Sotheby’s Reports Record Prices For Art Dealer Jan Krugier’s Collection
Sotheby’s has reported a 100% sales result for the collection of the art dealer Jan Krugier. The Combined Total of… Read More
6 February 2014
Art Market
Christie’s Achieves Highest Total For London Impressionist and Modern Sale
Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale and the auction of The Art of the Surreal which took place on… Read More
5 February 2014
Sotheby’s Old Masters Sales Total Over $70m In New York
Sotheby’s has surprized the art market by reporting record prices in their annual Old Masters Week sales. The auctioneers have… Read More
3 February 2014
Alexander Rotter And Cheyenne Westphal Appointed New Worldwide Heads of Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Department
Sotheby’s, today announced the appointment of Alexander Rotter and Cheyenne Westphal as Worldwide Heads of Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Department. The… Read More
31 January 2014
Sotheby’s Set To exhibit Warhol, Richter and Hockney In India
Sotheby’s has announced that it will exhibit works by Andy Warhol, Gerhard Richter and David Hockney in India for the… Read More
30 January 2014
Elsa Schiaparelli Family Collection Achieves £1.4m At Christie’s Paris
A personal collection belonging to the family of one of the most important couturiers of the 20th century, Madame Elsa… Read More
28 January 2014
Important L.S. Lowry Collection To Go Under The Hammer At Sotheby’s
One of the most important Collection of Works by L.S. Lowry is to be auctioned by Sotheby’s. A stand-alone evening… Read More
24 January 2014
Christie’s Records Record Year With Sales Over £4.5 Billion
Christie’s has released their sales figures for 2013 revealing a record year of £4.54 billion, up 16% ($7.13 billion, up… Read More
22 January 2014
Art of The Surreal Christie’s Offers Key Works In February Auction
Christie’s highly anticipated annual evening sale ‘The Art of The Surreal’ will take place on 4 February, presenting some of… Read More
18 January 2014
Important Gerhard Richter Abstract Expected To Reach £15m At Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Sale in London in February will be led by an exceptional abstract painting by Gerhard Richter…. Read More
16 January 2014
Francis Bacon Portrait of Lover George Dyer To Be Auctioned
A major portrait by Francis Bacon will be offered at Christie’s in their upcoming Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction… Read More
15 January 2014
Major Arte Povera Exhibition To Be Mounted By Christie’s London
Arte Povera artists filled galleries with animals and decaying matter decades before Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin. With its idea… Read More
14 January 2014
Lady Randolph Churchill Portrait By John Singer Sargent Offered By Provincial Auctioneers
Nye and Company a small New Jersey auctioneers has announced the sale of an extraordinary and historic work by the… Read More
13 January 2014
Modern Masters From An Important Swiss Collection To Be Auctioned At Christie’s
Christie’s London has just announced the sale of an exceptional and historic group of Modern Masters: Works from an Important… Read More
8 January 2014
Duke and the Duchess of Windsor Still Attracts Interest At Auction
A fascinating group of jewels and precious objects celebrating the lives and tastes of the Duke and the Duchess of… Read More
16 December 2013
Christie’s Loses Key International Chair As Amy Cappellazzo Resigns
Christie’s Auctioneers has announced the departure of a key member of its team. Amy Cappellazzo will leave the company, after… Read More
14 December 2013
Sotheby’s Record Breaking Modern and Post-War British Art Sales Surpass £7m
A number of record breaking prices were achieved last night as Sotheby’s Abstraction and Modern Post-War British Art Evening Sales… Read More
12 December 2013
Edward Hopper and Norman Rockwell Achieve Record Prices At Auction
It has been a record breaking week for two icons of American realism. A Depression era view of New Jersey… Read More
7 December 2013
Zao Wou-Ki Abstraction Sets $14m Record Price For Artist at Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s announced that it has firmly established Sotheby’s Beijing as a marketplace for selling contemporary art. The auction house, the… Read More
3 December 2013
David Thomson Collection Of Post-war British Abstract Art To Be Auctioned
A group of 20 works from the renowned collection of David Thomson goes under the hammer at Sotheby’s 10th December… Read More
28 November 2013
Maltese Falcon Statuette From 1941 Bogart Film Sells For $4m
The iconic lead statuette of the Maltese Falcon from the classic 1941 Bogart film noir of the same name has… Read More
28 November 2013
Tobias Meyer Worldwide Head of Contemporary Art at Sotheby’s Resigns
Tobias Meyer, the Worldwide Head of the Contemporary Art at Sotheby’s has announced that he is to end his association… Read More
23 November 2013
Pre-Raphaelite Masterpiece by Rossetti Realises Over £3m At Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s in London, has auctioned a defining image of the Pre-Raphaelite art movement and one of the most iconic images… Read More
20 November 2013
Sotheby’s Announces Ambitious Beijing Art Week Programme
Sotheby’s is presenting Sotheby’s Beijing Art Week to be held from 28 November to 1 December at China World Summit,… Read More
18 November 2013
Astronomical Warhol Koons And Bacon Results Defy Art Market Skeptics
Oh what a crazy week for contemporary and modern art at auction: Despite a lot of hot air in the… Read More
16 November 2013
PARTE Contemporary Art Fair Launches In Sao Paulo
PARTE Contemporary Art Fair takes place in São Paulo between 6th and 10th November. It is the third edition of… Read More
9 November 2013
Sotheby’s Achieves Second Highest Results For Impressionist and Modern Sale
An Impressionist and Modern art sale at Sotheby’s in New York has raised more than $290m (£180m) This is the… Read More
7 November 2013
Alberto Giacometti’s Portrait Of Brother Diego Realises $33m At Christie’s
Christies’ has set a world record with a portrait of Alberto Giacometti’s brother Diego, achieving $33m, a record for one… Read More
6 November 2013
Bonhams Auctioneers Officially Open Their New Bond Street London Headquarters
Bonhams has opened a brand new £30 million headquarters building at 101 New Bond Street. The official launch took place… Read More
26 October 2013
PAD London 2013 Reveals Strong Figures For Frieze Week Fair
The 7th edition of PAD London has truly mastered the spirit of eclecticism in a record year for the fair…. Read More
22 October 2013
Brazilian Galleries Shine In Record Numbers At Europe’s International Art Fairs
More than eleven Brazilian galleries have chosen to come to London for Frieze week. Many will move on to Paris… Read More
21 October 2013
Oliver Stone’s Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol Painting Sells For £1.5m
Christie’s London Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction on 18 October 2013 realised a total including Buyer’s Premium: 27,788,900 GBP…. Read More
19 October 2013