Christie’s and Sotheby’s Close 2025 With a Market Rebound Fueled by Luxury and New Buyers

Christie’s and Sotheby’s Close 2025 With a Market Rebound Fueled by Luxury and New Buyers

Dynamo Phyllis Kao led Sotheby’s The Now and Contemporary Evening Auction, which scored a $178.5 million result with strong participation from Asia. Julian Cassady Photography / Ali After a challenging 2024—marked by a 25 percent contraction in the auction market—both Christie’s and Sotheby’s are closing 2025 with a clear rebound, according to newly released year-end…

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A Tribute to Luigi Bonotto, the Visionary Fluxus Patron Who Merged Art, Life and Industry

A Tribute to Luigi Bonotto, the Visionary Fluxus Patron Who Merged Art, Life and Industry

Luigi Bonotto playing chess with Yoko Ono. Courtesy Fondazione Bonotto In the hills of Molvena, a rural corner of the Veneto, one of the region’s most notable manufacturing stories took shape, alongside an extraordinary history of collecting and enlightened patronage. Here, one man’s passion for culture evolved organically into an authentic corporate culture, as art…

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Leonardo DiCaprio Reveals Why He Has Never Seen Titanic

Leonardo DiCaprio Reveals Why He Has Never Seen Titanic

Your heart may never go on after this Leonardo DiCaprio confession.   Nearly 30 years after the One Battle After Another actor and Kate Winslet starred in James Cameron’s Titanic, an iconic drama based on the 1912 sinking of the vessel by the same name, he revealed he’s never actually seen the movie.  “I haven’t seen…

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