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DeSantis cited a general desire to reduce spending and avoid funding items he deemed "inappropriate for state tax dollars."

His decision hinged on the fact that the family had been aware that the Guggenheim had the painting for years.

Despite cloudy financial outlook, Sotheby's paid shareholders $8.5 million in dividends in the first quarter of 2024 and a total of $90 million last year.

Mike Steib will depart the online art marketplace to lead a media company.

Once valued at $30 million, it now has a $15 million–$20 million estimate.

Ye's search for radical minimalism meant getting rid of everything, from the electricity to the plumbing.

"At this moment in the gallery's evolution, we arrived at the point where I decided it was time for us to part ways," Larry Gagosian wrote in an email.

"You really have to start changes well in advance, maybe one and a half years before the next show."

In 2001, a museum official said the work's provenance was "concerning."

There's more than a few works priced about $10 million.