Manzoni Highest Price Of Frieze Week
At Sotheby’s London, eight bidders drove Piero Manzoni’s monumental Achrome well beyond pre-sale expectations to £12,626,500 or €15,872,822 – the… Read More
18 October 2014
Art Market
Polke Beats Richter In £46 Million Christie’s Sale
Sigmar Polke’s status had a further boost at Christie’s London on Monday; with the evening sale of the Essl Collection,… Read More
14 October 2014
Andy Warhol: Iconic Superstar Women Auctioned At Sotheby’s New York
Sotheby’s is presenting a large selection of ‘Warhol’s Women’, portraits of iconic superstars and muses, November 11-12, as part of… Read More
11 October 2014
Effie Gray: Sensual Rossetti Masterpiece Venus Verticordia Auctioned At Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s will be offering Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s watercolour version of Venus Verticordia in London on 10 December 2014. The Pre-Raphaelite… Read More
9 October 2014
Falcon Fine Art Introduces Finance Borrowing Initiative Against Works Of Art
Tim Hunter the former Director of Impressionist and Modern Art at Christie’s is spearheading Falcon Fine Art, a Fine Art… Read More
7 October 2014
Rothko Masterpiece Worth $50m To Be Auctioned In New York
Sotheby’s New York will present The Schlumberger Collection this November. The magnificent compendium of Modern and Contemporary masterworks acquired by… Read More
6 October 2014
Jeff Koons Sculpture Opens The Bidding War At Christie’s and Sotheby’s
Two major sculptures by the American artist Jeff Koons will go under the hammer at Christie’s and Sotheby’s this Autumn…. Read More
3 October 2014
LAPADA Opens London’s Autumn Art And Antiques Season With Glittering Fair
The 2014 LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair opened last night with a glittering preview event hosted by the association’s President… Read More
24 September 2014
Contemporary Art Smashes $2 Billion Mark Creating New World Auction Record
Jeff Koons’s monumental sculpture Balloon Dog (Orange) has set a new world auction record for a living artist. The iconic… Read More
24 September 2014
Christie’s Announce Giants Of German Post-War Art Sale
Christie’s has announced the sale of 44 major Post-War works from The Essl Collection which will be sold in a… Read More
10 September 2014
Warhol Elvis and Brando Masterpieces Star In Christie’s Autumn Line-Up
Two iconic portraits by Andy Warhol featuring Elvis Presley and Marlon Brando, two of the most important male celebrities in… Read More
6 September 2014
Essl Collection To Be Sold In London Contemporary Art Auction
The Essl Collection which is one of Europe’s finest collections of contemporary art is to be liquidated. The 7,000 works… Read More
30 August 2014
Joan Miro Works Get Green Light To Be Sold In London
The sale of a Portuguese collection of 85 works by the spanish Surrealist artist Joan Miró will go ahead now… Read More
30 August 2014
Christie’s Auctioneers Unveil New Shanghai HQ In Historical Landmark Building
Christie‟s Auctioneers has announced the opening of a new home and a multi-purpose art space at Shanghai‟s historical Bund, one… Read More
21 August 2014
Sotheby’s Releases Their 2014 Half Year Top Ten Works Sold In London
Sotheby’s net auction sales increased 24% to $2.7 billion on strong global sales during the period – particularly in Hong Kong and London
8 August 2014
Global Art Market Growth Reaches Unprecedented $7 Billion Half Year Figure
New industry figures have revealed that the international art market has grown by 17% to $7 billion in the first… Read More
7 August 2014
Russian Owned Phillips Auctioneers Appoints Edward Dolman As New CEO
Edward Dolman, the executive director and acting chief executive of The Qatar Museums Authority has revealed that he is taking… Read More
30 July 2014
Damien Hirst Demonstrates The Butterfly Effect In The Middle East
A work of art by the best known YBA artist Damien Hirst is to be offered for sale at Sotheby’s… Read More
17 July 2014
Sotheby’s Announces 22% Rise In Half Year Sales Figures
Auction sales at Sotheby’s during the first half of 2014 have grown faster than any other international house. With a… Read More
16 July 2014
Christie’s Announces Record £2.6 Billion Half Year Sales
Christie’s has announced sales of £2.69 billion, up 12% ($4.47 billion, up 22%), for the half year ending 30 June… Read More
16 July 2014
Sotheby’s Joins eBay To Create Online Art And Collectables Partnership
Sotheby’s and eBay have announced today a partnership that will unite the global leader in online shopping with the number… Read More
14 July 2014
Egyptian Sekhemka Statue Achieves £15m In Northampton Museum Sell Off At Christie’s
Christies evening auction of classical decorative arts has realised £31,048,500/ $53,186,081/€38,934,819, marking the highest total for any and breaking the… Read More
11 July 2014
Tracey Emin’s Turner Prize Nominated Unmade Bed Fetches £2.5m At Christie’s
Tracey Emin’s Turner Prize nominated ‘My Bed’ installation has sold at Christie’s, London salesroom tonight for £2.5m (including commission), a… Read More
2 July 2014
Sotheby’s Lands £100m Paul And Bunny Melon Estate Sale
This Autumn, a series of sales at Sotheby’s will offer for sale one of the most important single owner collections… Read More
1 July 2014
Record Price For Francis Bacon Triptych And Peter Doig At Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s London was again breaking records this evening when a rare Francis Bacon triptych of George Dyer attracted bids from… Read More
1 July 2014
START Art Fair’s First Edition Ends On A High Note
London’s latest contemporary art fair START has ended on a high note, after receiving universal praise for its fresh approach…. Read More
30 June 2014
Masterpiece London Preview Announces Sales In Excess of £40m
Masterpiece London’s top art and antiques fair which is often compared to Maastricht has opened with reports of strong sales… Read More
27 June 2014
Warhol, Doig And Bacon Star In Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Sale
The market continues to storm ahead, ravenous for great works by great artists. This sale – one of the most… Read More
26 June 2014
Christie’s Reveals £86m Impressionist and Modern Evening Sales Figures
Christies London has released the results for the Impressionist and Modern Art Evening sale which took place on 24 June … Read More
25 June 2014
Claude Monet Water Lilies Achieves £31m At Sotheby’s Evening Sale
Sotheby’s evening sale of Impressionist and Modern Art in London has achieved a total of £121,957,000 / $207,875,707 / €152,555,889… Read More
24 June 2014
Art Basel 45 Retains Its Supremacy In The Art Marketplace
Summing up the 2014 Art Basel fair is a daunting task. The fair founded in Switzerland has ended with galleries… Read More
23 June 2014
Impressionism To Street Art Leads Summer Sales At Christies, Sotheby’s And Bonham’s
The Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale at Sotheby’s 23rd June 2014 combines an outstanding level of quality across the… Read More
19 June 2014