20th Century

Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, 2013. License
One of Japan’s 20th Century Collections Under Threat of Liquidation

Despite holding one of the most emblematic collections of 20th century western art…

Independent 20th Century, 2022

The Independent 20th Century inaugural edition offers a couple of floors as well as a first-class restaurant—Harry Cipriani. It is located at The Battery Maritime Building at 10 South Street…

Andy Warhol, Marilyn, 1967. Sheet measures 36 x 36 in. Published by Factory Additions, New York, printed by Aetna Silkscreen Products, Inc., New York. Estimated: $200,000-250,000.
Andy Warhol Marilyn Portrait Makes History with $195 Million Sale
Two of Andy Warhol’s iconic Marilyn Monroe portraits are scheduled to go up for auction this May at two different, leading auction houses—Christie’s and Bonhams. Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of…
Edmonson, Bess and Joe, 1930-40. A a simple, stone sculpture of a couple sitting together, looking ahead.
William Edmondson Immortalized the Black Community in Tombstones & Sculpture
In 1931—between the Great Depression and segregation—a beautiful tombstone was often a privilege denied. Edmonson lost his janitorial job at a Nashville hospital and felt inspired to pursue a new…
Robert Rauschenberg, Climb (Urban Bourbon), 1993.
Robert Rauschenberg: Channel Surfing
Robert Rauschenberg: Channel Surfing traces the artist’s creation of a visual language that addresses fundamental transformations in media culture in the late 20th-century, a period marked by the…
John Giorno, ZINNIAS SHOUT POSITIVE PARANOIA, 2017. Acrylic on canvas. 40 x 40 in (101.6 x 101.6 cm).
Almine Rech to Host John Giorno's First Posthumous Solo Show
Giorno is recognized as one of the most innovative poets and artists of the twentieth century. His kaleidoscopic work fused and furthered poetry, visual art, and activism, pushing text off the…
Wide image of smoking room Phillips auction may London design 
Phillips to Auction Jean Dunand’s ‘Les Palmiers’ Smoking Room
This Spring, Phillips presents a rare opportunity to view the smoking room ‘Les Palmiers’, designed by Jean Dunand from 1930-1936 for the Parisian apartment of Mademoiselle Collette Aboucaya on rue…
Arno Breker, Orpheus and Eurydice, 1944.
In Defense of Neoclassicism
Despite its ugly political connotation acquired in the decades that followed the inception of twentieth-century neoclassicism, this artistic movement fully expressed the cultural zeitgeist of…
Curator walks through gallery of black and white images.
National Trauma and the Impossibility of Forgetting
Paulina Pobocha, associate curator in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at MoMA, talks about one of the “most significant works made during the second half of the 20th century”: October 18,…
Images of the Exotic presented by Kapoor Galleries

This fall, Kapoor Galleries is thrilled to present Images of the Exotic: Posters of India from the Golden Age of Travel, on view at 34 East 67th Street from September 5th to 27th, coinciding…

The American Art Fair

The American Art Fair

The American Art Fair celebrates its 12th year from November 16-19, 2019 at the Bohemian National Hall, 321 East 73rd Street, New York City.…

Pace Gallery presents Alexander Calder

In close collaboration with the Calder Foundation, New York, Pace will inaugurate the 3,600-square-foot first-floor gallery with a focused exhibition dedicated to Alexander Calder. The exhibition…

American Federation of Arts' Curator-led Tour of “She Persists: A Century of Women Artists” at Gracie Mansion

Join Paul Gunther of the Gracie Mansion Conservancy and its guest curator, Jessica Bell Brown, for a private AFA tour of She Persists: A Century of Women Artists in New York…

Thomaston Place Auction Galleries 2019 Spring Auction Weekend

A 3 Day Auction Event: 

Friday, May 31, we present a 456-lot selection of estate jewelry and fine watches. Leading the watch collection will be a Patek Philippe platinum tank…