Fine Art

Illustration Art

Swann in Profile: Skye Lacerte

The start of the fall 2023 auction season at Swann brought Skye Lacerte as a new specialist for the Illustration Art…

Modern & Post-War Art

Essential Modern & Post-War Art Terms & Movements — Part I

Harold Porcher’s Illustrated Glossary of Modern & Post-War Movements In early 2020 I joined Swann and crea…

Contemporary Art

Prints & Drawings’ Specialist Picks: What to Watch in the November 16, 2023, Contemporary Art Auction

Our Prints & Drawings department shares their picks for the November 16, 2023, sale of Contemporary Art.

Modern & Post-War Art

Auction Highlights: Modern & Post-War Art — November 30, 2023

The fall Modern & Post-War Art auction will include work from the early twentieth century through post-World War…

Contemporary Art

Auction Highlights: Contemporary Art — November 16, 2023

Swann’s Contemporary Art auction on November 16 spans the last fifty-plus years of artistic creativity, e…

African American Art

Records & Results: African American Art — October 19, 2023

Swann Galleries’ October 19 sale of African American Art proved consistent among new contemporary artists and auctio…

African American Art

Unsung Heroes: Black Ceramicists

Here we take a look at five ceramic artists we’ve brought to the market over the past few years whose practices vary…

Auction Highlights: Old Master Through Modern Prints — November 2, 2023

Old Master Prints The November 2, 2023, auction begins with a selection of classic prints by old master artists from…

African American Art

First Impressions: Elizabeth Catlett & Charles White at the Taller de Gráfica Popular

In 1946, in what would become the last year of their brief marriage, Elizabeth Catlett and Charles White shared a ca…

African American Art

Auction Highlights: African American Art — October 19, 2023

The October 19, 2023, sale of African American Art will feature exceptional modern and contemporary works of abstrac…

American Art

Artist Profile: Will Barnet

Swann Galleries’ September 21, 2023, American Art sale features a special section of approximately 30 works by Will …

Will Barnet, Study for “Summer Idyll,” oil, pen & ink, 1975. Estimate $10,000 to $15,000.
American Art

American Art: Featuring Works From the Estate of Will Barnet — September 21, 2023 Auction Highlights

There are numerous dynamic works by early twentieth- century American modernists, including Edward Hopper, Abra…