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trending_up market schedule Jun 26, 2025 visibility 16 link 18 artists, 3 galleries

design market report 2025 auction results tiffany lalanne 1234745884

Amid a sluggish broader art market, the design category is surging. Major auction houses—Sotheby’s, Christie’s, and Phillips—held design sales in early June 2025 that far exceeded expectations. Sotheby’s New York design sales totaled $37.5 million, Christie’s $23.6 million, and Phillips $4 million, representing a 62.3 percent year-on-year increase across all three houses. Notable highlights include the Goddard Memorial Window by Tiffany Studios, which sold for $4.29 million, the second-highest price for a Tiffany window at auction. The sales attracted many new buyers, with Sotheby’s and Phillips reporting over 20 percent of buyers were new to the houses.

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article local schedule May 6, 2026 visibility 12 link 21 artists, 2 galleries

Hotel and art hub Casabianca opens on Italy's Lake Como

The De Santis family, accomplished hoteliers on Lake Como, has opened Casabianca, a new hotel and art hub in a 1930 villa designed by Piero Ponci. The property features three apartment-style suites launching later this year, while its lower floors are already open to the public for €15, displaying around 50 works from the family's collection of post-war Italian art, including pieces by Arte Povera artists such as Alighiero Boetti, Mario Merz, and Jannis Kounellis. The venture is the latest in a series of heritage hotel restorations by the family, who previously revived the Grand Hotel Tremezzo and Passalacqua.

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article culture schedule Apr 10, 2026 visibility 20 link 4 artists

Gae Aulenti's 'Tavolo con ruote': A Radical Icon on Wheels

La « Tavolo con ruote » de Gae Aulenti : une icône radicale comme sur des roulettes

Gae Aulenti’s 1980 'Tavolo con ruote' (Table with wheels) remains a definitive icon of postmodern design, characterized by its radical simplicity. Created during Aulenti's tenure as artistic director of FontanaArte, the piece features a thick glass slab bolted to four industrial trolley wheels, a concept inspired by the factory carts used to transport glass. The table's enduring popularity is highlighted by its recent corporate history, as FontanaArte was acquired by Nemo Lighting in 2024 and subsequently integrated into the Spanish group Kettal in early 2026.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 7, 2026 visibility 14 link 6 artists, 1 gallery

Sanou Oumar & Matt Paweski “Forma di Utilità / Shape of Utility” at Gordon Robichaux, New York

Gordon Robichaux in New York is hosting a dual exhibition titled "Forma di Utilità / Shape of Utility," featuring drawings by Sanou Oumar and sculptures alongside functional design by Matt Paweski. This marks the third solo-presentation context for both artists at the gallery, showcasing a dialogue between Oumar’s intricate, geometric pen-on-paper works and Paweski’s meticulously crafted, painted metal forms.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 9, 2026 visibility 2 link 2 artists

Intervista all’artista italiano che ha riempito la città di Stoccolma di sculture-animali

Italian artist Davide Rivalta has installed thirteen monumental bronze sculptures of lions, buffalo, and rhinoceroses across Stockholm, Sweden, in a project titled "Blowing Figures into Space." Organized by the Italian Cultural Institute of Stockholm, the works are placed in strategic locations including Mynttorget, Gamla Stan, Ladugårdsgärdet, and Hagaparken, with installations rolling out from April 2025 through summer 2027. The first sculpture was unveiled near the Swedish Parliament during Stockholm Art Week, and additional animals will appear in public parks on August 29.