Frieze New York Launches 2019 Edition Without A Hitch
The opening day of this year’s Frieze New York, which featured galleries from 26 countries was a roaring success following last year’s scorching fiasco
2 May 2019
Art Market
Rare Modigliani Limestone Sculpture To Be Auctioned At Christie’s
Christie’s NY is to offer a rare Amedeo Modigliani’s limestone sculpture, Tête, carved circa 1911-1912, in its New York Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art, On May 13.
20 April 2019
Hong Kong: Art Basel to Chungking Mansion – Virginie Puertolas-Syn
There is no doubt Hong Kong is becoming one of the leading destinations for art lovers, collectors, curators and art professionals in general.
10 April 2019
Grayson Perry Donates Brexit Head To Raise Funds For Terrence Higgins Trust
Grayson Perry has donated a work of art to raise funds for the leading HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust.
9 April 2019
Has Art On Instagram Reached Saturation Point – Hiscox Releases 2019 Report
The Hiscox online art trade report 2019 was released this week and besides revealing some very discouraging growth figures it has explored the indeterminate world of Instagram as part of their analysis.
4 April 2019
Francis Bacon Screaming Pope Portrait to Be Auctioned At Sotheby’s
Francis Bacon’s $20-30m ‘Screaming Pope’ Study for a Head is to go under the hammer at Sotheby’s, in May. It is one of the most iconic works by the artist remaining in private hands
1 April 2019
Art And Money Laundering Why The Global Art Market Needs Regulation
High-end art, antiquities, and antiques have become more and more attractive to money launders says, Peter D. Hardy a partner at Ballard Spahr, writing for The National Law Review, in an in-depth article published today.
20 March 2019
Hockney Tops Christie’s Contemporary Sale With £33m Double Portrait
Post War and Contemporary Art at Christie’s London saw 41 lots finding buyers with three unsold and if not a record price for David Hockney’s Henry Geldzahler and Christopher Scott (1969), a solid over the estimated sale price £33 million ($43.4 million)
7 March 2019
Lost Caravaggio Judith: Is This Painting Another Salvator Mundi?
A long lost painting attributed to Caravaggio which languished in a chateau attic in France for over 100 years is touring art market capitals and then going under the hammer at La Halle aux Grains in Toulouse, in June.
3 March 2019
Artsy Hacked With User Details For Sale On Dark Web
Artsy the art selling platform has been hacked along with 620 million accounts
14 February 2019
Marina Abramović Serpentine Performance Presented In Augmented Reality
Marina Abramović, the iconic performance artist, presents her latest performance: The Life in Mixed Reality (a wearable augmented reality experience).
7 February 2019
Hertfordshire County Council Sells Off Their Art Assets
A Major Art Collection including works by Barbara Hepworth and Keith Vaughan is to be sold on behalf of Hertfordshire County Council to fund much-stretched services but should this be happening at all? And will they squander the funds raised on everything but enriching the art community in the area?
4 February 2019
James Turrell Shuts MoMa Skyspace As Neighbouring Construction Invades Installation
James Turrell has voluntarily shut his popular Skyspace installation at MoMA due to scaffolding from a nearby construction site overshadowed the delicate viewing chamber.
29 January 2019
Art Accepted For Nation Through Cultural Gifts Scheme Down By A Third
Arts Council England has published the 2017/18 Cultural Gifts Scheme and Acceptance in Lieu annual report which shows that in the last year, 42 cases
14 December 2018
Art Basel Miami Beach 2018 What The Galleries Said – Artlyst Report
Art Basel’s 17th edition in Miami Beach concluded with strong and consistent sales across all levels of the market.
10 December 2018
Innovative Arts Hub Offers New Venue For Mid-Level Galleries – Georgina Adam
Much has been written recently about the problems of the mid-level gallery, and indeed the roll-call of spaces that have… Read More
28 November 2018
Nicholas Serota Quits Ben Uri Advisory Panel Over Collection Deaccession
We reported 0n 30th October that the Ben Uri Gallery trustees had decided to de-access around 700 artworks, in order to fund wider plans to include immigrant and refugee artists from all global backgrounds.
21 November 2018
Billion Dollar Week For Christie’s And Sotheby’s As Iconic Works Smash Records
It’s been a week of record-breaking sales for the two leading auction houses Christie’s and Sotheby’s recording billion dollar sales totals and record-breaking prices for artists living and deceased.
20 November 2018
Paris Photo Closes 22nd Edition With Robust Sales And Optimism
Paris Photo, the well established fair dedicated to the photographic medium, closed the doors to its 22nd edition on Sunday 11 November
12 November 2018
EMPIRE 2 Project Moves To Paris – Jude Cowan Montague
As one of the participants in the globe-trotting EMPIRE 2 project, exhibiting the moving image on a world tour, I came to Paris for the project’s opening at Le100Ecs, an artist centre at 100 Rue de Charenton.
4 November 2018
Diebenkorn Ocean Park Masterpiece From Mary Tyler Moore Collection Auctioned At Christie’s
Christie’s NY will be offering a large Richard Diebenkorn, Ocean Park series painting from 1985 on November 15.
25 October 2018
Discredited Banksy Mural To Go Under The Hammer In LA
An iconic secondary market Banksy mural that was hacked off of a wall in London is to go under the hammer at Julien’s Auctions in LA.
13 October 2018
Jeff Koons Cracked Egg Blue Loses Its Lustre At Christie’s
Jeff Koons Cracked Egg (Blue) a large two-part stainless steel sculpture from the Celebration Series, which began with Balloon Dog in 1994, is the first of five versions, each one rendered in a vivid colour.
8 October 2018
Grenfell Victim Khadija Saye Estate Prints Go Under The Hammer At Christie’s
Two works by Grenfell victim Khadija Saye are to go under the hammer today at Christie’s
5 October 2018
Has Frieze Become More About Instagram and Less About Art?
I’m what you could call a seasoned Frieze regular. I may have missed the first London fair but I was… Read More
4 October 2018
Frank Dunphy: Damien Hirst Manager’s Art Collection Sells For Millions At Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s, London, have sold the collection of Damien Hirst’s business manager, mentor and ‘partner in crime’, Frank Dunphy for a total of £10,088,125 million
23 September 2018
Edward Hopper: Controversial Chop Suey Painting To Be Auctioned At Christie’s
Edward Hopper’s Chop Suey, 1929, one of the most important works by the artist, still in private hands, is to controversially go under the hammer at Christie’s NY
17 September 2018
David Hockney’s £80m Splash To Go Under The Hammer At Christie’s
One of David Hockney’s most important paintings from the 1970s is to go under the hammer at Christie’s.
14 September 2018
Bonhams Auction House Acquired By Epiris Fund II
Epiris Fund II a private equity company has announced that has agreed the acquisition of Bonhams, the global auction house, from private shareholders.
5 September 2018
Sotheby’s Announces Second Quarter 2018 Results And It’s Not Great
Sotheby’s has reported its financial results for the second quarter and six months ending June 30, 2018.
10 August 2018
Christie’s Record £3bn Half-Year Figures Eclipses Sotheby’s
A 26% rise has been reported at Christie’s with overall sales to almost £3bn ($4bn, up 35%) compared to £2.35bn in the first half of 2017.
25 July 2018
Unseen John Virtue Paintings To Be Unveiled At Fortnum’s X Frank 2018
Fortnum & Mason will be continuing their annual artistic collaboration Fortnum’s X Frank 2018 (FXF18), 10th September – 20th October
7 July 2018