Elton John’s Kitchen Sink Auction Sees Banksy Sell For $1.9m
Elton John’s “Goodbye Peachtree Road” auction at Christie’s NY witnessed an unprecedented surge in interest as more than 3,500 bidders… Read More
26 February 2024
Elton John’s “Goodbye Peachtree Road” auction at Christie’s NY witnessed an unprecedented surge in interest as more than 3,500 bidders… Read More
26 February 2024
In a significant development, two artworks by Egon Schiele restituted to the heirs of Austrian Jewish cabaret performer Fritz Grünbaum,… Read More
20 January 2024
In a display of artistic and financial might, 2023 proved a landmark year for the art market as masterpieces fetched… Read More
4 January 2024
Global auction giants Christie’s and Sotheby’s reported a combined decrease of over 13%, with total sales reaching $14.2 billion in… Read More
4 January 2024
In Christie’s year-end review, CEO Guillaume Cerutti characterised 2023 as a “paradoxical year,” acknowledging challenges like the art market contraction…. Read More
19 December 2023
Sotheby’s New York witnessed a commendable result at their ‘Now’ sale on November 15. The lots amassed a substantial and… Read More
9 November 2023
Frieze Week Auctions: In a testament to resilience amidst market uncertainties, Christie’s 20th/21st Century Evening Sale in London held its… Read More
15 October 2023
This autumn, Christie’s will present the art collection of actor, director and film producer Ivan Reitman & his wife, Genevieve… Read More
4 October 2023
The Foundation Langmatt and Christie’s have announced the sale of three important paintings by Paul Cezanne. It will be the… Read More
28 September 2023
David Hockney, the renowned British artist, has created a number of artworks depicting cats over his long career. Known for his vibrant use of colour and his distinctive style.
20 June 2023
US Cracks Down On Christie’s And Sotheby’s Russian Money Laundering – Damien Hirst Quietly Donates £8m To NHS – Anish Kapoor Unveils New York ‘Bean Style’ Public Monument
6 February 2023
Serrano’s photograph, Piss Christ (1987), became the subject of a US national debate on freedom of artistic expression.
29 November 2022
The Paul G. Allen Collection, auctioned last night at Christie’s, has become the biggest sale in auction history
10 November 2022
This November, artists from around the globe will donate their work to a fundraising art auction in aid of Arms Around The Child,
11 October 2022
A Man Ray photograph ‘Le Violon d’Ingres’ has set a new record price for a photograph, selling for $12.4 million
15 May 2022
Andy Warhol’s Shot Sage Blue Marilyn made double history last night as the most expensive pCostly Costly painting ever sold by a US artist and the most costly 20th-century work of art to sell at auction
10 May 2022
The Italian Conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan is being sued in Paris over intellectual property infringement.
5 May 2022
Whenever you hear the name Fabergé, you think of opulent, lavish, jewelled, decorated, and, let’s face it, kitsch, Russian Imperial… Read More
16 March 2022
Christie’s has launched the inaugural 20th/21st Century: Shanghai to London sale series with staggering results. This pioneering cultural dialogue between… Read More
2 March 2022
It’s been a big year for the three major international auction houses with record sales and new developments in digital technology.
22 December 2021
Art Market, Auction, News, NFT
Andy Warhol’s 1982 portrait of his friend, the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat from the collection of Peter Brant, achieved $40,091,500 at Christie’s
12 November 2021
Results from the major Modern and Contemporary art sales at Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Bonhams’ NY has conveyed a message of optimism to the COVID hit art market.
13 May 2021
Van Gogh and Hals Theft Arrest – Bayeux Tapestry Loan In Jeopardy – $55m Picasso At Christie’s
7 April 2021
Banksy ‘Game Changer’ painting Raises £16.8m For NHS Charities At Christie’s in London
23 March 2021
A mural by the elusive Street Artist Banksy titled ‘Game Changer’ will go under the auction hammer at Christie’s
10 March 2021
A long lost painting by LS Lowry which hasn’t been seen for 70 years has been rediscovered and heads for the auction block at Christie’s in the new year. The work titled The Mill, Pendlebury, painted in 1943 shows workers on a bank holiday with children playing cricket.
26 December 2019
Christies Postwar and Contemporary Sale in New York has realised a total of $538,971,750 / £418,131,691 million, reaching their revised presale estimates after the withdrawal of two key works of art.
16 May 2019
Christie’s NY is to offer a rare Amedeo Modigliani’s limestone sculpture, Tête, carved circa 1911-1912, in its New York Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art, On May 13.
20 April 2019
The highly anticipated auction of British singer and songwriter George Michael’s art collection which captured the spirit of the 1980s and 1990s, has realised £9,264,000 / $12,302,590 / €10,848,145. Proceeds from the sale will be used to continue George Michael’s philanthropic work.
14 March 2019
Post War and Contemporary Art at Christie’s London saw 41 lots finding buyers with three unsold and if not a record price for David Hockney’s Henry Geldzahler and Christopher Scott (1969), a solid over the estimated sale price £33 million ($43.4 million)
7 March 2019
The late George Michael, the British singer and songwriter, is to auction off his extensive collection of YBA artworks.
8 February 2019
It’s been a week of record-breaking sales for the two leading auction houses Christie’s and Sotheby’s recording billion dollar sales totals and record-breaking prices for artists living and deceased.
20 November 2018