3 OUT OF 12 #CONTROVERSIES #WORTH A #LOOK!

3. The #Guggenheim Offers #Trump a #Golden #Toilet

America, a fully functioning gold toilet by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, at the Guggenheim Museum in New York on September 15, 2016. 

8. #Paris Protests—and Then Reluctantly Accepts—Jeff #Koons’s #Bouquet 

Rendering of Bouquet of Tulips (2017). ©Jeff #Koons. 

11. Where Is #SalvatorMundi?

A visitor takes a photo of the painting Salvator Mundi by #Leonardo #daVinci at #Christie’s #NYC

Read the details:

These Are The 12 Biggest Controversies That Rocked the Art World in 2018

Read the details Month by Month in 2018 about #DIEGO:

https://www.diegovociproject.com/archived-newsletters

20 MOST #EXPENSIVE #ARTWORKS #SOLD AT #AUCTION IN #2018

$157,159,000

Amedeo #Modigliani, Nu Couché (Sur Le Côté Gauche), 1917

#Sotheby’s #NYC, May 14, 2018

Amedeo Modigliani, Nu couché (sur le côté gauche), 1917. Courtesy of Sotheby’s.

In 2018, 20 most expensive lots showed a healthy market that continued to churn out new records for major artists, despite many top lots selling on just a few bids or less. Collectors fought over paintings, furniture, and ephemera from the collection of Peggy and David #Rockefeller, which racked up $832.6 million in sales—the most for an #estate in #history. #Asian collectors continued to muscle their way into the top echelon of the auction #world, both by securing major works at sales in New York and by buying big lots during sales in #HongKong and #Beijing.

$115,000,000

Pablo #Picasso, Fillette à la corbeille fleurie, 1905

#Christie’s New York, May 8, 2018

$91,875,000

Edward #Hopper, Chop Suey, 1929

Christie’s New York, November 13, 2018

View the rest of the most expensive Artworks in 2018 click here: https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-20-expensive-artworks-sold-2018

View recent sold works on Diego Voci: https://www.diegovociproject.com/acquire-originals

#PRICE CHECK! HERE’S WHAT #SOLD AT #ARTBASEL 2018

Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and for How Much—at Art Basel 2018

 

HEY #CALIFORNIA! Can’t Stay Up ’til #Midnight? . . .

When all the #NYC clocks hit #midnite for #New_Year’s, it is only #9 p.m. on the #Westcoast. See the NYC #clocks courtesy of The New Yorker.

Turn on TV and watch the 2 ton (#24,000 lb.) #Waterford Crystal Ball drop in #New York City.  http://variety.com/2017/digital/news/times-square-2018-new-years-eve-live-stream-1202649834/ 

#HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!

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