Year: 2015
Why Are the Most Expensive Artists STILL Male?
Amadeo Modigliani became the latest man to join the nine-figure club when his "Reclining Nude" sold for $170.4 million at Christie’s on November 9, 2015. Why are all the most expensive artists male?... Read More
Blockbuster Exhibition “The Women of Klimt, Schiele and Kokoschka” in Vienna
The Women of Klimt, Schiele and Kokoschka, curated by Galerie St. Etienne Co-Director Jane Kallir and Belvedere Vice-Director Alfred Weidinger, is drawing record crowds at the Belvedere Museum in Vien... Read More
What Is Art For?
In the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris, Beirut and Bamako, the Galerie St. Etienne offers some thoughts first published in October 2001. Art serves many functions, but in the last decades, undu... Read More
The Taubman Test: What Does the $515 Million Auction Mean?
Sotheby’s auction of art from the estate of A. Alfred Taubman, to which the firm guaranteed $515 million, was characterized by some as a test of the art market. However, the sales on November 4 and ... Read More
Paula Modersohn-Becker: Art and Life
(November 3, 2015 – March 19, 2016)
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...
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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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