Modern and Contemporary Irish Art Takes Centre Stage at Sotheby’s London and Dublin
Sotheby’s launches their first Modern and contemporary Irish art sale of the season. The annual sale in London on 13 September 2016… Read More
31 August 2016
Art Market
Denmark’s Chart Art Fair Reports Successful Fourth Edition
Denmark’s leading Contemporary Art fair finished on Sunday reporting the most successful edition yet. The fourth CHART ART FAIR with its ambitious presentations… Read More
31 August 2016
Sotheby’s Reports Strong Second-quarter Despite Market Turmoil
Sotheby’s has made it out of the second quarter with a profit! It reported second-quarter net income, which amounted to $88.6… Read More
9 August 2016
China Returns As Global Art Market Leader For Second Time
According to thierry Ehrmann, Artprice’s CEO, China has returned as the global art market leader. The comprehensive report released on… Read More
1 August 2016
Christie’s Suffers A 38% Mid-Year Sales Slump Signalling Art Market Contraction
The mid-year reports from Christie’s has shown a 38% drop in sales illustrating a contraction in the buoyant art market…. Read More
27 July 2016
Strict New German Art Market Controls Ratified By Bundesrat
The German Bundesrat has brought in a new law to control the country’s growing art market. Culture minister Monika Grütters has been busy… Read More
22 July 2016
London Art Week 2016 Reports A Successful Week Of Events
London Art Week wrapped up on Friday 8 July, reporting a successful close to the event. The fourth edition participants reported a significant number… Read More
13 July 2016
Henry Moore: £24.7m Auction Record For Important Festival Of Britain Masterpiece
Henry Moore’s ground-breaking 1951 modernist sculpture Reclining Figure: Festival (£24.7m) led Christie’s 250th anniversary auction Defining British Art on 30 June, the sale achieved… Read More
2 July 2016
Banksy SWAT Van And Warhol Mao Lead Bonham’s Contemporary Sale
Bonhams as part of the Post-War and Contemporary Art season in London has achieved strong results with its sale at… Read More
1 July 2016
London Art Market Strength At Auction Now Christie’s Defies Brexit
Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction received strong bidding in the room and on phones to achieve high sell through… Read More
30 June 2016
Sotheby’s London Contemporary Evening Sale Achieves £52,194,000 Despite Brexit Decision
Sotheby’s London evening sale has achieved £52,194,000 / $69,350,168 / €62,580,802 this was above the high estimate despite the Brexit decision which is engulfing British… Read More
29 June 2016
Phillips First Post-Brexit Sale of Contemporary Art in London Scrapes By
Phillips first Post-Brexit sale of Contemporary art in London was topped by Anselm Kiefer’s late painting For Velimir Khlebnikov; The doctrine of… Read More
28 June 2016
David LaChapelle Auctions Keith Haring’s Last Great Canvas At Sotheby’s London
One of Keith Haring’s final great works is being offered by Sotheby’s, from the collection of photographer David LaChapelle, in its… Read More
22 June 2016
Sotheby’s Achieves New Record Price For Picasso Cubist Work Of Art
Sotheby’s evening sale of Impressionist & Modern Art in London has totalled £103,280,000 (est. £81.8 – 98.95m). Almost two thirds of the works… Read More
22 June 2016
Art Basel 2016 Reports Buoyant Sales To International Private Collections And Institutions
Outstanding art from some of the world’s best art galleries leads to buoyant sales to private collections and institutions worldwide. The 47th… Read More
20 June 2016
Sotheby’s Modern & Post-War British Art Evening Achieves £10.6m
Sotheby’s Modern & Post-War British Art Evening and Day Sales on 13 – 14 June 2016 achieved a combined total… Read More
15 June 2016
Henry Moore 1951 Festival of Britain Bronze Hits Auction Block
A rare Henry Moore 1951 modernist bronze sculpture ‘Reclining Figure’ created for the Festival of Britain, will lead the sculpture section of… Read More
8 June 2016
Brian Sewell’s Art Collection To Go Under The Hammer At Christie’s
Christie’s London has announced a sale devoted to Brian Sewell: Critic & Collector. The auction will take place at Christie’s on 27… Read More
3 June 2016
MacDougall’s Offers Rare Glimpse Of Palmyra In 1930s Russian Painting
The great Syrian ruins of Palmyra, recently damaged by ISIS, is depicted in its former glory, as viewed in the early… Read More
31 May 2016
Elton John’s Basquiat Warhol Painting To Be Auctioned In Paris
A monumental painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol, two enfants terribles of the art world, will be offered at auction from the collection of Elton… Read More
23 May 2016
Contemporary East: Soviet and Satellite Art Hits The Auction Block
“There are signs that the contemporary art market is so cluttered with supposedly avant-gard rubbish that the pendulum is beginning to swing… Read More
15 May 2016
Auctionata And Paddle8 Announce Global Merger Despite Shill Bidding Accusations
Auctionata the German based online auctioneers and Paddle8 have announced that they are merging to create the largest online art,… Read More
13 May 2016
A-list Artists Prove Value At Sotheby’s £167,689,576 Contemporary Art Sale
Sotheby’s evening sale of Contemporary Art in New York has achieved a staggering $242,194,000 £167,689,576.22 The result included several record… Read More
12 May 2016
Jean-Michel Basquiat Sets £40m World Auction Record At Christie’s
Christies Post-War and Contemporary Art evening sale in New York has realised a total US $318,388,000 / £220,796,117 /€279,086,291. The sell-through rates… Read More
11 May 2016
Auguste Rodin Marble Sells For £14m In Otherwise Disappointing Sotheby’s Sale
A marble statue by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin has sold at Sotheby’s, New York for a record $20.4m (£14m)…. Read More
10 May 2016
Maurizio Cattelan Kneeling Hitler Sculpture Breaks Auction Record At Christie’s
Maurizio Cattelan’s statue of Hitler on his knees has broken auction records for a work by the artist. It was… Read More
9 May 2016
Car Boot Sale Painting Sells For £92k At Rosebery’s London
London Auctioneers, Rosebery’s enjoyed a classic rags to riches story during their specialist Islamic & Indian Arts auction on Friday… Read More
8 May 2016
Frieze Week NY: Eleven Satellite Fairs To Get Excited About This Weekend
1) NADA: Its fifth Edition welcomes 105 exhibitors from 44 cities in 18 countries. Organized the New Art Dealers Alliance nonprofit, the… Read More
7 May 2016
Marcel Duchamp National Treasure Goes Under The Hammer In Paris
The Impressionist and Modern art sale at Artcurial in Paris is offering the seminal oil painting on panel, Nu sur nu by Marcel Duchamp…. Read More
7 May 2016
L.S. Lowry Paintings Owned By Cilla Black To Be Auctioned At Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s will present at auction three outstanding works by L.S. Lowry,this June. One of Britain’s best-loved artists, from the collection… Read More
6 May 2016
Seminal Barbara Hepworth Sculptures To Be Offered At Sotheby’s
Two seminal Barbara Hepworth sculptures are to be offered in Sotheby’s forthcoming Modern & Post-War British Art Evening Auction on 13 June in… Read More
3 May 2016
Peter Blake’s Pop Art Bentley Goes Under The Hammer At Goodwood Festival
Sir Peter Blake, the godfather of British ‘Pop Art’, has created a one-of-a-kind Bentley Continental GT V8 S Convertible. This unique car will… Read More
15 April 2016