What Is Art For?

Posted on November 21, 2015December 5, 2015 by Galerie St. Etienne

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?

Posted on November 12, 2015December 5, 2015 by Jane Kallir

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)

Posted on November 3, 2015March 16, 2016 by Galerie St. Etienne

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)

Posted on November 1, 2015December 5, 2015 by Galerie St. Etienne

Expressionist Masters and "Cabinet of Curiosities" Highlight St. Etienne's Booth in the Park Avenue Armory... Read More