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Summer Happenings
06.26.2015
Penelope is traveling in Europe this summer. First stop, Photo España in Madrid.… Read more -
The team at AIPAD 2015!
04.30.2015
This year’s Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD) show at the New York City Armory was very good. Over the course of the four day show we were able to gather a lot of relevant pricing information as well… Read more -
2015 Spring Auction Summary
04.17.2015
2015 Spring Auction Results: Five photography sales were held at New York’s three major auction houses this spring, some more successful than others. Cumulatively, Christie’s, Sotheby’s, and Phillips brought in a total of $16,444,125 from the sale of 476 lots… Read more -
Making a Gift of Art
12.16.2014
The end of the year is often marked by charitable gifting, so to facilitate that process we have provided the following guide to assist in making a gift of a art. The most important thing to remember is for the… Read more -
Record Setting Sale as Sotheby’s Auctions 175 Masterworks
12.16.2014
On Thursday, December 11, 2014, Sotheby’s held the first of a two session sale of 175 Masterworks to celebrate 175 years of photography. The collection was the property of the Joy of Giving Something Foundation which has one of the… Read more -
Thoughts from Paris Photo 2014 by Penelope Dixon
11.21.2014
Many people attending the fair this year agreed that there was a better selection of works than we could recall seeing in past years. I’m not sure of why: perhaps the selection of galleries reflected a more conservative, and aesthetically… Read more -
War Reporting as Art in the Flatiron District
11.17.2014
By Erika Allen “Soldiers are our boots on the ground, but journalists are our eyes on the ground,” said Cheryl McGinnis, curator of the artist Cindy Kane’s current exhibition in Manhattan’s Flatiron district. New York Times journalists collaborated with Ms.… Read more -
Magnum’s Archive of Once-Orphaned Photos
11.17.2014
One of the stranger parts of being a working photographer is that no matter how widely published or successful you are, the vast majority of your images are never seen by anyone else. Take the Magnum photographer Jonas Bendiksen, for… Read more -
David Redfern, British Photographer of Jazz and Pop, Dies at 78
11.10.2014
David Redfern, whose photographs of Louis Armstrong, John Lennon, Frank Sinatra and others captured a half-century of popular music and formed the core of an extensive archive of musical images, died on Oct. 22 at his home in Uzès, France.… Read more -
Trying to Shatter Ceiling in Online Art Auctions
11.10.2014
As art collectors gather in New York this week for the glittering fall auctions, works of art will routinely change hands for tens of millions of dollars, a few for much more, like a Giacometti bronze “Chariot” sculpture that sold… Read more