There are artists whose work is instantly recognizable. When one sees sculptures depicting human figures in slender, elongated forms, Alberto Giacometti (1901–1966) comes to mind. The Italian-Swiss ...

Giacometti’s 1947 “Pointing Man,” a life-size bronze of an elongated figure with extended arms, has been in the same private collection for 45 years. Giacometti, who died in 1966, made six casts of ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A 1947 Giacometti sculpture is poised to set a record next month when it hits the auction block for the first time ever and is expected to sell for $130 million, Christie's said ...

Christie’s will try to make auction history this spring when it asks around $130 million for a reedy bronze figure of a “Pointing Man” by Alberto Giacometti, the highest price tag ever placed on a ...

Can the stark and bare-bone sculptures of Alberto Giacometti reveal truths about our own times? Tony Dokoupil says, yes, they can: He pushed, prodded and gouged his masterpieces into existence. But ...