Fine Art

Autographs

Collecting the Stage: Stephen Sondheim

In our 80 years as a company, Swann has always been an auction house dedicated to niche markets with specialists who…

African American Art

Black Abstract Artists: Exploring Innovative Techniques

Abstract Artists From Alma Thomas to Jack Whitten Here we explore Black artists who have expanded abstract technique…

News

Edward Hopper & His Contemporaries: Making a Modern American Art — June 30, 2022 Auction Highlights

Edward Hopper Among the Hopper works highlights include an exceedingly scarce etching of The Railroad, 1922, and the…

Illustration Art

Illustration Art: June 9, 2022 Auction Highlights

The Emily & Sam Bush Collection Emily and Sam Bush opened Bush Galleries in Norwich, Vermont in 1984 as one of t…

Modern & Post-War Art

Introducing Latinx Art: Carlos Osorio, Nitza Tufiño & More

This season Swann is introducing Latinx Art as a featured category in our May 26 Modern & Post-War Art auction.…

Contemporary Art

Collector’s Guide: West Coast Artists

canons of dominant New York and international art markets. What they found among the area’s expansive ocean, r…

Modern & Post-War Art

Modern & Post-War Art: May 26, 2022 Auction Highlights

This season’s Modern & Post-War Art auction is set to present a broad scope of artistic movements, featuri…

Collector’s Guide: Celebrated Artists & Their Early Works, Old Master & Modern Prints

An artist’s early career is often filled with many hardships and struggles — this was true for the Old Masters…

Contemporary Art

Contemporary Art: May 12, 2022 Auction Highlights

Featuring Art from the Collection of the late Francis V. O’Connor, Co-editor of the Jackson Pollock Catalogue R…

A Newly-Discovered Drawing by Rembrandt Makes its Debut in Old Master through Modern Prints Auction

Nestled among the outstanding selection of fine Rembrandt etchings in the Old Master through Modern Prints auction t…

African American Art

Records & Results: Spring 2022 Auction of African American Art

The spring 2022 offering of African American Art closed out the March auctions at Swann with an exceptional marathon…

African American Art

Collectors on Collecting: A Conversation with Bernard I. Lumpkin of “Young, Gifted and Black”

On Monday, March 28, ahead of our spring 2022 sale of African American Art, department director Nigel Freeman sat do…