Berlin’s Current Art Scene Berlin, a metropolis wealthy in historical past and culture, currently hosts varied… In the sales last week, many of the artists who made new public sale records had been extremely revered ones, versus these with scant exhibition histories. The late Agnes Martin is widely known as a foremost American artist; the work of Barbara Chase-Riboud, a sculptor in her 80s whose work leans conceptual, is highly respected, but virtually unseen at public sale. Chase-Riboud’s La Musica / Amnesia sold for “a record-setting $647,7000, more than five times the excessive estimate ($80,000-$12,000)” and more than double her…
