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Golden Throne. For nearly a decade, the art world has speculated about his fate Maurizio CattelanThe infamous golden toilet, USAa fully functional sculpture made from 100 kilograms of 18-karat gold. One of the mystery buyers (of three editions of the work, plus two artist’s proofs) has now been revealed to be a billionaire financier and collector Steven Cohen,owner new york mets and founder Point72 Asset Managementthis new york times Report. Cohen’s version was reportedly derived from Marian Goodman Gallery November 18, 2017 Sotheby’s will be approximately US$10 million. Cattleya’s USA There is already an infamous backstory (via another version of the sculpture): after being on display Guggenheim Museum It was provided to the first Trump White House, which initially requested a loan van gogh painting. that version, when it was exhibited in England Blenheim Palace It was stolen in 2019 and never recovered. Cattelan’s satires often mocked wealth and power, just as he had previously felt, Tape Banana comedianThe painting sold at Sotheby’s last fall for $6.2 million. Cohen holds blue-chip works by the likes of Jasper Johns and Damien Hirst that are currently on sale USA As interest from cryptocurrency collectors and art investors grows, they are eager to make headlines again.
Sales records. Sotheby’s Paris A total of 18.6 million euros ($21.5 million) was obtained from the late real estate tycoon’s collection Manny Davidson There are two live sales this week. The results from Wednesday’s evening sale and Thursday’s day sale mark the highest total for a single-owner auction in France this year, and the figure will almost certainly climb even higher as the third online auction in the series concludes on Friday. The top lot is Michael Swayzeof A young man in a turban holds an upward-facing Romer: a nail test (1648-52), sold on Wednesday for €1.6 million ($1.8 million) against an estimate of €800,000 to €1,200,000 ($925,000 to $1.3 million). That’s a nice result, but it’s worth noting that in 2023, a rediscovered Sweerts sold at Christie’s for more than $16 million. “The depth and quality of the Manny Davidson collection are truly remarkable, with each piece telling a story of passion, sophistication and curiosity,” Louis-Xavier Joseph, head of Sotheby’s furniture department in Paris, told us art news After it goes on sale Wednesday.
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Gladstone Gallery Now it represents Robert Colescott. [ARTnews]
Necklace salvaged from the scene Titanic On display for the first time in a century at “Titanic: Heritage Exhibition” in Orlando. [Artnet News]
Hundreds of people have signed a petition opposing planned closures and relocations Walsall Leather Museum exist U.K.. [Museums Journal]
a new one collagen Fingerprinting tool may help scientists identify species Archaeological bone fragments. [Phys Org]
allergic tour Harlem Studio Museum New home. [Hyperallergic]
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Although it has not been officially announced, The Art Newspaper revealed Philadelphia Museum of Art Preparing for a major Vincent Van Gogh The exhibition, titled “Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: A Symphony of Blue and Yellow,” is scheduled to run from June 6 to October 11, 2026. A museum spokesman said the exhibition “will bring together two sunflower Painting, exploring how artists use color and brushstrokes to achieve different expressive effects. “The museum’s own sunflower (1889), known for its turquoise background, will join at least one major loan, the famous Arles Yellow background version (painted 1888) from national gallery london. Since its acquisition in 1924, London sunflower Only four trips abroad were made, making the upcoming trip to Philadelphia a rare and significant event. The collaboration follows recent exchanges between the two institutions. of philadelphia sunflower The work is on loan to the National Gallery’s critically acclaimed 2024 Van Gogh exhibition, The Poet and the Lover, marking the first time the PMA has loaned the work since it acquired it in 1963.
