Latin America Contemporary Art Auction At Phillips de Pury Announced
Phillips de Pury & Company auctioneers have revealed highlights from its Latin America Contemporary Art auction “Our 20 November 2012… Read More
16 November 2012
Art Market
Jeff Koons Deflated Tulip Balloon Sculpture Sells For £21 Million
Jeff Koons clumsy sculpture titled Tulip, which sat outside New York’s Rockefeller Center, for the viewing of Christie’s latest Contemporary… Read More
16 November 2012
Peter Blake Original Sgt Pepper’s Collage Sells For £55,000
Sotheby’s in London have sold an original 1967 collage created by the Pop artists Sir Peter Blake and Jann Haworth… Read More
14 November 2012
The Art Market: Unregulated Unscrupulous And Worth Billions
“Apart from drugs, art is the biggest unregulated market in the world;” declared art critic Robert Hughes at the start… Read More
12 November 2012
Wizard of Oz Dorothy Dress Sells For £302,000 In Hollywood
Hollywood – A gingham dress with a pinafore worn by Judy Garland in the 1939 classic film, the Wizard of… Read More
11 November 2012
Royal Academy Auction Raises £660,000 For Building Program
The RA Now auction and exhibition has successfully auctioned off the works of 40 Royal Academicians and a number of… Read More
10 October 2012
Fraudulent Contemporary Art Finds A Buoyant Marketplace On Ebay
If the latest Andy Warhol that you’ve spotted on eBay looks too good to be true, it probably is. ‘There’s… Read More
19 September 2012
Canaletto View Of London Goes Under The Hammer In Vienna
An historic painting showing the New Horse Guards from St James’s Park by the Venetian painter Canaletto is to be… Read More
3 August 2012
Christie’s And Sotheby’s Report Record Half Year Figures
In the first half of 2012 leading auction houses Christie’s and Sotheby’s show conflicting views on the state of the… Read More
19 July 2012
Contemporary Art Auctions A Case For Recession Proof Investment
As the Summer auction and fair season winds up and galleries mount their group shows, a mainstay of the art… Read More
1 July 2012
Allen Jones 1m Pound Misogynistic Table Stimulates Sotheby’s Sale
Art from the estate of Gunter Sachs, the German billionaire former husband of Brigitte Bardot, has been sold for £35.6m… Read More
24 May 2012
The Booming Asian Art Market and It’s Influence on Britain
If the world did not have problems enough speculating about future failures of single currencies and the threat of climate… Read More
23 May 2012
Amy Winehouse Morbid Blood Splattered Painting Sells For £35k
A painting using the blood of Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty as a medium has sold for £35,000. The collaboration… Read More
20 May 2012
Record Price For Basquiat At Phillips De Pury Contemporary Art Auction
Thursday’s Contemporary Art Auction at Phillips de Pury NYC totalled at $88.9 million, sitting squarely in the middle of its… Read More
13 May 2012
Opportunity To Buy Damien Hirst Skull For £6,000
How much would you pay for a Damien Hirst skull? Not as much as you might think, as it turns… Read More
12 May 2012
£54m Mark Rothko Breaks Contemporary Art Auction Record
Before last night the price of $86.3 million, paid for Francis Bacon’s ‘Triptych’, 1976, in 2008 was the most expensive… Read More
9 May 2012
Edvard Munch Scream Goes Under Hammer Tonight
Edvard Munch, the celebrated Norwegian Post-Impressionist, painted four versions of his now iconic ‘The Scream.’ This evening one will be… Read More
2 May 2012
Munch’s Scream Tops May Art Market Bill
Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” is aiming to be the biggest seller in New York during May’s upcoming auctions.
2 May 2012
Rare Marilyn Monroe Photo Portfolio To Be Sold
Bonham’s Offers Complete Bert Stren Set Of Monroe Prints – Bert Stern may not have been the first photographer to… Read More
29 April 2012
Super Rich Viktor Vekselberg Sues Christies For Fake Painting
Russian oilman and art collector Viktor Vekselberg is demanding a £1.7 million refund from auction house Christies. Vekselberg – worth… Read More
26 April 2012
World’s Most Wanted Stolen Art
As Cezanne’s ‘Boy in a Red Waistcoat’ turns up in Serbia, we wonder about the fate of other stolen works… Read More
16 April 2012
Sotheby’s Puts Munch Scream On View In London
iconic masterpiece on display for one week at auction house The last privately owned rendition of Edvard Munch’s The Scream… Read More
13 April 2012
Vincent van Gogh London Residence Up For Grabs
Update – Savills Auction which took place on 27 March has finished and the property has been sold for £565,000…. Read More
24 March 2012
China Steals Global Art Market Dominance From USA
China is now the world’s biggest market for art and antiques, ending the USA’s decades of domination Hailed by the… Read More
20 March 2012
Maastricht Fair Offers 1.3b Dollar Art Feeding Frenzy
Britain benefits from ‘Museum Where Everything Is For Sale’ fair TEFAF Maastricht, has opened to the public and by all… Read More
17 March 2012
Important Warhol Collection Goes Under The Hammer
Ex Brigitte Bardot Husband’s estate to be sold in May London,The art collection of the late playboy art dealer Gunter… Read More
12 March 2012
Banksy Kate Moss In Bonham’s Urban Art Auction
17 Banksy Artworks Go Under The Hammer In London On 29th March Bonhams annual Urban Art Auction is set to … Read More
6 March 2012
Andy Warhol’s The Scream Goes Under the Hammer In London
As the world awaits Edvard Munch’s Original to be sold in New York in May Sotheby’s London, biannual sale of… Read More
3 March 2012
Big Bucks For Francis Bacon And Lucian Freud At Christies
Francis Bacon’s 1963 Portrait of Henrietta Moraes sold for nearly £20 million, while newly discovered Freud drawing doubles pre-sale estimate… Read More
16 February 2012
Henry Moore Breaks Damien Hirst Auction Record
Most expensive British bronze sells for £19.1 million At Christie’s Christies has broken the auction record for the most expensive… Read More
11 February 2012
Liz Taylor Van Gogh Sees Collection Sale Make Massive $183 Million
Three paintings from the Hollywood star Liz Taylor’s collection have sold for nearly £14million at auction. The three works, by… Read More
10 February 2012
Super Rich Keep Sotheby’s and Christie’s Afloat
Christie’s and Sotheby’s report booming business thanks to patronage of the super rich, with Ten Richest Clients Responsible For 10%… Read More
6 February 2012