Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in our special Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter for Art Basel Hong Kong. Sign up here to receive it every day of the fair. The first auction held by Christie’s at its new Asia headquarters in The Henderson building in Hong Kong last September was a buoyant affair, carried by excitement for the glitzy locale, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects. That inaugural evening sale, for 20th- and 21st-century art, brought in $113.4 million (with buyer’s premium), a more subdued haul compared to past boom years, but still a solid result. Related Articles On Friday, the house held its second 20th/21st century auction…
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Here you’ll find the Final Jeopardy clue for today, Friday, March 28. Josh Weikert accomplished the rare feat of becoming a 5-day Jeopardy champion after winning yesterday’s match with a runaway victory. The politics professor has earned an impressive $80,202 so far, which might grow even more after tonight’s episode with portfolio manager Mike Budzinski from Illinois and professor Revell Carr from Kentucky. Here is the question and answer for Final Jeopardy for 3/28/2025, along with the wages and winner of the game. Final Jeopardy Question for March 28 The Final Jeopardy question for March 28, 2025 is in the…
Since 1968, the Museu de Arte de São Paulo has commanded attention on the city’s bustling Avenida Paulista for its iconic modernist building, a red-pillar, suspended structure designed by architect Lina Bo Bardi. After more than six years of planning and construction, a new 14-floor building with an additional 82,600 square feet of space, will join it, an expansion effort that will increase MASP’s exhibition space by 66 percent. Related Articles At a cost of almost $43.5 million, all obtained through private donations, this much-awaited annex, which opens to the public March 28, represents MASP’s first expansion since its moved…
Serop Simonian, the alleged leader of an Egyptian antiquities trafficking ring, mysteriously left Paris for Hamburg during his jail sentence in January. The now 83-year-old dealer is believed to be behind the sale of allegedly smuggled Egyptian antiquities to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Louvre Abu Dhabi for a collective €60 million ($64 million). In 2022, following a criminal investigation, several objects were seized including a gold sarcophagus and five other antiquities from the Met, as well as the indictment of seven dealers, collectors, and curators such as the former president of the Musée du Louvre Jean-Luc Martinez. Related…
After three years of climate activism, the British protest group Just Stop Oil announced on Thursday that it would end demonstrations directly targeting museums and public spaces in the country. The group has become known for high-profile demonstrations that have involved throwing food at paintings by artists like Van Gogh and Leonardo da Vinci in museums. But it will officially cease organizing those protests at the end of April. Earlier this month, the UK adopted a law early this month that bars license for new oil and gas projects that haven’t already been approved, a change the eco-group had been…
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) announced on Friday that Christophe Cherix will become its next director, beginning this September. The Swiss curator, who is currently MoMA’s chief curator of drawings and prints, first joined the museum in 2007. He is set to succeed Glenn D. Lowry, who has led the institution since 1995. Lowry will leave MoMA as its longest-serving director to date. In his tenure at the institution, Cherix has curated landmark exhibitions including “ED RUSCHA / NOW THEN” in 2023, “Adrian Piper: A Synthesis of Intuitions” in 2018, and “Yoko Ono: One Woman Show” in 2015. He…
Eric Anderson, a car collector with a passion for antique vehicles, is anxious to begin the spring season of ice cream runs and Sunday drives with Lydia, his 1933 Royal 8 Rumble Seat coupe, lovingly nicknamed his “Mid-life Chrysler.”Photo Credit: Eric Anderson E-commerce and online auction platforms, with their analytics and tech features, might seem like the polar opposite of the vintage vibe, but they can be invaluable for buying, selling, and researching. So many collectors look to online sites like eBay and WorthPoint to purchase items, sell what they have picked, and examine the history and pricing of items.…
The Museum of Modern Art in New York has named Christophe Cherix as its next director, succeeding Glenn Lowry, who has led the institution for three decades. The New York Times first reported the news on Friday afternoon. Cherix begins in his new position this September. He has served as chief curator of MoMA’s prints and drawings department since 2013. “MoMA has long been a leader in embracing new forms of expression, amplifying the voices of artists from around the globe, and engaging the broadest audiences onsite and online,” Cherix said in a statement. “As the Museum approaches its centennial,…
Joe Goode, the Oklahoma City–born artist best known for his “Milk Bottle” series of the 1960s, has passed away at 87. Michael Kohn Gallery and Galerie Thomas Zander, which both represent the artist, confirmed the news this week. The cause of death was not publicly disclosed.Goode’s practice is associated with the West Coast Light and Space movement of the early 1960s, and Pop Art. The artist moved to L.A. in 1959, where he studied at the Chouinard Art Institute (now CalArts) and was mentored by notable artists such as Emerson Woelffer, Robert Irwin, and Bill Moore. Goode first garnered significant…
There’s a lot that goes into crafting the perfect movie title. We’ve celebrated (and made fun of) plenty of notable titles at this very website over the years, cheering for the most evocative and creative and jeering at the dumbest. Choosing a great title is an important part of the filmmaking process — maybe even the most important, since it’ll be the audience’s first impression of the whole thing even before they see what it’s about and who’s in it and whether or not it has a post-credits scene at the end.There are some titles so iconic it would be…
