Important Gustav Klimt Portrait To Be Auctioned At Sotheby’s London
An important Portrait by the Secessionist artist Gustav Klimt is to go under the hammer following a settlement between the Felsovanyi Heirs… Read More
4 June 2015
Art Market
Picasso Monet And Van Dongen Offered At Christie’s Impressionist Modern Sale
Christie’s Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale in London on 23 June will present a further selection of 52 highly covetable works to inspire collectors… Read More
3 June 2015
Edouard Manet’s Study For Le Bar aux Folies-Bergere Auctioned
A study of ‘Le Bar aux Folies-Bergère’, one of the best known works by the artist Edouard Manet, is to go under… Read More
3 June 2015
Banksy Glasto Mural Realises £445k At Paris Auction
A Banksy painting that was produced on the side of a festival worker’s trailer, during the 1998 Glastonbury Festival, has… Read More
2 June 2015
Picasso Ceramics Collection Of Granddaughter Marina To Be Sold At Sotheby’s
Unique ceramics by Pablo Picasso belonging to the artist’s granddaughter, Marina Picasso will go under the hammer at Sotheby’s this summer…. Read More
25 May 2015
Frieze New York 2015 Round-Up Ponchos and Big Bucks Exchange Hands
The art world is a very robust entity and even after the highs of the 56th Venice Biennale, which opened on… Read More
18 May 2015
Christie’s Achieves Eight New World Records For Contemporary And Modern Art
Christie’s Evening Sale of Post-War and Contemporary art has achieved US $658,532,000 (£419,714,468/ €584,662,254) with sell-through rates of 88% by lot and 94% by value…. Read More
14 May 2015
Andy Warhol’s Moonwalk From Buzz Aldrin Collection Up For Auction
Andy Warhol’s iconic screenprint Moonwalk, 1987 – which comes directly from the private collection of the moonwalker himself, Buzz Aldrin… Read More
14 May 2015
Peter Doig Canoe Painting Breaks Artist Record £16.6m At Christie’s
While all of the press was busy covering the sale of Picasso’s ‘Women of Algiers’ which at £110m smashed the record for any… Read More
13 May 2015
Guercino And Van Dyck Paintings For Auction At Ketterer Kunst In Munich
A comprehensive Old Masters and 19th Century auction has been announced by Ketterer Kunst. The auction includes highlights from Italian… Read More
13 May 2015
Pablo Picasso Painting Smashes World Auction Record Selling For £115m
A painting from the 1950s by the 20th century master Pablo Picasso entitled Women of Algiers has become the most… Read More
12 May 2015
Sotheby’s Reports 127 Percent Increase in First Quarter 2015
Sotheby’s, which has gone through major board changes in the last six months has reported a 127% Increase in First… Read More
11 May 2015
Georgia O’Keeffe: Will White Lily Set Another Auction Record?
In November 2014 the $15 million, or £9.5 million estimate for a Georgia O’Keeffe work was shattered after a rather… Read More
5 May 2015
Francis Bacon Self-Portraits Resurface And Are Expected To Fetch £30m
Two Francis Bacon self-portraits not seen by the public for some time are going on public display after resurfacing in… Read More
27 April 2015
Luxury and Degradation: Benedikt Taschen Offers Koons and Kippenberger At Christies
Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale will offer two pieces from the collection of renowned publisher and art collector,… Read More
22 April 2015
Phillips Ups Its Game With Francis Bacon’s Rare Female Nudes
Two examples of Francis Bacon female nudes, a rare entity from the artist, will be on offer, priced from $25… Read More
22 April 2015
Picasso Sculptures From The Lola Sarnoff Collection To Be Auctioned
The collection of the highly regarded sculptor and philanthropist Lolo Sarnoff will be presented over several several sales in New York and London… Read More
22 April 2015
Frida Kahlo: Secret Love Letters To Jose Bartoli Sell For £248,000
A collection of love letters belonging to Frida Kahlo, written for Spanish artist Jose Bartoli, sold at Doyle New York… Read More
21 April 2015
Stellar Pre-Raphaelite Collection Goes Under The Hammer At Christie’s
A stellar collection of Pre-Raphaelite and Victorian drawings and paintings will be presented for auction at Christie’s, this summer. One of the… Read More
20 April 2015
Ileana Sonnabend And Nina Castelli Sundell Collection Hits The Auction Block
Works from two pioneering art world figures: Ileana Sonnabend, one of the most innovative, daring, and stimulating gallerists of 20th-Century art, and… Read More
16 April 2015
Alberto Giacometti Pointing Man Expected To Achieve £87m At Christie’s
Alberto Giacometti’s iconic and evocative sculpture, L’homme au doigt (Pointing Man) is to be offered at Christie’s upcoming spring auction in New York. Cast… Read More
15 April 2015
Monet Water Lilies Painting Expected To Achieve £20m At Sotheby’s
Six Impressionist masterpieces by Claude Monet have gone on view in London ahead of Sotheby’s latest Impressionist and Modern auction in… Read More
12 April 2015
Second Lucian Freud Benefits Supervisor Resting Painting For Sale At Christie’s
Lucian Freud’s most famous and iconic subject will be offered as the highlight of Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary sale on May… Read More
11 April 2015
Lauren Bacall Collection Including 34 Works By Henry Moore Achieves £2.45m
Bonhams New York has reported the sale of all 740 lots of the Lauren Bacall Collection, totaling £2.45m ($3.64m). Lauren Bacall… Read More
2 April 2015
Made in Britain Auction At Sotheby’s Creates Ten New World Records
Sotheby’s Made in Britain sale, a dedicated auction celebrating the diversity of British art from 1900 to today has created ten… Read More
27 March 2015
Pablo Picasso’s 1950s Homage To Delacroix Goes Under The Hammer
Christie’s will be offering Pablo Picasso’s Les femmes d’Alger (Version “O”) as the star lot in their New York Impressionist and… Read More
26 March 2015
TEFAF 2015 Shows Growth And Strong Sales In Many Areas
A good fair with strong sales is the word for TEFAF 2015 as it proves to show growth in many different areas. Contemporary… Read More
22 March 2015
Picasso’s Dream That Anyone Could Own His Work Undermined
A sale of Important Ceramics by Pablo Picasso (Sotheby’s 18 March) has scuppered the master’s original intentions behind creating multiples…. Read More
21 March 2015
Cui Ruzhuo Is The Most Expensive Living Chinese Artist At Auction
Cui Ruzhuo, the Beijing-born ink painter has toppled last year’s most expensive artist, oil painter Fan Zeng, from the top… Read More
19 March 2015
Samuel Goldwyn Art Collection Goes Under The Hammer At Sotheby’s
Modern art masterpieces from The Samuel Goldwyn family Collection will go under the hammer at Sotheby’s, in a series of… Read More
19 March 2015
Sotheby’s Appoints Tad Smith as President And CEO Ending Speculation
After a rocky year with investors, a near coup d’état, and lower than expected profits Sotheby’s has announced Tad Smith… Read More
16 March 2015
Sotheby’s Rembrandt To Warhol, London Print & Multiples Sale For 17 March
From Rembrandt to Warhol, is a veritable roll call of leading artists taking the stage at Sotheby’s London sale of… Read More
16 March 2015