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
Art Market
Armory Show 2017 Indicative Of Art Market’s Changing Economic Landscape
It’s a week of art fairs in New York. The Armory Show, held in a crowded, bustling convention center on the Hudson River is the biggest of the fairs and indicative of the art markets changing economic landscape.
5 March 2017
Sotheby’s Breaks Ceiling Achieving Highest Total For Any London Auction
Sotheby’s has achieved the highest total for any auction ever staged in London.
2 March 2017
Global Art Sales Fall 22% As Market Reacts To Trump And Brexit
Global art sales are down by 22% from 2015, as the Art market reacts to a turbulent year with the election of Donald Trump and Brexit. The number of mega-expensive works sold and this represents pieces over the value of $10m for a single work of art has also tumbled by up to 50%. China has regained its status as the world’s top market,over the US another revelation that the west isn’t performing as well as it was a year ago.
28 February 2017
Art Basel 48th edition Announces Stellar Gallery Line-Up
Art Basel, which is now in its 48th edition has released an impressive gallery list for the fair in Basel, Switzerland, which takes place from June 15 to June 18, 2017. This year, 291 leading international galleries will present works ranging from the early 20th century to contemporary artists. The Basel show, whose Lead Partner is UBS, will present galleries from 34 countries and six continents.
16 February 2017
Erotic Art And Objects Go Under The Hammer At Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s is presenting their first sale of Erotica, 16 February. Timed just a few days after Valentine’s day the sale offers a range of art and decorative objects, all with erotic overtones. Across the centuries, art has always been intrinsically linked to expressions of passion and sensuality. The Erotic: Passion & Desire sale in London encompasses representations of love and sex from antiquity to the present day.
14 February 2017
Around The London Auction Rooms Impressionism To Contemporary Spring 2017
Adam Clayton Bassist in the Rock band U2 has put a rare Jean-Michel Basquiat Drawing up for auction at Christie’s. The self-portrait goes under the hammer next month, after residing for 25 years in his private collection. The pop star bought the artwork in 1990 when they were recording their album Achtung Baby in New York.
13 February 2017
Iconic NASA Space Images Go Under The Hammer At Swann
Photographs from a number NASA missions, dating from 1965 to the 1980s go under the hammer as a single lot at Swann… Read More
31 January 2017
Gerhard Richter Eisberg Goes Under The Hammer At Sotheby’s
An important painting by the German artist Gerhard Richter goes under the hammer for the first time in March 2017 at Sotheby’s London Evening sale of Contemporary Art.
26 January 2017
Rothko And Rauschenberg Paintings Featured In Christie’s Post-War And Contemporary Sale
Iconic American painting will be featured in Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction on 7 March 2017 in London.
21 January 2017
Frieze New York Announces Edition Six For Randall Island Park
Frieze New York has announced the sixth edition of this international art fair held at Randall’s Island Park from May 5–7, 2017. The event brings together more than 190 galleries from 30 countries, showcasing an unparalleled program of ambitious presentations by today’s most significant international artists
12 January 2017
FIAC And Paris Photo: Grand Palais Will Continue Hosting Until 2020
FIAC and Paris Photo have announced that the next four editions of the fairs (2017 – 2020) will take place at the Grand Palais.
9 January 2017
Brett Gorvy Head Of Contemporary Art At Christie’s Auctioneers Resigns
Brett Gorvy, Deputy Chairman at Christie’s auctioneers and international head of Postwar and Contemporary art, is to leave the company after 23 years. He will now join the well-respected art dealer Dominique Lévy, in a new partnership called Lévy Gorvy
8 December 2016
Strong Sales Reported From Art Basel in Miami Beach 15th Edition
Another major art fair another round-up! Art Basel’s show in Miami Beach closed on Sunday amidst high praise from participating galleries reporting healthy sales across all levels of the market.
6 December 2016
American Depression Era Painting Chronicled In New Royal Academy Exhibition
America after the Fall: Painting in the 1930s is a new RA exhibition chronicling the turbulent economic, political and aesthetic climate that dominated the decade following the Wall Street Crash of 1929.
28 November 2016
Iconic Underground Comix Art c 1970 Sells For $1.6m At Heritage
The world’s largest collection of original Underground Comix Art crushed several artist world records when it sold for a combined $1,605,016 during Heritage Auctions’ presentation of the Eric Sack Collection Nov. 17-19 in Beverly Hills. The collection set an artist auction record for Robert Crumb for his four-page complete story from Thrilling Murder Comics #1, which sold for $143,400.
23 November 2016
Record £1.33m For Tintin Explorers On The Moon Drawing By Herge
A black and white Tintin drawing has broken all records by selling for €1.55m (£1.33m; $1.64m). The original pen and ink from the book Explorers on the Moon was created by the Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, better known as Herge. It had been estimated to fetch between €700,000-900,000 before the sale.
21 November 2016
Monet To de Kooning Art Market Shows No Sign Of Trump Factor Slowdown
Despite a week of political unease as America comes to terms with the reality of Donald Trump as President-elect, the market showed some strong sales. Christie’s New York held two major sales this week Post-war and contemporary and Impressionist and Modern Art.
21 November 2016
Edvard Munch Masterpiece Girls on the Bridge Achieves £44.6m At Sotheby’s
Last night’s results for the Evening Sales of Impressionist & Modern Art in New York coupled with those in London this June, demonstrate there is strong demand for top-quality works at every price level,” said Simon Shaw, Co-Head of Sotheby’s Worldwide Impressionist & Modern Art Department.
15 November 2016
Marilyn Monroe Happy Birthday Mr President Dress Up For Auction
The fabulously sexy dress that Monroe wore at her historic appearance at the Madison Square Garden charity dinner, where she performed the song ‘Happy Birthday’ to President John F. Kennedy who was turning 45, is up for grabs Julien’s auction in the US on 17th-19th November.
15 November 2016
David Bowie Art Collection Part One Achieves £24.3m At Sotheby’s
The first part of the David Bowie art collection that went under the hammer at Sotheby’s yesterday (10 November) has achieved £24.3m ($30.5 m) with a painting by Jean-Michele Basquiat reaching £7 million.
14 November 2016
Lord and Lady Attenborough’s Modern British Art Collection At Sotheby’s
Lord and Lady Attenborough’s Modern British art collection goes under the hammer November 2016, at Sotheby’s London. On 22 – 23 November, Sotheby’s Modern & Post-War British art sales will offer 37 works from their celebrated private collection, assembled with immense passion and a very distinctive eye.
7 November 2016
Norman Rockwell Election Painting Auction Timed For US Presidential Election
Whether you think this is fine art or illustration, Norman Rockwell’s Which One? (Undecided; Man in Voting Booth) will be a major highlight of the 21 November 2016 auction of American Art at Sotheby’s New York.
30 October 2016
Salvador Dali Surrealist Stage Curtain Goes Under The Hammer At Lempertz
Salvador Dalí’s lesser known creations for the stage comes to the auction block 3 December at a private sale at Kunsthaus Lempertz auction house in Brussels. The surrealist created nearly 40 theater pieces including this monumental painted canvas backdrop that show a tormented depiction of .
27 October 2016
TEFAF New York Fair Reports Strong Sales And Positive Reviews
TEFAF, perhaps the most highly regarded upper-end art fair in the world has now launched a New York Fall edition. The first event has opened its doors to the public with 94 top quality specialist dealers from 14 countries, at the Park Avenue Armory until 26 October.
25 October 2016
Christie’s Releases Frieze Week Post War And Contemporary Art Auction Results
Christie’s Auctioneers have Released their Frieze Week Post War And Contemporary Art Auction Results. The total reaching £91,092,925 / $115,611,199 /… Read More
10 October 2016
Sotheby’s Frieze Week Auction Proves London Remains Centre Of Art Market
Sotheby’s Frieze Week auction peaked with two lots selling for over £10m, a record result for an October contemporary auction… Read More
9 October 2016
TEFAF Announces NY Fall Line-Up and 20th Century 2017 Spring Edition
The world’s most prestigious international art fair TEFAF pops up in New York this autumn as a joint venture between TEFAF and… Read More
9 October 2016
American Painter Wayne Thiebaud Studio Sale To Take Place At Christies NY
A dedicated auction of work by the American painter Wayne Thiebaud, from Prints to Works on Paper, all coming from… Read More
9 October 2016
Leslie Waddington Collection Achieves 100% Sell-Through Rate At Christie’s
The Collection of London art dealer Leslie Waddington which went under the hammer at Christie’s yesterday saw an electric start to the much-anticipated Frieze Week auctions.
5 October 2016
Arshile Gorky Estate To Be Represented By International Gallery Hauser & Wirth
The highly regarded international art gallery Hauser & Wirth has announced it is to take on exclusive worldwide representation of the Arshile Gorky Estate.
4 October 2016
American Painter Wayne Thiebaud Studio Sale To Take Place At Christies NY
A dedicated auction of work by the American painter Wayne Thiebaud, from Prints to Works on Paper, all coming from… Read More
7 September 2016