The Art World This Week

Maqbool Fida Husain, Untitled (Gram Yatra), 1954. Source: Christie’s.

Record for Indian Painting at Auction Smashed by $13.7M M.F. Husain

The work sold at Christie’s New York, almost quadrupling its $3.5m high estimate, as South Asian Modern art crests a wave.

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Art Adviser Sentenced to 2.5 Years in Prison for Defrauding Clients

The Manhattan art adviser Lisa Schiff, who admitted to stealing millions of dollars clients gave her to buy art, but which she instead…

The New York Times >

TEFAF Returns With Majesty in an Uncertain Market

The fair has a jewel of a 16th-century illuminated manuscript, and other museum-quality items, but fewer standouts over all.
 
The New York Times >

The UK’s Oldest Art Fair, the London Original Print Fair, Turns 40

The London Original Print Fair (LOPF), the UK’s longest-running art fair, opens for its 40th consecutive year on Thursday.

ARTnews >

New Yorker Parts Ways With Art Critic After ‘Inappropriate’ Behavior at Company Party: Report

The New Yorker has cut ties with its art critic after the Condé Nast-owned magazine received complaints about his allegedly “inappropriate” behavior.

New York Post >

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