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S.I. Newhouse Jr., Manhattan, 1970. Jackson Pollock (hanging, left), John Chamberlain (sculpture, left), Helen Frankenthaler (hanging, middle), Franz Kline (hanging, right).

Margaret Allen

Legendary Private Art Collections You Need To Know

From Columbus to St. Moritz, Paris to Houston, here's a look at ten of the most celebrated private art collections in history and the collectors who built them.

Faith Ringgold, Picasso's Studio: The French Collection Part I, #7, 1991 (detail). Acrylic on canvas, printed and tie-dyed pieced fabric, ink, 73 x 68 inches. Worcester Art Museum. © Faith Ringgold / ARS, NY and DACS, London, courtesy ACA Galleries, New Y

Jack Lowry

The Reinterpretations of Picasso’s Les Demoisel...

Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon continues to inspire artists who challenge, expand, and transform its legacy in their own, more modern recreations.

Jan van Eyck, The Ghent Altarpiece: Adoration of the Mystic Lamb (detail of the Holy Spirit in the guise of a dove), 1432 via Google Arts & Culture

Rebecca Levenson

The Artist Who Changed What Painting Could Achieve

Discover how Jan van Eyck transformed oil painting into a revolutionary tool for realism, illusion, and observation during the Northern Renaissance.

Andy Warhol, Red Lenin, screenprint,

Gabriel Diego Delgado

Before the Hammer Falls: Inside the Monumental ...

Monumental prints reshape the secondary art market as collectors seek works that merge fine art, luxury interiors, and contemporary lifestyle culture.

Ugo Mulas, New York, Leo Castelli and Roy Lichtenstein, 1960s via MutualArt.

Rebecca Levenson

How Critics, Dealers, & Patrons Built the Moder...

Critics, dealers, and patrons in New York and Paris shaped modern art through exhibitions, writing, and collecting between 1907 and 1970.

Michelangelo, Study of a Male Nude (recto), c. 1500–1510. Red chalk on paper. Preparatory study associated with the Sistine Chapel. Photograph by Alex Corp via The Guardian.

Margaret Allen

5 Iconic Masterworks That Started As Rough Sket...

Five iconic masterworks traced back to their earliest sketches, revealing how artists developed structure, symbolism, and meaning over time.

Titian, Resurrection of Christ (detail), 1542-44 via Wikipedia/Public Domain

Arthur Kingsley

The Many Depictions of Christ’s Resurrection in...

The Resurrection takes visual form through art, evolving from stillness to spectacle as artists reshape the body, light, and space.

The Rothschilds' Surrealist Ball, 1972. Photographed by Prince Jean-Louis de Faucigny-Lucinge.

Margaret Allen

Inside the Rothschild Surrealist Ball of 1972 i...

At the Rothschild Ball of 1972, surrealism moved off the canvas into bodies and space, creating a night defined by image, costume, and illusion.

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Erhan Us

Felix and the Return of the Boutique Hotel Art ...

Felix Art Fair returns to the Hollywood Roosevelt, reimagining the boutique hotel fair model with 60 global galleries and critical insight.

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Erhan Us

Show LA Photographic Arts Fair and Expanding Im...

Show LA Photography Fair 2026 explored photo-sculpture, archive, and global image culture during LA Art Week at The Reef in Downtown Los Angeles.