Artelligence for November 9, 2017

Man Ray Makes a Record in Paris: The artist’s seminal work, Noir et Blache, 1926, sold for slightly more than $3m in Christie’s Paris sale of photograph. …

A Brief History of Salvator Mundi: The Financial Times has put together a convenient timeline on the provenance of the Leonardo on offer:

• “The lost years . . . For the whole of the 19th century, all we know is that Leonardo’s “Salvator Mundi” is inexpertly restored and heavily overpainted. The previously androgynous image is made more butch — with heavier and darker beard and moustache — and more or less unrecognisable from the original.”…

Two Fairs, World’s Apart: Through the magic of Instagram, we can see this 1989 Alex Katz on view at Thaddaeus Ropac’s stand at Art21 in Shanghai, Kenny Schachter’s family portrait in the same fair from his booth, Nuclear Family, and the team at Pascale de Sarthe.

Meanwhile, in Abu Dhabi, art advisor Vika Arnaud stops by Custot Gallery’s booth, a 1973 Joan Mitchell attracts attention, Yoshitomo Nara attracts some sympathetic selfie takers, and the streets filling with excited art followers.

Colby Mugrabi Inaugurates New Restaurant in Aby Rosen’s Seagram Building with Party to Celebrate Re-Launch of Her Website: Vogue’s slideshow from the Minnie Muse/Lobster Club launch party is a who’s who of the fashion-art industrial complex.…