Art Basel 48 What the Dealers Said About The Fair
Galleries throughout Art Basel 48 have reported exceptional sales across the board, pointing to Art Basel’s ability to convene leading galleries and collectors from around the world.
18 June 2017
Art Market
Art Basel 48 A Curated Selection Of Twelve By Virginie Puertolas-Syn
Curator and Gallerist Virginie Puertolas-Syn chooses twelve of the best stands at Art Basel 2017. Art Basel is a curated selection of 291 first-rate galleries exhibiting at the fair’s 48th edition in Basel.
18 June 2017
General Idea Estate To Be Represented By Mitchell-Innes & Nash
The Estate of General Idea (1969-1994) is to be represented by Mitchell-Innes & Nash, it has been announced.
14 June 2017
Picasso Ring With Portrait Of Lover Dora Maar To Be Auctioned
A ring, containing a Picasso portrait of Dora Maar is to be auctioned at Sotheby’s.
12 June 2017
Pop Artist James Rosenquist Estate Sign Representation Deal With Thaddaeus Ropac
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac (London, Paris, Salzburg) have announced that they will represent the estate of the late Pop Artist James Rosenquist Estate based in New York.
10 June 2017
Lost Jackson Pollock Gouache To Be Sold By Provincial Auction House
The discovery of a lost Jackson Pollock painting is always big news in the art world. Now such a painting is going under the hammer on Tuesday, June 20 at J. Levine Auction & Appraisal in Scottsdale Arizona. The small auction room has spent 18 months and tens of thousands of dollars researching the Abstract, untitled gouache painting measures 22 ½ x 32 inches. Forensics and ownership history has been extensively investigated.
9 June 2017
Christie’s Secures David Rockefeller Collection For Highest Estimated Auction Sale
Christie’s Auctioneers have secured the estate of David Rockefeller, the youngest son of American philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and art patron Abby Aldrich Rockefeller.
7 June 2017
Dan Colen To Be Represented By Lévy Gorvy In New International Partnership
The American artist Dan Colen (b. 1979, New Jersey) is to be represented by Dominique Lévy and Brett Gorvy. This marks a conjoining of galleries which also exhibit the artist’s work. In the past Gagosian and Massimo de Carlo, Milan had an exclusive deal with the artist.
1 June 2017
Vulgarity Rules A-List Contemporary Art Non-Existent At Riviera amfAR AIDS Gala
A – lister actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Dustin Hoffman, Nicole Kidman and Will Smith turned out for the amfAR AIDS benefit that is the social highlight of the Cannes film festival. The event held annually at the Eden Roc Hotel, Cap d’Antibes on the French Riviera saw celebrities and benefactors paying up to $500,000 for a table. But where was the Contemporary art on the auction block?
30 May 2017
Mario Testino Puts His Personal Art Collection Under The Hammer At Sotheby’s
Mario Testino, is to put his art collection under the hammer at Sotheby’s. As one of the most celebrated photographers of our time, this project will look beyond Testino’s enigmatic images that have shaped contemporary culture and reveal the artist as collector, patron and collaborator.
27 May 2017
Overhyped Jean-Michel Basquiat Painting Sells For $110.5m At Sotheby’s NY
A major painting by the New York artist Jean-Michel Basquiat has sold at Sotheby’s for an unprecedented $110.5m (£85.4m).
19 May 2017
Photo London Returns For Edition Three With A Swagger
Photo London returns for its third edition with a swagger this year, confidently asserting its position as a premier international photo event. Like it or not, it has become the event around which all photography in London now revolves, and in this edition, it goes someway towards justifying its gravitational pull.
18 May 2017
Sotheby’s New York Impressionist and Modern Spring 2017 Sale Achieves $173 Million
Sotheby’s New York Impressionist and Modern sale last night achieved $173 Million, despite an important early work by the Austrian master Egon Schiele being withdrawn at the last minute. Kazimir Malevich’s Suprematist painting Composition With Plane In Projection (1915). topped the sale.
17 May 2017
Constantin Brancusi Head Smashes Artist’s Auction Record At Christie’s
A bronze sculpture by the Modernist artist Constantin Brancusi has sold for the record-smashing price of $57.37 million in New York on Monday. This is the highest price achieved for the Romanian-born sculptor and more than twice the pre-sale estimate.
16 May 2017
Frieze New York 2017 Lizanne Merrill Chooses Her Top Six Booths
Whether you reach the luxurious tent that is Frieze by waterway or highway, the art fair’s weekend home on Randall’s Island is as accessible as the art itself.
7 May 2017
TEFAF Spring New York Presents Exemplary Modern and Contemporary Art & Design
TEFAF New York opens to the public today to take on Spring from May 4-8, 2017.
4 May 2017
Super Gallery: Thaddaeus Ropac Opens New Mega Mayfair Space
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac opens their third mega gallery in London on Friday 28 April 2017. The new London gallery is… Read More
26 April 2017
Online Art Trade Report Shows Art Market Sales Reach £2.92 Billion
Online art market sales have reached £2.92 Billion $3.75 billion. This is up 15% according to Hiscox, who commissioned the report.
25 April 2017
Frieze Sculpture In Regent’s Park Moves To Summer Calendar Slot
Frieze Sculpture, a free outdoor exhibition of 3D work will open from 5 July to 8 October, for the first time.
23 April 2017
Is This Basquiat The Most Hyped Auction Painting Of 2017?
Jean-Michel Basquiat’s ‘Untitled’ painting from 1982, a monumental canvas that has rarely been seen since it last appeared on the market in May 1984, is the centrepiece of Sotheby’s Contemporary Art sale in New York on the 18 May.
20 April 2017
Knoedler Gallery Rothko Forgery Case Settles With Casino Owner
Another of the mounting lawsuits in the worlds largest art forgery case, centring around the now-defunct Knoedler Gallery in New York has settled out of court. Seven of the 10 lawsuits involving the scandal have now come to agreements out of court. The Knoedler Gallery was one of the most respected galleries in the world and NY’s longest established.
13 April 2017
Planning Secured For New London Art Gallery Hub In South Kensington
Council approval has been secured to provide a new home for up to 30 independent art galleries in the heart of South Kensington. The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has rubber stamped the plans and the construction work is due to break ground over the next few months.
12 April 2017
Chris Levine Queen Portrait Triples Estimate Selling For £187K At Sotheby’s
The auction was led by a record for pioneer of ‘light art’ Chris Levine as his strikingly modern portrait of Queen Elizabeth II tripled its pre-sale estimate to sell for £187,500 (£50,000-80,000).
6 April 2017
TEFAF 2017 The Journey Virginie Puertolas-Syn Picks Six Of The Best
Coming to TEFAF 2017 is a journey, but it is worth it. The fair is a feast for the art lovers eyes.
2 April 2017
Important Picasso Muse Dora Maar Portrait To Be Sold At Christie’s
Femme assise, robe bleue by Pablo Picasso will go under the hammer at Christie’s NY as a highlight of its Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale (Estimate: $35,000,000-50,000,000).
31 March 2017
Greta Garbo’s Sophisticated Modern Art Collection To Be Sold At Christies
The avant-garde collection of Greta Garbo’s modern art will go under the hammer at Christie’s NY, in its Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art.
29 March 2017
Art Basel HK Verdict – Encouraging Sales Across The Board For 2017
Art Basel’s fifth edition in Hong Kong has closed with encouraging sales recorded across all levels of the market.
26 March 2017
Art Basel HK Compete With TEFAF By Introducing Global Art Market Report
Art Basel along with partners UBS have launched the first Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report. T
23 March 2017
TEFAF Maastricht 2017 Buoyant Sales And Brisk Activity – Market Report
TEFAF Maastricht the world’s leading fine art and antiques Fair has reported buoyant sales with brisk activity during the opening days of the event.
14 March 2017
TEFAF Art Market Report Highlights 7% Global Downturn In 2016
TEFAF, The European Fine Art Foundation which is connected to the world’s most exclusive art fair, has released their annual report…. Read More
9 March 2017
Sotheby’s Spring 2017 Contemporary Art Sale Reinforces Art Market Strength
Sotheby’s London Contemporary Art Evening Auction in London out-shined predicted estimates to total £118,015,150 – an increase of 70% (GBP) / 43% (USD) on the equivalent sale last year.
9 March 2017
Christie’s To Close South-Ken Salesroom Despite Art Evening Auction Achieving $117,781,248
Christie’s record-shattering Contemporary sale in London last night has not halted downsizing of their operations in London and Amsterdam.
8 March 2017