Phillips Frieze London 2015 Auctions Total £37.9 million
The ‘Frieze Week’ auctions at Phillips totalled £38,522,675 / $58,694,880 / €51,305,365 selling 99% by value and 86% by lot…. Read More
16 October 2015
Art Market
Sigmar Polke Estate To Be Represented By New York Gallerist David Zwirner
David Zwirner has announced the gallery’s exclusive worldwide representation of The Estate of Sigmar Polke. Sigmar Polke (German, 1941-2010) is considered… Read More
12 October 2015
Picasso’s Blue Period Angel Backed With Erotica Goes Under The Hammer
An excellent example of Picasso’s Blue Period work will be offered in Sotheby’s New York Impressionist and Modern Evening Sale on 5th… Read More
12 October 2015
Christie’s Post War And Contemporary Evening Auction Includes Frieze Week Favourites
This October 2015, Christie’s will bring together an international selection of over 300 artists to headline the Frieze Week auctions… Read More
8 October 2015
Constable’s Masterpiece The Lock To Be Offered At Sotheby’s
On 9th December this year, Sotheby’s London will offer for sale John Constable’s The Lock – one of the small… Read More
27 September 2015
Edvard Munch To lead Sotheby’s Prints & Multiples Auction In London
The motif of Edvard Munch’s The Girls on the Bridge has been widely recognised as one of the artist’s most… Read More
25 September 2015
Fontana Masterpiece To lead London’s Frieze Week Sales
Sotheby’s Frieze week sales in London will be led by one of the greatest works of post-war Italian art ever… Read More
25 September 2015
Banksy’s ‘Donkey Documents’ Has First Public UK Display
The owner of the original building was bemused when people crowded round his wall. But art aficionados had spotted Banksy’s… Read More
20 September 2015
Painting That Raised Money For Nelson Mandela’s Defence Makes £840,000 At Bonhams
The painting Arab in Black by South Africa’s leading artist, Irma Stern, sold at Bonhams sale of South African Art… Read More
10 September 2015
Helene Schjerfbeck: Three Realist Works To Be Offered By Sotheby’s
Helene Schjerfbeck – one of the most important and renowned artists of the entire Nordic region – was famously reticent… Read More
9 September 2015
A. Alfred Taubman’s $500m Art Collection To Be Sold At Sotheby’s
The disgraced Collector and former owner of Sotheby’s, A. Alfred Taubman’s art collection will be sold in a series of… Read More
5 September 2015
First Sotheby’s Now Phillips Announces eBay Partnership
eBay and Phillips have announced a new partnership that unites the world’s most vibrant online marketplace with the contemporary art… Read More
4 September 2015
Ten Years Of First Open Contemporary Art Sale At Christie’s
Since its launch ten years ago in March 2005 in New York, Christie’s First Open sales have become a fixture… Read More
2 September 2015
Sotheby’s To Launch Full Scale Operation In Mumbai India
Robin Woodhead, Chairman of Sotheby’s International, has announced the strategic appointments in the Company’s Indian business and the opening of an… Read More
31 August 2015
The Simpsons Creator Samuel Simon Collection To Be Sold At Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s is offering fine art and memorabilia from the personal collection of creative genius and television legend Samuel “Sam” Simon… Read More
20 August 2015
Third Made in Britain Auction Announced For Sotheby’s
The forthcoming Made in Britain auction has been announced by Sotheby’s. It is the third edition of a sale uniquely… Read More
17 August 2015
Sotheby’s Announces £2.3 Billion Second Quarter Earnings For 2015
Sotheby’s has announced second quarter 2015 earnings. Tad Smith, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Patrick McClymont, Chief Financial Officer, revealed… Read More
8 August 2015
US Overtakes China As Leading Auction Marketplace For Art
The United States has again overtaken China as the world’s leading marketplace for art at auction. After a record 2015 the… Read More
3 August 2015
Christie’s Auctioneers Release Record Half Year Results Of £2.9 Billion
Christie’s have announced record half year sales of £2.9 billion, up 8% $4.5 billion, up 0% on last year’s figures from the… Read More
22 July 2015
Sotheby’s Achieves Highest Total For London Contemporary Art Auction
Sotheby’s has achieved the highest total for any auction of Contemporary Art ever held by the auction house in London. The sale which took… Read More
2 July 2015
Christie’s London Post War And Contemporary Evening Sale Achieves £95,646,500
Christie’s Post War & Contemporary Art Evening Auction achieved £95,646,500 / $ 150,069,359 / €134,287,686, with sell-through rates of 87%… Read More
1 July 2015
Masterpiece London Reports Record Visitor Numbers And Buoyant Sales
Masterpiece London which ends on Wednesday 1 July has reported record visitor numbers and strong sales across the board. The Fair has drawn… Read More
29 June 2015
Record Price For Barbara Hepworth Bronze At Christies Modern British Sale
Christie’s Modern British and Irish Art Evening Sale realised £18,973,000 / $29,749,664 / €26,505,281, with strong sell-through rates of 80%… Read More
28 June 2015
£30 Peter Blake Painting Breaks Record For The Artist At Christie’s
‘Boys With New Ties’ by Sir Peter Blake fetched £662,500 ($1,038,800) at Christie’s London on Thursday, hitting a new world… Read More
27 June 2015
Sotheby’s Record Breaking Impressionist And Modern Art Sale Achieves £178.6m
Sotheby’s June 2015 Evening Sale Impressionist & Modern Art sale has achieved £178.6m / $ 282.1m / €250.9m. This is the Second-Highest Total for… Read More
24 June 2015
Christie’s Impressive Impressionist And Modern Evening Sale Nets Over £71m
The results for Christie’s Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale have been released by the leading auction house and the total… Read More
23 June 2015
Galleries Remain Positive About Art Basel 46: Market Round-Up
Art Basel 2015 has closed in Switzerland with exceptional stand presentations, a strong collector attendance and exceptional sales to confirm its position… Read More
21 June 2015
Sotheby’s Releases Highlights Of London Impressionist & Modern Sale
Leading the Impressionist & Modern Art Evening sale is one of the most important paintings by Kazimir Malevich to ever appear at auction. Suprematism,… Read More
18 June 2015
Henri Matisse Forgotten Cut-Outs Emerge For Sale At Frederick Mulder Ltd
It took Dr Frederick Mulder CBE and Anne-Françoise Gavanon, the directors of Frederick Mulder Ltd, one of the world’s best… Read More
14 June 2015
Rare Henri Matisse-Illustrated Edition Of Ulysses Under The Hammer
In 1935 the French artist, Henri Matisse, was commissioned to illustrate an edition of Ulysses for subscribers to the Limited… Read More
11 June 2015
Sir Peter Blake Painting Bought For £30 Estimated To Sell For £350,000
When the work ‘Boys with New Ties’, a painting by Sir Peter Blake was bought by Jinty Stephenson in the… Read More
9 June 2015
Francis Bacon: First Look At Pope Set For Sotheby’s Auction
A work from of Francis Bacon’s most famous series of paintings, of seated and often screaming popes, is to go… Read More
8 June 2015