Richard Diebenkorn was a Stanford junior in 1943, when an invitation to lunch at the Palo Alto home of Sarah Stein, Gertrude Stein’s sister-in-law, changed his life. Art lined every wall ...

Christie’s mid-season Post-War to Present auction in New York brought in $21.3 million, led by strong results for Helen Frankenthaler, Ed Ruscha, Richard Estes, and Diane Arbus.

Comfortable in a light-blue sweater vest whose color matches his alert eyes, the 81 year old is quick with a joke, claiming he plans to “single-handedly revive interest in the Bay Area Figurative ...