TEFAF Art Market Report Reveals Contemporary Art Domination In 2015
The 2015 TEFAF art market report has been released reporting a staggering €51 Billion £36b world wide market. Growth especially… Read More
14 March 2015
Art Market
Mark Rothko Masterpiece No. 36 To Be Auctioned At Christie’s
Christie’s is auctioning Mark Rothko’s masterpiece No. 36 (Black Stripe), 1958, from the collection of the Museum Frieder Burda in… Read More
9 March 2015
NY Armory Week Closes With Buoyant Sales Across The Board
New York’s oldest established art fair for modern and contemporary works returned to Piers 92 & 94 from March 5-8… Read More
9 March 2015
Art Basel Switzerland Announce Their 2015 Gallery Lineup
Art Basel has announced details of its 46th edition in Basel, Switzerland, taking place June 18 to June 21, 2015…. Read More
3 March 2015
Art Fair Fatigue Causes 7 Percent Drop in Attendance At Big Fairs
The best known art fairs such as Art Basel and FIAC are slipping in popularity. Skate’s Art Market Research have… Read More
3 March 2015
Sotheby’s Release 2014 Figures Showing A 19 Percent Increase To $6.1 Billion
Sotheby’s have officially released their 2014 figures which show a (20%) adjusted Operating Income profit over the prior year, reflecting… Read More
2 March 2015
Ai Weiwei Zodiac Heads Sculptures Set New Auction Record For The Artist
The newly relaunched Phillips Auctioneers have sold Ai Weiwei’s Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads, 2010 for £2.8m ($4.3m) at… Read More
16 February 2015
Christie’s Post-War And Contemporary Art Evening Auction Realises £117,142,500
The Post-War & Contemporary Art evening sale at Christie’s London realised a total of £117,142,500 / $178,408,028 / €157,556,663 selling… Read More
15 February 2015
Gerhard Richter Record Price For Europe’s Top Living Artist At Sotheby’s
Last evening’s Sotheby’s sale of Contemporary Art in Europe was led by Gerhard Richter’s Abstraktes Bild which established a new record for the artist
12 February 2015
Christie’s Surrealism Sale Breaks The £100m Mark
Christie’s has held the first ever Surrealism sale to break the $100 million mark.
5 February 2015
Iconic Warhol Portraits Of Basquiat, Mapplethorpe, Copley For Bonhams Auction
Three works which are probably Andy Warhol’s most iconic portraits from the 1980s will go to auction at Bonhams in… Read More
4 February 2015
Sotheby’s Sets New Record For Highest Total At A London Auction
Sotheby’s Auctioneers has set a new record for the highest total for a London auction. Helena Newman, Sotheby’s Co-Head, Impressionist… Read More
3 February 2015
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey bans export Of Claude Lorrain Painting
UK Culture Minister, Ed Vaizey, has placed a temporary export ban on a 17th century painting by Claude Lorrain, which… Read More
3 February 2015
UK’s Creative Industries Worth £76.9b To Economy 2014 DCMS Figures Reveal
Brand new figures published by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport have revealed that the UK’s Creative Industries are… Read More
1 February 2015
Misattributed John Constable Purchased for £3,500 At Christie’s Sells At Sotheby’s For £3.4m
We reported on the 9 January that a painting by John Constable misattributed and sold for a fraction of its… Read More
30 January 2015
Banksy Collection Achieves Higher Than Estimate With £459,074 At Bonhams
Steve Lazarides, the former agent of the notorious Bristol street artist Banksy has auctioned off a collection his private collection… Read More
30 January 2015
Ai Weiwei’s Zodiac Heads Under The Hammer At Phillips
Phillips London’s Contemporary Art Evening sale on February 12 will host Ai Weiwei’s Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads (2010). The group… Read More
28 January 2015
Sotheby’s Old Masters Sale Estimated At $106 Million
Sotheby’s Old Masters Sale on 28/29 January has an overall estimate of $73.9 to 106 million, or £48.6 million to… Read More
28 January 2015
Claude Monet’s ‘L’Embarcadère’ Up For Auction At Sotheby’s London
Claude Monet’s acclaimed work ‘L’Embarcadère’, 1871, is to be offered at Sotheby’s forthcoming London Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale… Read More
26 January 2015
London Art Fair Closes Its 2015 Edition On A High Note
The 27th London Art Fair has closed its doors for the 2015 edition with only one way to sum up… Read More
25 January 2015
Christie’s London To Offer Prime Richter and Twombly In February Post War Sale
Christie’s will offer another outstanding week of auctions in February led by Gerhard Richter’s Vierwaldstätter See (Lake Lucerne), 1969, a… Read More
24 January 2015
Tracey Emin’s Pivotal Installation Exorcism Under The Hammer For £600,000
Christie’s has announced it is selling a particularly pivotal, not to mention large installation by one-time YBA tracey Emin called… Read More
23 January 2015
Edgar Degas’ Ground-breaking ‘Scène De Ballet’ For Auction At Bonhams
Bonhams will place Edgar Degas’ 1885 oil on canvas, Scène de ballet under the hammer at the Impressionist & Modern… Read More
22 January 2015
Francis Bacon Rare Double Self-Portrait For Sotheby’s Auction
Sotheby’s London will offer Francis Bacon’s hugely rare Two Studies for Self-Portrait 1977, which is estimated to sell for £13… Read More
22 January 2015
Rauschenberg And Fontana Highlights Of Sotheby’s Auction Of Hoglund Collection
Sotheby’s contemporary evening sale in London on February 10 will feature works by artists like Lucio Fontana, Robert Rauschenberg and… Read More
21 January 2015
Christie’s Release Record Breaking Figures Of £5.1 billion For 2014
Christie’s have released the figures for art sales for the year ending December 2014. This figure is the highest total… Read More
20 January 2015
Jack Vettriano Scotland’s Kitschiest Painter: £1.2m Collection Goes Under The Hammer
Paintings by the popular commercial artist Jack Vettriano are estimated to reach £1.2m when they are sold at auction, in… Read More
18 January 2015
Christie’s To Auction Works On Paper From The Triton Collection
Christie’s is to auction a unique selection of rare works on paper from the Triton Collection Foundation, spanning over three… Read More
16 January 2015
Rare Louis Grandchamp Des Raux Collection For Auction At Sotheby’s
The Louis Grandchamp des Raux collection of French 17th and 18th century paintings is to go under the hammer at… Read More
16 January 2015
London Art Fair Prepares For 2015 Launch With Sustained Growth Predicted
The London Art Fair which takes place 21–25 January 2015 has released their annual economic survey of exhibiting galleries. When… Read More
15 January 2015
Joshua Holdeman Joins Sotheby’s As Photographs and Prints Head
Sotheby’s has announced the appointment of Joshua Holdeman as Worldwide Head of 20th Century Design, Photographs and Prints. Mr. Holdeman… Read More
14 January 2015
MoMA New York Set To Sell A Monet At Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s London Impressionist and Modern Art Sale will feature “Les Peupliers à Giverny,’’ one of Monet’s depictions of poplar trees… Read More
14 January 2015