating officer and head of analytics, told ARTnews. Related Articles The art market research and analysis company…
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This month, Artsy launches Foundations, a curated showcase highlighting artists at the beginning of their careers. With over 250 artists from 85 galleries from around the world, there’s a wealth of names to watch, making this the perfect chance to discover fresh voices and buy fine art at an accessible price. At Artsy, we’ve been combing the works in Foundations for our favorites. From an Indian portrait painter to an Icelandic textile artist, we selected seven that stood out. B. 1991, Kwahu, Ghana. Lives and works in Accra, Ghana.Works available at: Galerie REVELKwaku Osei Owusu Achim’s otherworldly compositions feature full…
Man of Steel and Superman (2025) are very different movies; in fact, they are about as different as two movies about the same character could possibly be. And yet for all their differences, the two movies share one scene that is very similar: A sequence where Henry Cavill and David Corenswet’s Supermen willingly surrender to the U.S. Government — even though their powers make them impossible to imprison — in order to assuage their anxiety about this powerful being in their midst.But even then, these very similar scenes in the two movies are also quite different, and the ways they are different explain and underscore all the differences between…
We now officially know when the Mortal Kombat 2 trailer release date is, with a new poster for the upcoming film revealing when fans can expect the movie’s trailer. When is the Mortal Kombat II trailer being released? The Mortal Kombat 2 trailer is officially out tomorrow, on July 17, 2025. The film’s trailer will give fans the first look at the highly anticipated sequel to the 2021 live-action film. The new poster for the film doesn’t give away too much, but does show the iconic logo for the franchise, as well the film’s release date, October 24, 2025. Mortal…
A 2007 portrait of New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani painted by celebrated Pakistani American artist Salman Toor surfaced following Mamdani’s victory in the city’s Democratic primary on June 24th. The portrait was posted on Instagram by novelist Amitav Ghosh—a longtime friend of Mamdani’s mother, the filmmaker Mira Nair.Completed when Mamdani was a teenager, Toor’s portrait captures his subject with tousled hair and soft expression, rendered in warm, earthy tones. “I’ve known Zohran since he was a little boy, and it has been amazing to see this kind, considerate, and caring young man growing into a really effective politician,” Ghosh…
“Into the Night Land” by Adam Gabriel Winnie is on view at eyedrum Gallery through August 3. (Photos courtesy of eyedrum Gallery) Atlanta-based artist Adam Gabriel Winnie’s Into the Night Land (at eyedrum through August 3) draws viewers into a vividly imagined underworld. Mythic, psychological and deeply atmospheric, the show invites quiet engagement and openness to mystery. A 2023 MFA graduate of Georgia State University and BFA graduate of SCAD, Winnie works in painting, sculpture, video and sound. This is the third show in a trilogy, including Into That Resonant Dark (GSU, 2023) and Chthonic Passage (Whitespace, 2024), that delves…
A rare oil painting of Mahatma Gandhi by British artist Clare Leighton sold for £152,800 ($204,800) at Bonhams on July 15th, more than triple its low estimate. The work, entitled Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi (1931), carried an estimate of £50,000–£70,000 ($66,800–$93,600). It is thought to be the only oil portrait for which Gandhi sat, and was the top lot in the auction house’s online Travel and Exploration sale, which ran from July 7th to 15th. The painting depicts Gandhi seated cross-legged, wrapped in a white robe, his head bare and one finger raised as if mid-sentence. Leighton painted Gandhi while…
Experiencing it for the first time during its 59th edition, the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival proved—at least for this critic—both formidable and revitalizing. The same can be said for the very best of the films that screened all week long in this scenic spa town in the Czech Republic. Still, there was ample energy to be harnessed even outside of the movies, from goings-on about town to Karlovy Vary’s blend of awe-inspiring architecture and natural splendor. That thousands of spectators descended each day on the historic city centre, between pop-up tents and colonnades, never quite disrupted the town’s idyllic…
It may be about time, or perhaps far too soon, to craft a movie that explores the realities of living through Summer 2020. Regardless, director Ari Aster’s pugnacious and genre-pliant “Eddington” is here, and it offers up the best approximation of the unique hell of that time. Bristling with natural ease, Joaquin Phoenix plays Joe Cross, sheriff of the quaint town of Eddington, New Mexico, who rebuffs the mask mandates and 6 feet distancing that have become mainstays of his town. Skeptical of whether the virus exists and equally doubtful of whether its veracity is worth causing conflict between Eddington’s…
It’s always surprising, when watching films from all over the world at a festival as diverse as this year’s 59th Karlovy Vary International Festival, how strong thematic parallels start to emerge. Between the festival’s main competition, with 12 feature-film premieres competing for the prestigious Crystal Globe, and its sidebar Proxima section, dedicated to bold works by emerging filmmakers and established auteurs, there was an abundance of films that reflected upon the secret relationships between people in search of meaning and the places they find themselves. One strength of an international festival lies in how it provides attendees with a passport…
