Auctions at Showplace is organizing its first New York City Estate Auction in 2025 to treat avid collectors to a carefully chosen set of 280 lots. You can find fine art from many established artists here, as well as ceramics, jewelry, and exclusive furniture items. The live bidding begins on January 23, while a preview is available at 36-01 35th Street, Astoria, NY 11106, on January 20-22.

“Wes Anderson: The Exhibition,” a collaborative effort of London’s Design Museum and the Cinémathèque française, promises to be a sensation when it opens in November 2025 following several smaller exhibitions held in different parts of the world. The upcoming exhibition will track the evolution of Anderson’s films from his first 1990s experiments to his most famous, Oscar-winning works.

This past November, fans of digital art and fractal-inspired geometry had a chance to embrace the experimental vision of the interplay of visual fractal esthetics and sound at the unique event organized by Platform 101. A series of exhibitions titled Sonic Landscapes: Fractal Editions took place at Dayhim Art Society (DAS) in Tehran, Iran, on November 8, 15, and 22, welcoming visitors to explore new dimensions of creative experimentation.

As 2024 is firmly drawing to a close, and the world’s Christian community is on the threshold of one of the most important and meaningful festivities – the birth of Jesus Christ – the team of 300Magazine takes a moment to congratulate all our readers and partners. We wish you a Merry Christmas, hoping that this day will be filled with joy, warmth, and memorable moments for each of you.

Sotheby’s announced the massive layoff of 100 back-office staff members in early December. The tough decision of the internationally established art auction giant resulted from several overlapping negative factors. First, it is the rising pressure of the art market slowdown, which was noticeable in 2024. Second, it is the underperformance of recent auction sales, mainly of modern and contemporary art and Impressionist artworks, witnessed at the November sales.

Every December, the global art community flocks to Miami. This is the period of a grand-scale art event known as Miami Art Week, which unifies Art Basel Miami Beach, Art Miami, CONTEXT Art Miami, Aqua Art Miami, and a number of other art events. Miami Art Week is the culmination of the art event calendar, giving every art collector an opportunity to hand-pick a unique item to their collection before the Christmas season. In this blog post, let’s examine the highlights of Art Miami 2024 to see how it has managed to impress visitors this year.

December 7, which is the official day of Saint Ambrose, a patron saint of Milan, is marked by one more important event for the entire art community. Palazzo Citterio – part of the new Grande Brera cultural complex – is inaugurated today. This 18th-century residence, conveniently located only a couple hundred meters away from the Pinacoteca di Brera, will exhibit 200+ modern and contemporary artworks.