Fine Art

June 2, 2020

This Contemporary Art auction on June 25, 2020 includes works for sale by Jackson Pollock, Louise Nevelson, Helen Frankenthaler, Andy Warhol, and Edward Ruscha.

June 1, 2020

Swann Auction Galleries's June 4, 2020 sale of African American Fine Art features five lots from contemporary women photographers who use the lens to document, critique and…

May 27, 2020

Three fascinating sculptures by Richmond Barthé feature in our June 4 sale of African-American Fine Art. Each embody his interests in the 1930s, themes that would continue to…

May 26, 2020

Ernie Barnes was the first American professional athlete to become a noted painter. From his sports experience and the study of anatomy, Barnes’ unique style of elongation…

May 22, 2020

We are sad to hear the news yesterday of Emma Amos's passing. Emma Amos was a painter, printmaker, weaver and educator—a great artist and innovator who helped broaden greatly…

May 14, 2020

Sarah McMillan, a cataloguer for Swann, takes us through a brief history of Mixografia, Rufino Tamayo and the lasting impact of the two.

May 5, 2020

At Auction May 21, 2020 Our May 21, 2020 sale of Old Master Through Modern Prints opens with a special section—the first hundred lots of the sale—dedicated to fine old master…

April 24, 2020

Medieval bestiaries were illustrated catalogues of creatures both real and imagined, detailing physical descriptions, origins, and symbolism of each beast that identified the…

April 23, 2020

With the largest selection of old master prints to be found at auction stateside, this sale offers an array of fine works, notably special section dedicated to fine old master…

April 14, 2020

The AfriCOBRA movement was borne from the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements. The collective was founded in 1968 by Chicago based artists: Jeff Donaldson, Wadsworth Jarrell,…