New York – Robby the Robot, the seven-foot tall robot from the science fiction classic Forbidden Planet (1956), sold at Bonhams New York for a world record price of $5,375,000 in the TCM Presents... Out of This World! auction of classic movie memorabilia.
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“Eventually all these objects which have brought so much pleasure to Peggy and me will go out into the world and will again be available to other caretakers who, hopefully, will derive the same satisfaction and joy from them as we have over these past several decades.”
David Rockefeller
Hirshhorn Announces First US Retrospective of German Artist Georg Baselitz in 20 YearsExhibition Features Works Never Before Seen in US
The IPHF annually awards and inducts notable photographers or photography industry visionaries for their artistry, innovation, and significant contributions to the art and science of photography.
A major retrospective at The Metropolitan Museum of Art—the show’s only North American venue, opening November 27, 2017—honors the artist in the year of his 80th birthday by presenting his most iconic works and key moments of his career from 1960 to the present.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK: The Directors of Marlborough Gallery are pleased to announce New York on My Mind, a solo exhibition comprised of recent works by the American artist, Red Grooms. The exhibition will open on Tuesday, November 28th with a reception from 6:00 – 8:00 pm, and will continue through December 28th.
Cleveland, OH (November 21, 2017) –Heritage: Wadsworth and Jae Jarrell examines the work and enduring legacy of Wadsworth and Jae Jarrell (Americans, b. 1929 and 1935). Inspired by the Cleveland Museum of Art's recent acquisition of Heritage, a 1973 painting by Wadsworth Jarrell, the exhibition features 18 works from the mid-1960s to the present in a dazzling array of colorful paintings, sculptures and textiles.
New York—Pace Gallery and Pace/MacGill Gallery are honored to announce their representation of The Richard Avedon Foundation with an exhibition of Richard Avedon’s photographs and extensive archival materials drawn from Nothing Personal, Avedon’s 1964 collaboration with James Baldwin.
Co-organized by four institutions, Berthe Morisot, Woman Impressionist<\i> will focus on the artist’s figure paintings and portraits through approximately 50 to 60 paintings from both public institutions and private collections.
A collector who traded a pair of "old Texas spurs and a few dollars" for a brown basket, which sat on his TV stand for 25 years, is $55,000 richer.
