Robert Frank photo exhibition recalls ’50s DetroitDETROIT – An exhibition of more than 50 rare and many never-before-seen photographs taken in Detroit by Robert Frank a half century ago will run at the Detroit Institute of Arts through July 3. Detroit Experiences: Robert Frank Photographs, 1955 showcases more than 50 black-and-white photographs taken in Detroit by legendary artist Robert Frank. The […]
$5M gift to Detroit Institute of Arts to fund automotive art acquisitionsDETROIT – Funded by a gift of $5 million from the Mort and Brigitte Harris Foundation, the Detroit Institute of Arts will hire a new curator and acquire works across media that illuminate the interrelated creative and technological, design and functional endeavors that defined and continue to characterize the ingenuity and development of the American […]
Swann marks 70th anniversary of its first photography sale, Feb. 10NEW YORK — Seventy years ago, Swann Galleries held the first auction dedicated to photography in the United States. This 1952 auction was astonishingly early for a sale devoted to a medium then just 113 years old and still finding its artistic footing in the marketplace. Seven decades later, however, the landscape for this diverse and […]
May & June Swann sales set records for Alice Neel, Hannes BeckmannNEW YORK — Auctions of Modern & Post-War Art, Fine Photographs, and Contemporary Art at Swann Galleries in late May and early June 2021 brought in a total of $3,985,089 and at least 11 records.