Browsing Tag contemporary art

April 5, 2022

The spring 2022 offering of African American Art closed out the March auctions at Swann with an exceptional marathon sale bringing $3.6M and seeing an 89% sell-through rate with…

February 28, 2022

Our spring auction of African American Art features many scarce and significant postwar and contemporary artworks. The sale’s top lot is a large 1948 painting by Norman…

February 7, 2022

Paintings Related Reading: A Brief History of Mixografia Printing Process Prints & Drawings Related Reading: Claude Monet & George William Thornley — A Printmaking…

December 22, 2021

As we close out another successful year at Swann we look back at our record-filled sales.

December 20, 2021

The New Deal not only established a great legacy, but a greater generation of artists whose works defined the American spirit.

December 9, 2021

November Sales at Swann Bring $6.7M November at Swann Galleries featured a marathon of fine art auctions including a two-day sale of Old Master Through Modern Prints and Master…

November 3, 2021

Abstract Expressionism and Mid-Century Abstract Art European Abstract Art, Art Brut and Abstract Figuratism Geometric Art, Post-Painterly Abstraction and Early Pop Art Pop Art and…

October 28, 2021

An astonishing single owner sale of Contemporary Artists’ Books, many known only via institutional copies, includes an abundance of deluxe issues produced in impossibly…

June 24, 2021

Modern & Post-War Art, Fine Photographs & Contemporary Art Auctions of Modern & Post-War Art, Fine Photographs and Contemporary Art at Swann Galleries in late May and…

June 7, 2021

Harriet Lyons was a founding editor of Ms. Magazine, a journalist, and an art collector. In 1971, she wrote a cover story for the Village Voice about women’s…