Collectors and Collections – Page 34

Gen Z Americans Embrace Nostalgia With Miffy, the Dutch Bunny

Hordes of young adults in North America are embracing joy and childhood nostalgia with Miffy, a poker-faced, fictional, Dutch bunny.

By Sanam Yar

Collectors and Collections Greg Jein Heritage Auctions Industrial Light and Magic Lucas, George Memorabilia and Souvenirs Records and Achievements Star Wars (Movie)

X-Wing Model From ‘Star Wars’ Fetches $3.1 Million at Auction

After Greg Jein, an Oscar-nominated visual effects artist, died last year, his friends discovered the prop stashed in a cardboard box in his garage.

By Michael Levenson

Art Collectors and Collections Fragments of a Faith Forgotten: The Art of Harry Smith (Exhibit) Ginsberg, Allen Mekas, Jonas Music Nineteen Hundred Sixties Smith, Harry (1923-91) Whitney Museum of American Art

Harry Smith, a Culture-Altering Shaman, at the Whitney

A solo show takes on the legacy of the painter, folk musicologist, filmmaker, obsessive collector and underground legend. It also hints at what has been lost.

By Holland Cotter

Art China Collectors and Collections Foreign Investments Hong Kong Liu Yiqian Sotheby's

Art Auction in Hong Kong Draws Lower Bids Than Expected

A portrait by Amedeo Modigliani sold for less than expected and several artworks went unsold as China’s best-known art investor liquidated part of his collection.

By Keith Bradsher