Posts by Laura Horowicz

On May 18, 2026, Christie's New York sold $1.1 billion in art across two back-to-back evening auctions, the highest single-night total in the house's history. Jackson Pollock nearly tripled his record. Brancusi cleared $100 million. Rothko set a new high. And every single work in the S.I. Newhouse collection found a buyer, in under an hour. This is what that means.

Christie's recruited Nicole Kidman to appear in a film promoting Constantin Brancusi's Danaïde ahead of its May 18, 2026 sale. The sculpture sold for $107.6 million — a new record for the artist. The campaign made headlines, but what it reveals about fine art, celebrity culture, and how serious collectors should think is the more interesting story.

Hunt Slonem's bunny paintings are among the most immediately recognizable works in contemporary American art. But their appeal goes well beyond surface charm. For Slonem, painting bunnies is a meditative practice rooted in personal symbolism, spiritual repetition, and a lifelong relationship with the natural world, and for collectors, they are among the most deeply inhabitable works he makes.

 

Nemo Jantzen is a Dutch contemporary artist born in The Hague in 1970. Trained at the RTO Art Academy in Rotterdam, he built his career across Belgium, Spain, and now New York and Barcelona. He is best known for two signature techniques: hyper-detailed thread-and-nail portraits and neo-pointillist resin dome mosaics. His work appears in major museums, private collections, and leading galleries worldwide.

 

In the world of contemporary art, few artists operate with the same level of material curiosity and conceptual risk as Sylvain Tremblay. Known for his sculptural paintings and highly textured surfaces, Tremblay has built a practice that exists between disciplines—where painting, sculpture, and performance converge.

 

In this edition of Art Talk: Artist Interviews, Carousel Fine Art offers collectors a rare, behind-the-scenes look into Sylvain Tremblay’s artistic process, studio residency, and bespoke commission work. The conversation reveals not only how his works are made, but why they resonate so strongly with collectors seeking investment art and one-of-one commissions.

What Reuters says it found, why the story matters, and what this means for street art, the market, and Banksy’s legacy.

Before a single figure takes shape, before any marble is carved or bronze is cast, Mariela Garibay begins with something much quieter—stillness. Her art doesn’t begin with her hands. It begins with her heart. And it’s this deeply intentional process that makes her work so moving—and why collectors around the world are beginning to take notice. But how does Garibay bring these tender figures to life?

The exploration of technological progress, human connection, and the potential beginnings of an unforeseen devolution in our evolution.

As we step into the captivating realm of Chance Cooper's artistic repertoire, a series of works emerges that unveils a world of vivid imagination and whimsical storytelling. In this "Bag Series,” Cooper immerses us in an intimate exploration of personal narratives and enigmatic tales, all contained within the confines of a bag.

In the pulsating heartbeat of contemporary art one name emerges from the bustling  streets of  LA, Chance Cooper, creating a symphony of visual narratives that resonate with the rhythm of life itself.