On 3 November 2008 a work by Russian artist Kasimir Malevich entitled Suprematist Composition from 1916 set the world record for any Russian work of art and any work sold at auction for that year, selling at Sotheby’s in New York City for just over US$60 million (surpassing his previous record of US$17 million set in 2000). Malevich created theContinue reading “The Black Square – an icon of abstraction”