Felix Gonzalez-Torres was a Cuban-born American artist known for his landmark installations that transform humble objects into solemn meditations on death and intimacy. Working during the height of ...

In the face of a contracting market, there's a healthy crop of artists who have seen a meteoric rise at auctions in recent years.

A Felix Gonzalez-Torres exhibition at the Smithsonian-run ... with many alleging that the show strips the piece of any reference to the artist's lover, who died of AIDS-related causes.