Paula Modersohn-Becker: Art and Life
Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876-1907) was almost completely unknown when she died following childbirth at the age of thirty-one, but within fifteen years she had become a near mythic figure in her native... Read More
IFPDA Print Fair 2015
(November 4 – 8, 2015)
Expressionist Masters and "Cabinet of Curiosities" Highlight St. Etienne's Booth in the Park Avenue Armory...
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St. Etienne Co-Director Hildegard Bachert
Celebrates 75th Anniversary
Hildegard Bachert, who joined the staff of the Galerie St. Etienne on November 4, 1940, is celebrating 75 years on the job....
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Austrian Restitution Policy:
Where Are We, and How Did We Get Here?
From a talk given by gallery Co-Director Jane Kallir on "Art Restitution in Austria: Achievements, Lessons, Challenges" at the Austrian Cultural Foundation in New York on October 1, 2015....
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Understanding the Art Market, Part III
Five Common-Sense Rules for Collectors
The art market may be bigger than ever today, but the basic rules of collecting have not changed much...
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Understanding the Art Market, Part II
What Do Auction Prices Really Mean?
Because auction prices are published, people often mistakenly equate them with stock prices. In truth, auctions represent only a fraction of the total art market, and the process is far from transpare...
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Understanding the Art Market, Part I
How The Market is Manipulated
Huge art prices have many people concerned that we are experiencing another art market bubble. In truth, the market is more complicated than the flashy headlines suggest...
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2015 Art Market Report
Where Are The Gatekeepers?
The Galerie St. Etienne’s 2015 State of the Market Report asks who, in today’s increasingly fragmented art world, decides what constitutes a great work of art. Curators? Critics? Collectors? The m...
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Recent Acquisitions
(July 21 – October 16, 2015)
The gallery’s summer show of Recent Acquisitions features works by artists who for years were off the reigning “gatekeepers” radar: Leonard Baskin, Max Beckmann, Otto Dix, George Grosz, Morris H...
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