It has since been overtaken by two other masterpieces, Willem de Kooning’s Interchange for $300m in 2015 and Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi for $450m in 2017. But that hardly diminishes ...

An installation view of the exhibition “Willem de Kooning: Endless Painting” at Gagosian. Photograph by Maris Hutchinson. Artwork © 2025 The Willem de Kooning ...

Out of a fog of amorphous intentions and blowsy, drunken histrionics, Willem de Kooning carved out a rare and imperiled species of artistic brilliance. If it feels a little shocking that his work ...

In 2017, Griffin donated $125 million to the University of Chicago School of Business and in 2016 he paid $500 million for two paintings: Willem de Kooning’s “Interchange” and Jackson Pollock’s ...

Gagosian will stage an exhibition dedicated to Willem de Kooning (1904-97) in New York this spring. Willem de Kooning: Endless Painting will examine the artist’s explorations of figuration and ...

Dutch-American artist Willem de Kooning, known as the “artist’s artist,” created the abstract expressionist style with his expressive paintings inspired by people, landscapes, and still life.

He reached out to artists and craftsmen in other countries, some of which were deemed “politically sensitive,” with his Rauschenberg Overseas Cultural Interchange. Among the countries that he ...

Willem de Kooning, known as the "artist's artist," influenced abstract expressionist style with gestural works, including Interchange, acquired by Kenneth C. Griffin for $300 million in 2015. Paul ...

To this day, the story of the painting remains a mystery, as its current whereabouts are unknown. Willem de Kooning's Interchange is a remarkable example of his bold, abstract expressionism. Created ...

Willem de Kooning’s Interchange fetched $300 million. This 1955 abstract expressionist piece signalled a shift in de Kooning’s focus from figures to more urban, abstract themes. Paul Gauguin’s Nafea ...

Its buyer remained anonymous, adding to its mystery. Willem de Kooning's abstract expressionist work "Interchange" represents a pivotal moment in American art history, reflecting the post-World ...