Even in a sluggish auction market, the design category—in particular when boasting notable works by Tiffany Studios, Les Lalanne, and Alberto Giacometti—continues to be a bright spot at auction, with Christie’s two recent sales totaling $23.6 Million. “You’re also appealing to such a broad range of collectors. You’re no longer just in this like, niche group of people,” Carpenters Workshop senior sales associate Betsy Beierle told ARTnews. “Even in a hesitant market, when something’s rare and when something’s scarce, that is definitely going to outweigh any kind of sluggish performing that’s going on.” Related Articles On June 12, the single-owner…
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Across Tehran, galleries have begun shuttering their doors—in some cases, indefinitely—following Israel’s Friday air strike on the Iranian capital’s nuclear and military facilities. Iran has retaliated with dozens of missiles launched toward Israeli territory, with the Iranian government calling the strikes on Tehran a “declaration of war.” The Israeli strikes on Iran, which reportedly killed two high-ranking military commanders and two senior government officials, have temporarily put the Tehran art scene on pause. The Iranian strikes on Israel during the night on Friday, so it was not immediately clear to what extent museums and galleries in Tel Aviv would be…
A judge sentenced two men who stole Maurizio Cattelan‘s 18-carat gold toilet during a 2019 raid at England’s Blenheim Palace, according to a release from Crown Prosecution Service. The 227-pound toilet, titled “America” (2016), was dismantled in a five-minute raid only two days after it was publicly displayed in England. The piece, which first appeared at the Guggenheim Museum in New York several years earlier, was featured in an exhibition of the artist’s work at the 18th-century castle and family home of Winston Churchill. James Sheen was convicted of the theft and received a four year prison sentence, while Michael Jones, who…
Two entertainment giants, Walt Disney Co. and NBC Universal, filed a joint copyright infringement lawsuit on Wednesday against Midjourney, a widely used AI image generator. The suit marks the first time major Hollywood studios have waded into the escalating conflict between legacy media and generative AI firms, whose use of open-source imagery on the internet to train their AI models has been heavily scrutinized. Filed in federal court in Los Angeles, the 110-page complaint accuses the San Francisco-based company Midjourney Inc. of misappropriating copyrighted visuals from popular fictionalized characters from major franchises like the “Star Wars” movies and Marvel comic books in…
Will Seippel, CEO of WorthPoint, enjoys watching the items sold at auctions held by our WorthPoint Industry Partners. We thought it would be a great idea for him to select some of his favorite sold items and explain why those sales stood out to him. Gaining insights from Will is an excellent way to learn about buying and selling trends in our industry. We want to empower you to buy and sell with confidence. Take a look at his thoughts on a few of our partners’ recent sales. On June 8, 2025, WorthPoint added 228,843 items to its database, totaling…
Remember when I told you about “runway” and “high-end” being a couple of my pet peeve terms that are way overused? There are a few more things I’m going to fill you in on in this feature that make avid collectors a little nutty. That’s right. I’m not the only one taking notice of these lapses in judgment, and I promise I’m not saying that just to seem less grumpy. Most of us try to treat new collectors and sellers with an everyone-learns-from-their-mistakes attitude. But, honestly, a lot of “monkey see, monkey do” goes on in this area, so people…
The biggest American film of the year so far, perhaps a little surprisingly, is A Minecraft Movie, the highly meme-able comedy based on the hugely popular series of Minecraft video games.So far, the film, directed by Jared Hess, has grossed over $950 million in theaters worldwide, nearly $150 million more than its closest competition. (That would be Lilo & Stitch.) With little else to prove in theaters, the movie is now headed to streaming, and will premiere on Max (soon to be HBO Max again) in one week.In the film, a former video game champion (Jason Momoa) and a troubled teenager (Sebastian Hansen) discover…
Luca Fine Art is a new gallery opening in the Star Metals Building on Howell Mill Road this weekend. (Photos by Isadora Pennington) This weekend, a fine art gallery will open its doors for the first time in West Midtown. Luca Fine Art is a new exhibition space presented by founder and owner Rodney Kazemi, a career arts professional with 29 years of experience working as an artist agent and dealer. Though based in Atlanta, much of his career has been spent jet-setting up and down the East Coast and across international borders. Kazemi said he is excited to leverage…
There is no good without bad. It’s a cliché, but it’s true. How can you fully appreciate an exceptional work of art without comparing it to one that didn’t work? A truly awful movie puts a truly great masterpiece into perspective.So consider this piece a study in perspectives. No one who made any of the 20 movies below, our picks for the 20 worst movies of the last 20 years, set out to produce a bad movie. But it happened anyway, despite all their hard work and good intentions. Writing is hard. Casting is hard. Directing is hard. Movies are hard.(Okay, strike…
Will Seippel, CEO of WorthPoint, enjoys watching the items sold at auctions held by our WorthPoint Industry Partners. We thought it would be a great idea for him to select some of his favorite sold items and explain why those sales stood out to him. Gaining insights from Will is an excellent way to learn about buying and selling trends in our industry. We want to empower you to buy and sell with confidence. Take a look at his thoughts on a few of our partners’ recent sales. Another fun day at WorthPoint! On Thursday, June 5th, we added 233,246…
