Across 200 years of competition, Sotheby’s and Christie’s have adopted daring and surreptitious tactics in pursuit of securing consignments. None stranger, however, than those employed in a Tokyo ...

The game “Rock, Paper, Scissors” that kids play with their hands has its origins in finger contests dating back more than 2,000 years. The San Francisco street work called Rock, Paper, Scissors dates ...

From Rothkos to Rauschenbergs, Koonses to KAWSes, Art Basel Miami Beach always offers a plethora of billionaire-priced fare from the top of the art market. This year is no exception, with masterpieces ...

Handshakes have long been crucial to art world deals, but in the spring of 2005, a different gesture determined the outcome of a multimillion dollar agreement. The Japanese electronics giant Maspro ...

Harley Spiller will showcase some of his shears at Outsider Art Fair this weekend. Brian Zak Talk about your cutting-edge exhibitions: Harley Spiller’s showing off his scissors. Some 200 of the 800 he ...