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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 25, 2025 visibility 16 link 4 artists, 1 gallery

Smithsonian American Art Museum Debuts Monumental New Commission by Nick Cave in February 2026

The Smithsonian American Art Museum will debut "Nick Cave: Mammoth," a monumental new commission by artist Nick Cave, in February 2026. This marks Cave's first solo exhibition in Washington, D.C., and represents the museum's largest-ever commission by a single artist. The installation combines sculpture, video, and found objects, drawing on Cave's childhood in Chariton County, Missouri, and exploring themes of family history, landscapes, and craft traditions. The exhibition will be on view from February 13, 2026, through January 3, 2027, and is organized by curator Sarah Newman.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 24, 2025 visibility 26 link 13 artists, 3 galleries

‘There’s no fudging. She deserves to win’: critics react as Turner Prize 2025 opens

The Turner Prize 2025 exhibition opened on 23 September at Bradford's Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, featuring nominees Nnena Kalu, Rene Matić, Mohammed Sami, and Zadie Xa. Kalu, a learning disabled Scottish artist, is nominated for her contributions to the Conversations exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool and her work at Manifesta 15 in Barcelona. Her practice, supported by ActionSpace, includes suspended sculptures and vortex drawings. The exhibition runs from 27 September to 22 February 2026 as part of the UK City of Culture festival.

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article news schedule Sep 24, 2025 visibility 20 link 18 artists, 2 galleries

Blaffer Art Museum Terminates Curator; Artist Cancels Exhibition

The Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston terminated curator Erika Mei Chua Holum in July 2025, following a series of leadership changes and the cancellation of a planned outdoor sculpture exhibition by Guadalupe Maravilla. The museum's new director, Dr. Laura Augusta, cited conservation issues and campus construction as reasons for canceling Maravilla's 'Mariposa Relámpago,' a decision Chua Holum publicly disagreed with. Subsequently, artist Ja'Tovia Gary also canceled her scheduled solo exhibition, citing a breakdown in negotiations with Augusta over scope and budget.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 24, 2025 visibility 23 link 7 artists, 1 gallery

Rediscovering Norman Zammitt, a 1960s Visionary of the Light and Space Movement

Karma gallery in New York has opened 'Norman Zammitt: A Degree of Light', the first New York exhibition in nearly 60 years dedicated to the late Light and Space movement artist. The show features two key bodies of work: his laminated-acrylic pole sculptures and hard-edge 'Band Paintings', reintroducing Zammitt's pioneering colorist practice to a contemporary audience. Zammitt, who died in 2007, was a Canadian-born artist of Mohawk and Italian descent who studied at Otis College of Art and Design and was represented by Felix Landau's gallery in Los Angeles.

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article news schedule Sep 24, 2025 visibility 26 link 19 artists, 2 galleries

25 of 2025: 5 Artists Transforming Time-Based Media

This article profiles five emerging artists who are transforming time-based media in 2025, focusing on Ayoung Kim and Meriem Bennani. Ayoung Kim, born in 1979 in Seoul, creates immersive works blending live-action footage, CGI, gaming technologies, and AI, with her piece "Delivery Dancer's Sphere" recently acquired by the Tate collection. Meriem Bennani, a Moroccan-born, Brooklyn-based artist, gained acclaim for her video installations and viral "2 Lizards" series, with works held by the Whitney Museum, MoMA, and Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.

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article news schedule Sep 19, 2025 visibility 27 link 13 artists, 3 galleries

The Art World This Week, 19 September 2025

Ocula's weekly briefing reports strong sales at viennacontemporary with 15,000 visitors and six-figure results for Galerie Zimmermann Kratochwill. Sotheby's announced $248 million in pre-tax losses for 2024 but achieved $100 million from the Karpidas collection sale and consigned the Pritzker and Lauder collections for November. Haegue Yang was appointed chair of the executive board at Kunst-Werke Berlin. Yemen's National Museum in Sanaa was damaged by Israeli airstrikes. Gallerist Sebastian Gladstone opened a new Los Angeles space, while L.A. Louver closed its Venice Beach gallery after 50 years. Taymour Grahne Projects opened in Dubai. Samia Halaby won the MUNCH Award, Jennifer Packer and Marie Watt received Heinz Family Foundation awards, and the Henry Moore Foundation distributed £100,000 to UK sculptors.

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trending_up market schedule Sep 19, 2025 visibility 25 link 24 artists, 9 galleries

Untitled Art Houston opens with a slew of four- and five-figure sales

Untitled Art Houston opened its inaugural edition on Thursday, September 18, with a VIP preview that generated uneven but promising sales. Lower-priced works sold well, with notable transactions including a $415,000 piece by Carlos Cruz-Diez at Sicardi Ayers Bacino, a $125,000 painting by John Alexander at McClain Gallery, and a $150,000 bronze sculpture by Clare Rojas at Jessica Silverman. Other galleries reported sales ranging from $2,000 to $55,000, with some dealers selling out their stands. The fair marks Houston's first new art fair in years, following the demise of the Houston Fine Art Fair and Texas Contemporary Art Fair.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 17, 2025 visibility 21 link 28 artists, 3 galleries

2025 Fall Arts Guide: The Season’s Best Visual Art Exhibits From Big Museums to Small Galleries

The 2025 Fall Arts Guide highlights three visual art exhibits in Washington, D.C. 'Arab Pop Art: Between East and West' at the Middle East Institute features 35 works by 14 Arab and diaspora artists, blending Western pop art with SWANA cultural motifs. 'Vincent Ricardel: Chasing Light' at gallery neptune & brown presents 15 photographs spanning diverse styles and locations. 'Rik Freeman: Wade in the Waters' opens Sept. 24, showcasing oil paintings.

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trending_up market schedule Sep 17, 2025 visibility 24 link 11 artists, 4 galleries

5 Artists on Our Radar in September 2025

Artsy's September 2025 edition of 'Artists on Our Radar' highlights five emerging artists making waves in the art world. The featured artists are Alexandre Diop (b. 1995, Senegal), a Vienna-based mixed-media artist newly represented by Stephen Friedman Gallery with a solo exhibition opening September 19; Ahrong Kim (b. 1985, South Korea), a New Jersey-based ceramic sculptor with a solo show at LaiSun Keane in Boston through September 28; and Marlon Portales (b. 1991, Cuba), a Miami-based painter represented by Spinello Projects. The article profiles each artist's background, recent exhibitions, and notable works, drawing on Artsy's data and curatorial expertise.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 17, 2025 visibility 23 link 18 artists, 4 galleries

10 Art Shows to See in the Bay Area This Fall

The article presents a curated guide to 10 art exhibitions opening in the Bay Area this fall, highlighting shows by artists such as Mike Henderson, Julio César Morales, Auudi Dorsey, and Jim Melchert. It covers venues ranging from Haines Gallery and Gallery Wendi Norris to the Manetti Shrem Museum and di Rosa SF, with works addressing Black Oakland history, immigration, segregation-era Black leisure, and conceptual ceramic art.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 17, 2025 visibility 21 link 8 artists, 4 galleries

Inaugural Brussels Art Week stakes a strong claim for the city's scene

The inaugural Brussels Art Week took place from September 5-8, organized by the non-profit RendezVous, co-founded by Evelyn Simons and Laure Decock. The event featured gallery openings, artist talks, institutional shows, performances, and offsite interventions across multiple neighborhoods, deliberately avoiding the traditional art fair model. A centerpiece was a commissioned social space by British artist Zoe Williams titled 'A Tip Inn,' a functioning bar and performance venue that hosted talks, readings, and DJ sets. Participating galleries included Xavier Hufkens (showing Charline von Heyl), Gladstone (Nicholas Bierk), and Mendes Wood DM (Julien Creuzet), while Damien & The Love Guru installed Sharon Van Overmeire's inflatable castle sculpture at Wiels garden.

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article news schedule Sep 16, 2025 visibility 25 link 30 artists, 3 galleries

These 16 Artists Are the Biggest at U.S. Museums Right Now

This article presents a quarterly analysis of which living artists are most featured in temporary exhibitions across U.S. museums during September 2025. The author ranks artists based on the number and type of shows they appear in, prioritizing career retrospectives, dedicated exhibitions, and special commissions. The list is dominated by Black and Indigenous artists whose work addresses racism, colonialism, and nature, with Jeffrey Gibson topping the chart due to his Met facade commission, Broad show, and Venice Biennale U.S. Pavilion recreation. Other prominent artists include Firelei Báez, Rashid Johnson, Anila Quayyum Agha, and Ai Weiwei, the only non-U.S.-based artist on the list.

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person people schedule Sep 16, 2025 visibility 25 link 13 artists, 5 galleries

Artists Jennifer Packer and Marie Watt receive $250,000 Heinz Awards

Artists Jennifer Packer and Marie Watt have been named winners of this year's Heinz Awards for the Arts, receiving an unrestricted cash prize of $250,000 each. The awards, now in their 30th edition, are bestowed by the Pittsburgh-based Heinz Family Foundation and honor individuals in the arts, economy, and environment. Packer, a painter known for boldly colorful figurative works, and Watt, whose practice spans steel sculpture and textiles rooted in Indigenous traditions, will be honored at a ceremony in Pittsburgh next month.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 16, 2025 visibility 14 link 27 artists, 1 gallery

Back into the Fray: Fall’s Must-See Museum Shows

Boston Art Review (BAR) has published a guide to must-see museum exhibitions for fall 2026, highlighting major shows across the United States. The article curates a selection of institutional presentations that are expected to draw significant attention during the autumn season, though the specific exhibitions and venues are not detailed in the provided text.

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article news schedule Sep 12, 2025 visibility 24 link 11 artists, 4 galleries

David Bowie Centre, Bukhara Biennial, Hilton Als on Jean Rhys, Hurvin Anderson and Kara Walker—podcast

The latest episode of The Art Newspaper's podcast 'The Week in Art' covers three major stories. Host Ben Luke tours the newly opened David Bowie Centre at the V&A East Storehouse in London, a permanent repository for thousands of items from Bowie's archive, discussing the displays with curator Madeleine Haddon. The episode also reports on the inaugural Bukhara Biennial in Uzbekistan, with art market editor Kabir Jhala delivering a verdict from the opening and curator Diana Campbell offering insights. Finally, the podcast features a 'Work of the Week' segment on two paintings—Hurvin Anderson's 'Untitled' (2025) and Kara Walker's 'West Indies' (2014)—shown in an exhibition at Michael Werner Gallery in London curated by critic and writer Hilton Als, which explores the life and work of Dominican-born writer Jean Rhys.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 10, 2025 visibility 34 link 55 artists, 5 galleries

20 Fall Art Excursions Outside New York City

This article is a guide to 20 fall art excursions outside New York City, highlighting exhibitions in Upstate New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. Featured shows include the 'Trees Never End and Houses Never End Biennial Exhibition' at Sky High Farm in Germantown, Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez's 'Dream Map and Cornucopia' at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, and 'All Manner of Experiments: Legacies of the Baghdad Modern Art Group' at the Hessel Museum of Art at Bard College. Other notable stops include Jeffrey Gibson's exhibition at MASS MoCA, Kiyan Williams's installations at Art Omi, and 'Human Marks: Tattooing in Contemporary Art' at the Joseloff Gallery in Connecticut.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 9, 2025 visibility 19 link 6 artists, 2 galleries

Salman Toor to See First Solo Show in Europe Next Year

The Courtauld Gallery in London has announced its 2026 programme, headlined by Pakistani-born, New York-based painter Salman Toor's first solo exhibition in Europe. Titled "Someone Like You," the show will feature around 20 of Toor's emblematic canvases, including "The Bar on East 13th" (2019), which directly references Édouard Manet's "A Bar at the Folies-Bergère" (1882) from the Courtauld's collection. The exhibition will also include a selection of Toor's works on paper, such as "Fag Puddle in Vitrine" (2021), recently acquired by the museum. Toor's profile has risen sharply over the past five years as his intimate paintings of queer, South Asian men have resonated with institutions and the art market.

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article news schedule Sep 4, 2025 visibility 26 link 48 artists, 5 galleries

Culture Type | The Month in Black Art: Here’s What Happened in August 2025

The Studio Museum in Harlem announced it will reopen on November 15, 2025, after being closed since 2018 for construction of its new building on 125th Street. The museum shared details about opening celebrations, community day, suggested admission prices, and hours. In other August 2025 news, Brazilian artist Ana Cláudia Almeida joined Stephen Friedman Gallery (London/New York) alongside Quadra and Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel; Ekow Eshun was named curator of British Art Show 10, opening in September 2026 across five UK cities; and Vanity Fair previewed the new Studio Museum building in its September issue, featuring interviews with Director Thelma Golden and artists Karon Davis and Tshabalala Self.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 3, 2025 visibility 19 link 15 artists, 1 gallery

From the streets to the parks and beyond: the pick of this season's public art in New York

This season's public art in New York City features a diverse array of outdoor exhibitions across parks and streets. Highlights include Thaddeus Mosley's towering bronze sculptures at City Hall Park, Lady Pink's mural "Foundations" at MoMA PS1, Tai Shani's candle-like sculptures on the High Line, Alma Allen's organic forms along Park Avenue, Torkwase Dyson's pavilion at Brooklyn Bridge Park, and the Socrates Annual at Socrates Sculpture Park featuring artists like Natalia Nakazawa and Rowan Renee.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 3, 2025 visibility 23 link 15 artists, 1 gallery

Emerging artists explore identities and bodies through queer perspectives at Frieze Seoul

Frieze Seoul 2025 is spotlighting queer and female artists through two major exhibitions: “off-site 2: Eleven Episodes” at Kukje Gallery K2, organized in partnership with Art Sonje Center, and “UnHouse” at the new Frieze House space. The former features works by 11 emerging Korean female and genderqueer artists exploring non-normative bodies and identities, including photography by Hong Ji-young, video by duo Yagwang, and an experimental piece by Kwak So-jin. The latter reimagines domestic space through a queer lens with 14 artists such as Anne Imhof, Catherine Opie, and Xiyadie.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 3, 2025 visibility 19 link 18 artists, 7 galleries

Kiaf SEOUL

Kiaf SEOUL's 2025 edition will feature over 125 Korean galleries alongside participants from more than 20 countries, reaffirming its role as a leading platform for global engagement with Korea's art scene. The fair highlights works by celebrated Korean modernists such as Seo-Bo Park and Whanki Kim, while also spotlighting emerging Korean artists. Major galleries like Kukje Gallery present internationally acclaimed artists including Anish Kapoor, Ugo Rondinone, and Ha Chong-Hyun, while the Kiaf PLUS section focuses on material experimentation and cross-cultural exchange from emerging voices. The fair also includes the third edition of the Kiaf HIGHLIGHTS Award, themed "Resonance," and a special exhibition "Reverse Cabinet" commemorating the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Korea and Japan.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 3, 2025 visibility 32 link 52 artists, 4 galleries

15 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This Fall

This fall, Los Angeles museums are presenting a diverse array of exhibitions that explore community, justice, and historical reclamation. Highlights include a historical survey of Mail Art in Latin America, a traveling exhibition of radical Chicano prints from the Smithsonian at the Huntington, a show at the Getty drawn from the Guerrilla Girls' archive, and a two-person exhibition at Skirball pairing Philip Guston with Trenton Doyle Hancock. Other notable shows include 'Monuments' co-organized by the Brick and the Museum of Contemporary Art, solo exhibitions by Guadalupe Maravilla at REDCAT and by American Artist on Octavia E. Butler, and the California Biennial at the Orange County Museum of Art. The article also lists shows at Oxy Arts, the Museum of Contemporary Art, and other venues, featuring artists such as Ken Gonzales-Day, Tavares Strachan, and Stanya Kahn.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 2, 2025 visibility 23 link 21 artists, 7 galleries

The Armory Show puts spotlight on the American South

The Armory Show, New York's premier art fair, is dedicating its 2025 Focus section to artists and galleries from the American South, running September 4-7. Curated by Jessica Bell Brown, executive director of the Institute for Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University, the section features 13 galleries, including Martha's from Austin and Wolfgang Gallery from Atlanta, with works exploring themes of queer identity, Black communities, and Southern cuisine. The fair, now under director Kyla McMillan and owned by Frieze, aims to amplify the region as a nexus for diasporas and challenge preconceived notions about the South.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 1, 2025 visibility 22 link 15 artists, 1 gallery

Frieze House Seoul: A New Permanent Exhibition Space Arrives in the Korean Capital

Frieze has announced the opening of Frieze House Seoul, a new permanent exhibition space in the Yaksu-dong neighborhood of the Korean capital. The venue, housed in a renovated 1988 building designed by Samuso Hyoja, spans over 2,260 square feet across four floors and includes a landscaped garden with a permanent site-specific installation by SANAA. Its inaugural exhibition, "UnHouse," curated by Jaeseok Kim, features queer and emerging artists such as Anne Imhof, Catherine Opie, and Joeun Kim Aatchim, exploring themes of home, identity, and power. The space will host year-round programming, including gallery residencies and special projects, building on the model of Frieze's No 9 Cork Street in London.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 1, 2025 visibility 17 link 2 artists, 1 gallery

'Both Sides of the Line: Carmen Herrera & Leon Polk Smith' at the University of Michigan Museum of Art, USA

The University of Michigan Museum of Art presents 'Both Sides of the Line: Carmen Herrera & Leon Polk Smith' from 30 August 2025 to 4 January 2026. The exhibition features over 45 works—including paintings, works on paper, and three-dimensional objects—that explore the creative dialogue between the two geometric abstraction pioneers, who were neighbors and friends. It is the first time their work has been shown together at this scale, highlighting Herrera's crisp lines and bold colors alongside Smith's sweeping curves and expansive forms.

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trending_up market schedule Aug 27, 2025 visibility 19 link 11 artists, 3 galleries

Rising dealer Sebastian Gladstone expands in LA—what’s behind his success?

Sebastian Gladstone, a rising art dealer, is expanding his namesake gallery in Los Angeles with a new 3,200-square-foot space in Hollywood, opening on 13 September. The move comes despite a broader trend of gallery downsizing, and follows a successful showing at Frieze Los Angeles, where he placed a work with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Gladstone, who launched the gallery in 2020, now operates bicoastally with a Tribeca outpost and plans to focus on quality over quantity, including representing the estate of abstract painter Herman Cherry.

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person people schedule Aug 27, 2025 visibility 32 link 48 artists, 6 galleries

New York Dealer Hal Bromm Can’t Remember His Last Art Fair. He Couldn’t Be Happier

Hal Bromm, a New York art dealer who opened his gallery in Tribeca decades before it became a gallery hub, is celebrating 50 years in the neighborhood. He opened in 1974, predating the wave of galleries that moved to Tribeca around 2013, and has remained at 90 West Broadway since 1977. To mark the milestone, he will present the exhibition “50: The View from Tribeca” on September 19 and publish a book, *New Art, Old Buildings: Stories from Hal Bromm’s Tribeca*. Bromm reflects on his early career, including introducing artists like Donald Judd, Alighiero Boetti, and Mario Merz to New York audiences, and his instinct-driven approach to selecting artists.

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museum exhibitions schedule Aug 25, 2025 visibility 20 link 23 artists, 1 gallery

Interisland - Department of Art and Art History

The Art Gallery at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa presents "Interisland: New Paintings from New York & Hawaiʻi," a survey exhibition running from August 31 to December 7, 2025. Featuring approximately 40 painters from New York City and Hawaiʻi, the show explores commonalities and differences in contemporary painting across these geographically distant regions. Curated by Liam Davis, Jan Dickey, and Debra Drexler, the exhibition marks the ten-year anniversary of "New New York: Abstract Painting in the 21st Century" and includes a spectrum of representational and nonrepresentational works from artists such as Cody Anderson, Kiko Bordeos, and Clare Grill.

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museum exhibitions schedule Aug 25, 2025 visibility 20 link 5 artists, 3 galleries

Art Museum and Galleries at W&L: Fall 2025 Programs and Exhibitions

Washington and Lee University's Art Museum and Galleries announced its Fall 2025 programs under the theme "Materiality & Transformation," featuring two concurrent exhibitions: "Taking Place," a solo show of large-format aerial photographs by Canadian artist Edward Burtynsky, and "Recoded Memories," an immersive installation by Zimbabwean artist Moffat Takadiwa that repurposes discarded materials like computer keys and VHS tapes. Burtynsky's exhibition runs from September 3, 2025, to April 18, 2026, at the Reeves Museum of Ceramics, with a keynote lecture on September 11; Takadiwa's installation is on view from October 24, 2025, to May 31, 2026, at the Watson Galleries, with an artist talk on October 23.

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trending_up market schedule Aug 21, 2025 visibility 22 link 41 artists, 4 galleries

Record Prices, New Buyers and Global Reach: Design’s Moment Has Arrived

Global auction sales for design, decorative arts, and furniture surged 20.4 percent to $172 million in the first half of 2025, according to ArtTactic, while other art market segments declined. Sotheby’s design sales in New York and Paris reached $75 million combined, among the highest totals ever for the category, with Christie’s and Phillips also posting strong results. Record prices were set for works by Tiffany Studios, including the Danner Memorial Window ($12.4 million) and a Frank Lloyd Wright lamp ($7.5 million), fueled by new and younger buyers and institutional acquisitions.

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