Sotheby’s has once again proved that the market’s appetite for Lalanne’s menagerie is nowhere near sated. On Wednesday in New York, a rare copper hippo cocktail bar charged past every expectation, dragging the design market with it. Hippopotame Bar (1976), a corpulent...
Re-enchantment, magnification and framing; are some of the approaches utilised in three shows which demonstrate the diversity and vitality of the contemporary art world. Les Lalanne, the late French wife and husband artistic duo, are the dreamers who re-enchant. As...
Sotheby's Paris is to offer the personal collection of Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne this autumn. In a landmark dedicated two-day sale Sotheby's will offer over 280 works of art from their personal collection. Les Lalanne were a power couple of pioneering,...
Claude Lalanne best-known for her Surrealist inspired sculptures and Neo-Art-Nouveau bronze furniture and jewelry depicting flowers and playful animals has died in Fontainebleau, at the age of 93. I adore my work, and I normally work in the atelier every day, where I...
Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne has achieved iconic status, in recent years garnering a cult-like following among private collectors and luminaries such as Yves Saint Laurent, Peter Marino, Marc Jacobs, Valentino and Tom Ford. This summer Ben Brown Fine Arts...
This year's Frieze London and Frieze Masters drew an estimated 90,000 visitors from 108 countries, a figure that underlines London's ongoing pull as a global meeting point for art, ideas and influence. The surge in attendance included record numbers of museum groups...
Christie's evening sales in New York had moments of high drama and subdued junctures, notched up an impressive total of $486 million to further underscore how vital the art market still is, with its penchant for fresh-to-market high-quality works. It also showed some...
Sotheby's November auctions in New York kicked off on November 18 with solid results across its Evening Sales. It amassed $309 million—a 30% increase from last year's total of $223.4 million. This year's success was primarily due to the collection of Sydell Miller,...
The extraordinary collection of Sydell Miller, known to reflect her philosophy of life, will headline Sotheby's marquee sales this November in New York. Known for her eye for vision in the beauty industry, Miller's passion for art and design has driven this...