{"id":1968460,"date":"2026-06-01T10:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T07:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1968460"},"modified":"2026-06-01T10:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T07:00:09","slug":"what-a-181-million-pollock-doesnt-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1968460","title":{"rendered":"What a $181 Million Pollock Doesn\u2019t Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><main class=\"gh-main\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"gh-article post tag-daily-newsletter tag-newsletter no-image\">\n<header class=\"gh-article-header gh-canvas\">\n<p>                Daily Newsletter<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"gh-article-title is-title\">What a $181 Million Pollock Doesn\u2019t Say<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">Plus, Brooklyn\u2019s joyful and whimsical new subway mosaic. <\/p>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta\">\n<div class=\"gh-article-author-image instapaper_ignore\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-profile-image\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/size\/w160\/2025\/11\/hyperallergic-favicon-d-blank-r-g-s-500.png\" alt=\"Hyperallergic\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta-wrapper\">\n<h4 class=\"gh-article-author-name\">Hyperallergic<\/h4>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta-content\"><time class=\"gh-article-meta-date\" datetime=\"2026-06-01\">June 1, 2026<\/time><span class=\"gh-article-meta-length\"><span class=\"bull\">\u2014<\/span> 4 min read<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"gh-content gh-canvas is-body\">\n<p>$181.2 million for a Jackson Pollock? Astronomical numbers dominated the headlines during this spring\u2019s marquee auctions. But beneath the record-breaking sales is a more complicated story: The art market is not healthy, gallerist Marc Straus writes today. Read on for his take on what the less glitzy lots reveal about the market, and the smaller galleries suffocating while the trophy sales suck up oxygen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a more cheerful story \u2014 a new joint project between Ruby Onyinyechi Amanze and Miotto Mosaic Art Studios adorning Brooklyn\u2019s Borough Hall Station. Part mosaic and part collage, it is playful, joyful, and a little bizarre (just how I like it), capturing aliens, birds, and even leopard-headed humans. I think the title of the work doubles as a blessing for the week: \u201cMay Your Road Be Light and Fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<em>Lisa Yin Zhang, associate editor<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/Auctioneer-Adrien-Meyer-sells-Jackson-Pollock---s-Number-7A--1948-the-top-lot-of-Masterpieces-The-Private-Collection-of-S.I.-Newhouse--for--181.2-million-3-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tThe Art Market Post-Pollock<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tAfter spring\u2019s marquee auctions, we are led to believe that everything in our important art universe is doing just fine. It isn\u2019t.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Pollock sucks up the oxygen. It is the lead story \u2014 important, yes, but also misleading. $181.2 million for a great Pollock, wisely held back until the market could carry it. Not just the Pollock, but a $107.6 million Brancusi. Much of Christie\u2019s evening sale went smoothly, exuberant and beautifully orchestrated.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nBut not so fast. For in this $1.1 billion evening sale, the number of artworks that hammered below low estimate or went unsold was substantial, roughly 30%, including big-ticket items like Agnes Gund\u2019s Twombly. Plus, many had third-party guarantees, meaning they would not be bought in. | Marc J. Straus\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"news\">News<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The outerwear brand Patagonia is suing drag queen Pattie Gonia for trademark infringement.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>A new Brooklyn subway mural by Ruby Onyinyechi Amanze adds a touch of whimsy to commuting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-white kg-cta-immersive  kg-cta-has-img  \" data-layout=\"immersive\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>SPONSORED<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/Wendi-Yan-1-1.png\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x675\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Open Call: The 7th VH AWARD for Media Artists Engaged with the Context of Asia<\/strong><\/b><br \/><span>Supporting media artists with production grants, global exhibitions, and an expanded online residency with Ars Electronica.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-our-critics\">From Our Critics<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/IMG_1543-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tMartha Cooper Captures How Urban Youth Made New York<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tWhat are the bodily characteristics that make a city? That is what I was thinking about while walking through the Bronx Documentary Center\u2019s exhibition <em>Martha Cooper: Streetwise<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>Martha Cooper is perhaps best known for documenting New York City\u2019s graffiti and breaking culture in the early 1980s, though this exhibition offers a survey of her career from the late 1970s through 2010s in New York, Baltimore, Tokyo, and the South African Township of Soweto. Still, I found myself drawn to Cooper\u2019s images of the city, because they inspired me to think deeply on the physical experience of living here. | Imani Williford\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\t Nicola Florimbi\u2019s Paintings Are Unsettling and Necessary<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tIn our media-saturated world, in which everything has been seen and done, leaving us in a perpetual d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu state of witty citations, exhumed tropes, or dazzling fabrications, it\u2019s rare to be surprised by an artist\u2019s debut exhibition. There are many reasons why I was instantly taken by the acrylic paintings in Nicola Florimbi\u2019s <em>Rooms<\/em> at Corbett vs. Dempsey. | John Yau\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-white kg-cta-minimal    \" data-layout=\"minimal\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>SPONSORED<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Support Independent Art Reporting<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Independent, critical reporting is increasingly hard to come by. But you can ensure it doesn\u2019t disappear.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>By becoming a paid member of the <\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span> community, you not only help keep our lights on, but guarantee our hands (and pens) remain untied.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Join us<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"community\">Community<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/RMS_Studio-view-1---Rachelle-Mozman-Solano-2-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tA View From the Easel<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tRachelle Mozman Solano films, cuts paper, and paints in the solitude of her Brooklyn studio of over two decades.\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h2>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">Simply judging the artistic &#8220;merit&#8221;, the AI interpretation of &#8220;Moonrise Over Hernandez&#8221; is reduced to a soulless confection and far from a &#8220;realistic&#8221; representation it purports to be either in fact or fiction. Artificial yes, Intelligent no.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>David Pennington on \u201c<\/em><em>Ansel Adams Trust Decries Dealer\u2019s Sale of Photo Colorized Using AI<\/em><em>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-the-archive\">From the Archive<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/roy-kady-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tWeaver Roy Kady Is a Shepherd First<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>Din\u00e9 weaver and fiber artist Roy Kady sat down for a video interview wearing a shirt that read \u201cSheep is life.\u201d Kady is a shepherd and an artist, roles he sees as definitively intertwined. \u201cI am first a shepherd, then art comes with it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kady\u2019s decades-long career has been one of constant learning, and in recent years, teaching. He shares weaving techniques and Din\u00e9 stories that he says are too often missing from younger generations. Kady spoke to Hyperallergic about Din\u00e9 conceptions of gender, apprenticeship in his small Arizona town, and being accepted as a gay man in his community. | Elaine Velie\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"post-tags\">\n<li>\n                        Daily Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<li>\n                        Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/main><\/p>\n<article class=\"gh-article post tag-daily-newsletter tag-newsletter no-image\">\n<header class=\"gh-article-header gh-canvas\">\n<p>                Daily Newsletter<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"gh-article-title is-title\">What a $181 Million Pollock Doesn\u2019t Say<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">Plus, Brooklyn\u2019s joyful and whimsical new subway mosaic. <\/p>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta\">\n<div class=\"gh-article-author-image instapaper_ignore\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-profile-image\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/size\/w160\/2025\/11\/hyperallergic-favicon-d-blank-r-g-s-500.png\" alt=\"Hyperallergic\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta-wrapper\">\n<h4 class=\"gh-article-author-name\">Hyperallergic<\/h4>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta-content\"><time class=\"gh-article-meta-date\" datetime=\"2026-06-01\">June 1, 2026<\/time><span class=\"gh-article-meta-length\"><span class=\"bull\">\u2014<\/span> 4 min read<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"gh-content gh-canvas is-body\">\n<p>$181.2 million for a Jackson Pollock? Astronomical numbers dominated the headlines during this spring\u2019s marquee auctions. But beneath the record-breaking sales is a more complicated story: The art market is not healthy, gallerist Marc Straus writes today. Read on for his take on what the less glitzy lots reveal about the market, and the smaller galleries suffocating while the trophy sales suck up oxygen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a more cheerful story \u2014 a new joint project between Ruby Onyinyechi Amanze and Miotto Mosaic Art Studios adorning Brooklyn\u2019s Borough Hall Station. Part mosaic and part collage, it is playful, joyful, and a little bizarre (just how I like it), capturing aliens, birds, and even leopard-headed humans. I think the title of the work doubles as a blessing for the week: \u201cMay Your Road Be Light and Fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<em>Lisa Yin Zhang, associate editor<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/Auctioneer-Adrien-Meyer-sells-Jackson-Pollock---s-Number-7A--1948-the-top-lot-of-Masterpieces-The-Private-Collection-of-S.I.-Newhouse--for--181.2-million-3-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tThe Art Market Post-Pollock<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tAfter spring\u2019s marquee auctions, we are led to believe that everything in our important art universe is doing just fine. It isn\u2019t.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Pollock sucks up the oxygen. It is the lead story \u2014 important, yes, but also misleading. $181.2 million for a great Pollock, wisely held back until the market could carry it. Not just the Pollock, but a $107.6 million Brancusi. Much of Christie\u2019s evening sale went smoothly, exuberant and beautifully orchestrated.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nBut not so fast. For in this $1.1 billion evening sale, the number of artworks that hammered below low estimate or went unsold was substantial, roughly 30%, including big-ticket items like Agnes Gund\u2019s Twombly. Plus, many had third-party guarantees, meaning they would not be bought in. | Marc J. Straus\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"news\">News<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The outerwear brand Patagonia is suing drag queen Pattie Gonia for trademark infringement.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>A new Brooklyn subway mural by Ruby Onyinyechi Amanze adds a touch of whimsy to commuting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-white kg-cta-immersive  kg-cta-has-img  \" data-layout=\"immersive\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>SPONSORED<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/Wendi-Yan-1-1.png\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x675\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Open Call: The 7th VH AWARD for Media Artists Engaged with the Context of Asia<\/strong><\/b><br \/><span>Supporting media artists with production grants, global exhibitions, and an expanded online residency with Ars Electronica.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-our-critics\">From Our Critics<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/IMG_1543-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tMartha Cooper Captures How Urban Youth Made New York<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tWhat are the bodily characteristics that make a city? That is what I was thinking about while walking through the Bronx Documentary Center\u2019s exhibition <em>Martha Cooper: Streetwise<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>Martha Cooper is perhaps best known for documenting New York City\u2019s graffiti and breaking culture in the early 1980s, though this exhibition offers a survey of her career from the late 1970s through 2010s in New York, Baltimore, Tokyo, and the South African Township of Soweto. Still, I found myself drawn to Cooper\u2019s images of the city, because they inspired me to think deeply on the physical experience of living here. | Imani Williford\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\t Nicola Florimbi\u2019s Paintings Are Unsettling and Necessary<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tIn our media-saturated world, in which everything has been seen and done, leaving us in a perpetual d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu state of witty citations, exhumed tropes, or dazzling fabrications, it\u2019s rare to be surprised by an artist\u2019s debut exhibition. There are many reasons why I was instantly taken by the acrylic paintings in Nicola Florimbi\u2019s <em>Rooms<\/em> at Corbett vs. Dempsey. | John Yau\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-white kg-cta-minimal    \" data-layout=\"minimal\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>SPONSORED<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Support Independent Art Reporting<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Independent, critical reporting is increasingly hard to come by. But you can ensure it doesn\u2019t disappear.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>By becoming a paid member of the <\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span> community, you not only help keep our lights on, but guarantee our hands (and pens) remain untied.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Join us<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"community\">Community<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/RMS_Studio-view-1---Rachelle-Mozman-Solano-2-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tA View From the Easel<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tRachelle Mozman Solano films, cuts paper, and paints in the solitude of her Brooklyn studio of over two decades.\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h2>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">Simply judging the artistic &#8220;merit&#8221;, the AI interpretation of &#8220;Moonrise Over Hernandez&#8221; is reduced to a soulless confection and far from a &#8220;realistic&#8221; representation it purports to be either in fact or fiction. Artificial yes, Intelligent no.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>David Pennington on \u201c<\/em><em>Ansel Adams Trust Decries Dealer\u2019s Sale of Photo Colorized Using AI<\/em><em>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-the-archive\">From the Archive<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/roy-kady-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tWeaver Roy Kady Is a Shepherd First<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>Din\u00e9 weaver and fiber artist Roy Kady sat down for a video interview wearing a shirt that read \u201cSheep is life.\u201d Kady is a shepherd and an artist, roles he sees as definitively intertwined. \u201cI am first a shepherd, then art comes with it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kady\u2019s decades-long career has been one of constant learning, and in recent years, teaching. He shares weaving techniques and Din\u00e9 stories that he says are too often missing from younger generations. Kady spoke to Hyperallergic about Din\u00e9 conceptions of gender, apprenticeship in his small Arizona town, and being accepted as a gay man in his community. | Elaine Velie\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"post-tags\">\n<li>\n                        Daily Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<li>\n                        Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<section class=\"gh-content gh-canvas is-body\">\n<p>$181.2 million for a Jackson Pollock? Astronomical numbers dominated the headlines during this spring\u2019s marquee auctions. But beneath the record-breaking sales is a more complicated story: The art market is not healthy, gallerist Marc Straus writes today. Read on for his take on what the less glitzy lots reveal about the market, and the smaller galleries suffocating while the trophy sales suck up oxygen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a more cheerful story \u2014 a new joint project between Ruby Onyinyechi Amanze and Miotto Mosaic Art Studios adorning Brooklyn\u2019s Borough Hall Station. Part mosaic and part collage, it is playful, joyful, and a little bizarre (just how I like it), capturing aliens, birds, and even leopard-headed humans. I think the title of the work doubles as a blessing for the week: \u201cMay Your Road Be Light and Fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<em>Lisa Yin Zhang, associate editor<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/Auctioneer-Adrien-Meyer-sells-Jackson-Pollock---s-Number-7A--1948-the-top-lot-of-Masterpieces-The-Private-Collection-of-S.I.-Newhouse--for--181.2-million-3-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tThe Art Market Post-Pollock<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tAfter spring\u2019s marquee auctions, we are led to believe that everything in our important art universe is doing just fine. It isn\u2019t.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Pollock sucks up the oxygen. It is the lead story \u2014 important, yes, but also misleading. $181.2 million for a great Pollock, wisely held back until the market could carry it. Not just the Pollock, but a $107.6 million Brancusi. Much of Christie\u2019s evening sale went smoothly, exuberant and beautifully orchestrated.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nBut not so fast. For in this $1.1 billion evening sale, the number of artworks that hammered below low estimate or went unsold was substantial, roughly 30%, including big-ticket items like Agnes Gund\u2019s Twombly. Plus, many had third-party guarantees, meaning they would not be bought in. | Marc J. Straus\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"news\">News<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The outerwear brand Patagonia is suing drag queen Pattie Gonia for trademark infringement.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>A new Brooklyn subway mural by Ruby Onyinyechi Amanze adds a touch of whimsy to commuting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-white kg-cta-immersive  kg-cta-has-img  \" data-layout=\"immersive\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>SPONSORED<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/Wendi-Yan-1-1.png\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x675\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Open Call: The 7th VH AWARD for Media Artists Engaged with the Context of Asia<\/strong><\/b><br \/><span>Supporting media artists with production grants, global exhibitions, and an expanded online residency with Ars Electronica.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-our-critics\">From Our Critics<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/IMG_1543-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tMartha Cooper Captures How Urban Youth Made New York<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tWhat are the bodily characteristics that make a city? That is what I was thinking about while walking through the Bronx Documentary Center\u2019s exhibition <em>Martha Cooper: Streetwise<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>Martha Cooper is perhaps best known for documenting New York City\u2019s graffiti and breaking culture in the early 1980s, though this exhibition offers a survey of her career from the late 1970s through 2010s in New York, Baltimore, Tokyo, and the South African Township of Soweto. Still, I found myself drawn to Cooper\u2019s images of the city, because they inspired me to think deeply on the physical experience of living here. | Imani Williford\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\t Nicola Florimbi\u2019s Paintings Are Unsettling and Necessary<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tIn our media-saturated world, in which everything has been seen and done, leaving us in a perpetual d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu state of witty citations, exhumed tropes, or dazzling fabrications, it\u2019s rare to be surprised by an artist\u2019s debut exhibition. There are many reasons why I was instantly taken by the acrylic paintings in Nicola Florimbi\u2019s <em>Rooms<\/em> at Corbett vs. Dempsey. | John Yau\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-white kg-cta-minimal    \" data-layout=\"minimal\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>SPONSORED<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Support Independent Art Reporting<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Independent, critical reporting is increasingly hard to come by. But you can ensure it doesn\u2019t disappear.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>By becoming a paid member of the <\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span> community, you not only help keep our lights on, but guarantee our hands (and pens) remain untied.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Join us<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"community\">Community<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/RMS_Studio-view-1---Rachelle-Mozman-Solano-2-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tA View From the Easel<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tRachelle Mozman Solano films, cuts paper, and paints in the solitude of her Brooklyn studio of over two decades.\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h2>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">Simply judging the artistic &#8220;merit&#8221;, the AI interpretation of &#8220;Moonrise Over Hernandez&#8221; is reduced to a soulless confection and far from a &#8220;realistic&#8221; representation it purports to be either in fact or fiction. Artificial yes, Intelligent no.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>David Pennington on \u201c<\/em><em>Ansel Adams Trust Decries Dealer\u2019s Sale of Photo Colorized Using AI<\/em><em>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-the-archive\">From the Archive<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/roy-kady-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tWeaver Roy Kady Is a Shepherd First<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>Din\u00e9 weaver and fiber artist Roy Kady sat down for a video interview wearing a shirt that read \u201cSheep is life.\u201d Kady is a shepherd and an artist, roles he sees as definitively intertwined. \u201cI am first a shepherd, then art comes with it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kady\u2019s decades-long career has been one of constant learning, and in recent years, teaching. He shares weaving techniques and Din\u00e9 stories that he says are too often missing from younger generations. 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