Steve Lazarides Former Banksy Dealer To Auction 30 Works At Bonhams
Steve Lazarides, the former agent of the notorious Bristol street artist Banksy is to auction off a collection his private… Read More
11 January 2015
Art Market
Christie’s Unveils Stellar Selection For London’s The Art of The Surreal Auction
Christie’s stellar selection of 36 lots in the much anticipated annual London evening sale of The Art of The Surreal… Read More
11 January 2015
Sotheby’s To Offer Claude Monet Work Estimated At £20-30 Million
An exceptionally rare and important view of Venice by Claude Monet, Le Grand Canal of 1908, will lead Sotheby’s forthcoming… Read More
9 January 2015
Andy Warhol Best Selling Artist At Auction For Third Consecutive Year
Andy Warhol once stated, “Good business is the best art,” now the Pop artist who died in 1987 has proven… Read More
5 January 2015
Caravaggio Painting Takes Centerstage At Christie’s Old Masters Sale
One of the earliest example of a painting by Caravaggio titled, ‘Boy Peeling a Fruit’ dating from 1591 will go… Read More
2 January 2015
Art Scandals Fail To Stop Record 20% Rise In Art Market Growth
It has been an incredible year for art scandals but despite the deception the art market has grown a wapping… Read More
28 December 2014
Sotheby’s Achieves Record Year With Women The Unexpected Power Players
Sotheby’s has seen a notably intensified focus on the emergence of female power players in the art market in 2014…. Read More
23 December 2014
Winston Churchill Painting Sells For Record £1.7 Million
It would seem that there is a new fashion for the paintings of World War II political ‘hobbyists’. First we… Read More
18 December 2014
Henri Martin’s French Impressionist Landscape Leads £770,000 Heritage Sale
Henri Martin’s French Impressionist landscape, titled ‘La vallée du vert à Labastide-du-Vert’ (c. 1920), has sold for $485,000 or £311,000,… Read More
18 December 2014
Sotheby’s Sets New World Record With Photography Auction
“175 Masterworks To Celebrate 175 Years of Photography: Property from Joy of Giving Something Foundation” auction held at Sotheby’s New… Read More
17 December 2014
Dante Gabriel Rossetti Nude Watercolour Sets Auction Record At Sotheby’s
Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s watercolour painting, Venus Verticordia has sold this afternoon at Sotheby’s for £2,882,500 / $4,522,931, soaring above its… Read More
10 December 2014
Art Basel Miami Beach Reports Strong 2014 Results: What The Galleries Said
The 13th edition of Art Basel Miami Beach closed yesterday, Sunday, December 7, 2014, with gallerists, private collectors, museum groups… Read More
8 December 2014
Christie’s Contemporary Art Sales Achieve Record Results In Paris
Christie’s Paris Contemporary Art evening and day sales have remained buoyant proving prices are still strong selling 85% of the… Read More
7 December 2014
Turner Masterpiece Sells For £30.3 million At Sotheby’s London Auction
Last night, at Sotheby’s London, one of the last great Turner masterpieces remaining in private hands set a world auction… Read More
4 December 2014
Felix Dennis Collection By Deviant Artist Eric Gill To Be Auctioned
The estate of the legendary British editor of Oz Magazine Felix Dennis, who died in June 2014, is to auction… Read More
1 December 2014
Christie’s Reports Strong Results For British and Irish Modern Art Sale
The auction house Christie’s has recorded exceptional results for their Autumn British and Irish Modern Art Sale.The market seems to… Read More
29 November 2014
Mexican Tycoon’s Collection Breaks Record For Latin American Art Sale
The art collection of the late Mexican tycoon Lorenzo Zambrano was auctioned at Sotheby’s New York earlier in the week;… Read More
27 November 2014
£28 Million Tapestry Breaks The World Record For Chinese Art
A Tibetan ‘thangka’ tapestry went under the hammer at Christie’s Hong Kong on Wednesday for HK$348.4 million, or £28 million,… Read More
27 November 2014
New and Established Names Under The Hammer At Phillips’ “Under The Influence” Auction
Phillips auction house continues with its particular niche of offering recently executed works by younger, emerging artists
26 November 2014
Henri Matisse Portrait Of Famous Muse Could Fetch £12 Million At Sotheby’s
An exquisite portrait by Henri Matisse depicting Princess Nézy-Hamidé Chawkat, the great granddaughter of the last Sultan of Turkey, Odalisque… Read More
25 November 2014
Dame Barbara Hepworth Bronze Sculpture Realises £542,500 At Bonhams
Bonhams,who hold two major auctions each year of Modern British painting, sculpture and drawing. These curated sales take place at… Read More
20 November 2014
Napoleon Bonaparte’s iconic Bicorn Hat Sells For $2.2m In Paris
Napoleon Bonaparte’s iconic, black felt, bicorn hat has set an auction record for the most expensive hat ever sold. It… Read More
17 November 2014
Christie’s Sets Record For Highest Total For Post-War and Contemporary Art Sale
Christie’s has made history with its Post-War and Contemporary Art sale by setting the record for the highest total achieved… Read More
13 November 2014
Billionaire Steve A Cohen Purchases Alberto Giacometti $100m Chariot
It was an astronomical result by anyones estimation Alberto Giacometti’s “Chariot,” which sold for $100,965,000 broke the hundred million dollar… Read More
12 November 2014
Sotheby’s Bunny Mellon Auction Sells Out With £100 Million Haul
Sotheby’s placed under the hammer the prestigious collection of Rachel “Bunny” Mellon on Monday night, the auction houses experts called… Read More
11 November 2014
Manet Painting Breaks Artist’s Record With £40 Million Sale
A work by Edouard Manet has set a new auction record for the French impressionist. ‘Spring’, a portrait of a… Read More
6 November 2014
Chinese Film Mogul Purchases Van Gogh’s Masterpiece For £39m
Wang Zhongjun, the chairman of Huayi Brothers film studio in China has purchased Van Gogh’s painting “Still Life, Vase with… Read More
6 November 2014
Alberto Giacometti $101m Chariot Sculpture Leads Sotheby’s Modern Sale
Sotheby’s Autumn Impressionist and Modern sale in New York has realised $422 million, against presale expectations of $316.5–424.9 million. This… Read More
5 November 2014
Britain’s Position In Global Art Market Threatened
New figures show sales decreasing in the UK but growing globally; Britain’s status as a centre for the international art… Read More
3 November 2014
Christie’s Shanghai Celebrates Their First Anniversary Of Activities In The City
Christie’s Shanghai has celebrated their first year of launch with a series of auctions that mark Christie’s activities in the… Read More
27 October 2014
Frieze London Final Recap: Dealers Prepare For FIAC Paris Launch Tomorrow
The 12th edition of Frieze London is a fading memory as many of the same international dealers prepare for the… Read More
22 October 2014
Man Ray Trust To Auction Important Works Of Dada And Surrealist Art
A significant collection of works, never before on the market, by Man Ray will be offered at Sotheby’s, Paris on… Read More
21 October 2014