Sotheby’s delivered an unprecedented moment in art, and auction, history tonight in New York, selling artist Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian (2019)—a banana taped to a wall—for $6.2 million, including ...

Matazo Kayama was a Japanese artist known for his nihonga style, which often depicted birds and other animals. His work was influenced by nihonga, cubism, and Italian futurism. Born in 1927 in Kyoto, ...

Jin Shangyi is a 20th-century Chinese painter known for his realistic depictions of nudes, nationalistic scenes of Revolutionary-era China, serene landscapes, and portraits. Jin’s style is centered ...

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