Hints and tips:
...This is something which Marilyn Richardson is now reckoning with....
...MoMA immediately acquired half the panels (the Phillips Collection in Washington took the rest)....
...Founder Marilyn Dennis said that three decades after she began performing at “this microcosm of the Caribbean”, her group and sound system culture more broadly are “in a good place, but it’s very, very expensive...
...In 2022, 41 of the top 50 lots were sold in New York, including last year’s bestseller, Andy Warhol’s “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn” (1964) for $195mn, including fees....
...Her running total puts sales at Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Phillips at $13.6bn, up 12 per cent from last year and already above the previous high of $13.2bn for the full year 2014....
...On May 18, Phillips hit its highest ever sale total of $192mn ($225mn with fees)....
...The totals show that New York extended its dominance as a trading centre, based on first-half results, including fees, from Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips....
...Sotheby’s and Phillips estimate they will clinch sales of at least $550m in the coming days, on top of Monday’s results. Linda Macklowe declined to comment....
...“Migration Series” finally sold, after much harrying on her part, jointly to the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, where the series can be seen today....
...A Strauss group by Susanna Phillips, including an exquisite “Morgen!”, was most welcome, despite a few vocal blemishes....
...“Two Marilyns” comes to Phillips in New York on May 17 (est $3m-$4m, with a third-party guarantee)....
...Phillips has secured the first public sale of a large 1957-59 Alberto Burri work (up to $15m) and a white-ground 1945 painting by Joan Miró (up to $18m) while Christie’s also fields a $300m-plus collection...
...Record timing A 1943 Patek Philippe Reference 1518 became the most expensive wristwatch ever to cross the auction block when it sold in November for SFr11m ($10.8m) at Phillips in Geneva....
...Many private collectors own great examples: the magazine magnate Si Newhouse has the 1964 “Orange Marilyn” but others would die for “Shot Red Marilyn” (1964), or one of his disaster series....
...The print sold at Phillips fetched triple its estimate at £75,000 (£93,750 with fees)....
...Phillips’ auction continued the downbeat tone....
...Tuesday’s biggest ticket item was Andy Warhol’s Four Marilyns, which sold for $36m including buyer’s fees — just two years after selling at Phillips for $38.2m....
...While a yellow Fontana “Concetto spaziale, la fine di Dio” (1964) and a Louise Bourgeois “Spider” (1996/97) set new records at $29.2m and $28.2m respectively, the top lot, Warhol’s “Four Marilyns” (1962)...
...Katy Grannan will be in conversation with Phillip Prodger, head of photographs at the National Portrait Gallery, London, on May 19, 4pm-5pm, at Somerset House; photolondon.org....
...Phillips inaugurated its new premises in Berkeley Square on Wednesday night with a sale that did not match up to its soaring new headquarters....
...He has also featured Marilyn Manson, Courtney Love, Kim Gordon (of Sonic Youth) and Ariel Pink in an advertising campaign featuring musicians wearing some well-known Saint Laurent pieces....
...McLellan, who shot this season’s black-and-white Patti Smith-esque campaign for Proenza Schouler, agrees: “Clothes look more chic in black-and-white; the image looks more special, like fantastic images of Marilyn...
...What’s the difference between Psy breaking off YouTube or Phillip Phillips on American Idol? People who are afraid of the future always complain.”...
...Two of Warhol’s most recognisable icons – Mao and Marilyn – are also listed....
...Collagen is used to stop film deteriorating – it is the reason we can still watch old Marilyn Monroe movies – and does a similar job on skin....
International Edition