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How Will the Venice Biennale Impact Alma Allen’s Market?

Artist Alma Allen has been selected as America's representative at the Venice Biennale, sparking controversy due to the unusual selection process under President Trump. The pavilion is commissioned by the newly formed American Arts Conservancy, led by Jenni Parido, who previously ran a pet food lifestyle shop and entered Trump's orbit through Mar-a-Lago pet charity events. Following the announcement, Allen's galleries Olney Gleason and Mendes Wood DM dropped him, but he was quickly picked up by high-profile gallery Perrotin. The article examines how the Biennale and its attendant drama might affect Allen's market, noting his longtime collectors include Beth Rudin DeWoody, Peter Morton, Jack Pierson, and others, while his auction prices have remained modest.

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hunter biden art

The article discusses the controversy surrounding Hunter Biden's art career, focusing on his upcoming exhibition at Georges Bergès Gallery in October. Despite limited public exposure to his work, Bergès is pricing Biden's drawings at $75,000 and paintings at $500,000, placing him in the top tier of emerging artists. The White House issued ethics guidelines requiring buyer identities to remain secret from both Biden and the administration, raising concerns about potential conflicts of interest. The author questions the wisdom of selling the art given Biden's public struggles with addiction and his family's political prominence.

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trending_up market schedule May 27, 2026 visibility 1 link 8 artists

Collectors Anita and Poju Zabludowicz to Sell $20.1 M. in Art at Christie’s

Collectors Anita and Poju Zabludowicz, longtime fixtures on the ARTnews Top 200 Collectors list, are selling £15 million ($20.1 million) worth of art at Christie’s next month through an in-person auction in London on June 25 and an online sale. The 106-lot sale is led by Philip Guston’s painting *Mirror Head* (1977), estimated at up to £5.5 million ($7.38 million), alongside works by Beatriz Milhazes, Rose Wylie, Damien Hirst, Richard Prince, Takashi Murakami, Henry Taylor, and Charline von Heyl.

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Phillips Collection sells O’Keeffe and other masterpieces amid outcry from supporters

The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., sold three masterworks from its permanent collection at auction on Thursday evening for a combined $13,413,000. The deaccessioned works were by Georgia O’Keeffe, Arthur Dove, and Georges Seurat. The sale proceeded despite strong outcry from some of the museum's influential supporters, who viewed the decision as a betrayal of the founders' vision and accused the director and board of prioritizing financial gain over the institution's mission.

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Why Anita Zabludowicz is putting £20mn of art up for auction

Anita Zabludowicz is selling £20 million worth of art at Christie’s London summer auction. The collection includes works by prominent contemporary artists, and the sale is expected to be a major event in the art market calendar.

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