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$4.4K – $1.5M
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$308K
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$157K
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Nov 2025 · $1.5M
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Paintings: $157K medianWorks on paper: $40.6K medianEditioned prints: $10.0K medianEditioned objects: $17.5K medianUnclassified lots: — median
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Paris Gallery Weekend 2026 returns for its 14th edition from May 29th to 31st, organized by the Comité Professionnel des Galeries d’Art. The event fea…
exhibitionsMay 22, 2026
An exhibition titled "Paris in Black: Internationalism and the Black Renaissance" at the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center in Chicago …
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This profile explores the Upper West Side residence of Crystal McCrary McGuire and Raymond J. McGuire, a power couple deeply embedded in New York City…
cultureMay 9, 2026
The Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) have launched "A Nation of Artists," a massive dual-museum e…
exhibitionsApr 17, 2026
Entertainment executive Hassan Smith has curated a deeply personal art collection in his North Atlanta home that bridges historical mastery with conte…
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John P. Axelrod, a prominent art collector and retired lawyer, was killed in a hit-and-run incident on January 3 in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood whi…
obituaryJan 6, 2026
New York's fall auction week in November 2025 saw major houses Sotheby's, Christie's, and Phillips collectively bring in over $2 billion, signaling re…
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Christie’s New York concluded its 20th and 21st Century Art sales week on November 21, 2025, generating a total of $964.5 million, the auction house’s…
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Christie’s kicked off the fall auction season in New York with a two-part 20th-century art sale that brought in approximately $690 million, led by Mar…
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The article reports on major auction results from Christie's, Bonhams, and other houses, including a $700 million evening sale at Christie's and a Nor…
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Christie's kicked off New York's November auction season with a double-header 20th-century evening sale on November 17, generating $574.7 million befo…
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The Studio Museum in Harlem has reopened after a seven-year closure in a new building designed by David Adjaye, with Thelma Golden continuing as direc…
exhibitionsNov 13, 2025
Nine artists are featured in major museum exhibitions this year and next, including John Singer Sargent at the Musée d'Orsay, Alexander Calder at Cald…
exhibitionsOct 30, 2025
Museums across Washington, D.C., are currently presenting a robust slate of exhibitions focused on African American art, including major retrospective…
exhibitionsAug 31, 2025
A new biography of James Baldwin, titled "Baldwin: A Love Story" by Nicholas Boggs, frames the writer's life through his relationships with four key f…
cultureAug 28, 2025
The Drawing Center in New York is presenting 'In the Medium of Life: The Drawings of Beauford Delaney,' a major survey of the artist's works on paper …
exhibitionsAug 11, 2025
Collectors share advice for aspiring art patrons in a two-part series, recounting their early mistakes and lessons learned. Diana Bowes, board chair o…
cultureJul 17, 2025
The Centre Pompidou in Paris presents "Paris Noir: Artistic circulations and anti-colonial resistance, 1950-2000," an exhibition running from March 13…
exhibitionsJun 29, 2025
The Philadelphia Museum of Art has opened "Boom: Art and Design in the 1940s," a major survey featuring over 250 works including painting, photography…
exhibitionsJun 17, 2025
New York museums are presenting a wave of major exhibitions focused on African American art this spring and summer, many running through fall 2025. So…
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Beauford Delaney: The Light Contained in Every Thing

Beauford Delaney

100 11th Ave, New York, NY 10011, USA

Feb 7, 2026 — Apr 4, 2026

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