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This week: auction week’s emerging themes, an art-fair flurry, Mike Bidlo’s surprise rise, and much more—all in a 7-minute read.
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This week: auction week’s emerging themes, an art-fair flurry, Mike Bidlo’s surprise rise, and much more—all in a 7-minute read.
Andy Warhol’s 'Shot Sage Blue Marilyn' fetched over $170 million before fees, but pre-sale estimates had speculated a price of $200 million or higher.
The work, based on a promotional photograph from the 1953-film, Niagra, is part of a set of four portraits, each with a different background.
Our columnist examines how multiple asset markets in free fall might impact an art market fixated on its own business.
The Shot Sage Blue Marilyn is one of a series made after the actor’s death in 1962 and has become the ‘pinnacle of American pop’