A Child Could Do It! Jeff Koons $20m Play-Doh Sculpture Auctioned
A Jeff Koons sculpture depicting a pile of Play-Doh is to go under the hammer at Christie’s.
3 April 2018
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Lucas Cranach Painting Stolen By The Nazis To Be Auctioned
A painting stolen by the Nazis over 80 years ago by Lucas Cranach the Elder is to be auctioned at Christie’s.
21 March 2018
Record London Contemporary/Modern Art Auctions Set Spring 2018 Alight
London’s contemporary sales both evening and day at Sotheby’s and Christie’s have totalled £295 million ($407 million).
10 March 2018
Christie’s Staggering £5.1b $6.6b Global Results 2017 – Crunch This
Christie’s has released their year ending December 2017 global figures and it is another record year for the auction corporation.
2 February 2018
Peggy and David Rockefeller Auction Revealed In Hong Kong Exhibition
Highlights from what many have dubbed the sale to watch in 2018, the collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller has been revealed by Christie’s.
22 November 2017
Leonardo da Vinci $450m Christ Becomes Most Expensive Painting Sold At Auction
A Leonardo da Vinci painting depicting Christ has become the world’s most expensive work of art sold at auction. The rediscovered masterpiece by the Renaissance master sold for a historic $450,312,500, superseding the previous world record for the most expensive work of art at auction.
16 November 2017
Van Gogh Landscape Achieves $81.3m Heralding New York Auction Season
Christie’s autumn auction of impressionist and modern art in New York saw a painting by Vincent Van Gogh achieving $81.3 million kicking off what may prove to be a record season.
14 November 2017
Da Vinci Salvator Mundi: Will Condition Detract From $100m Christie’s Price Tag
So why is Salvator Mundi the last Leonardo Da Vinci painting in private hands up for sale in a Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale?
13 November 2017
Privately Owned Leonardo da Vinci Painting To Be Sold At Christies
Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi. Painted by one of the Renaissance greatest masters is to go under the hammer at Christie’s. Titled Salvator Mundi, it is one of fewer than 20 known paintings by Leonardo and the only one in private hands.
11 October 2017
Contemporary Art Holds Its Own At Christie’s, Sotheby’s And Phillips
Autumn Contemporary Art auction round-up, Autumn 2017
8 October 2017
Francis Bacon Pope Portrait Resurfaces After 50 Years At Christie’s London
A portrait by the British artist Francis Bacon which has not been seen in public for over 55 years is to be sold at Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction
6 September 2017
Christie’s Unveils £2.2b First Half Year Auction Results 2017
Christie’s first half year auction sales top £2.2bn ($2.8bn, up 14%), a 29% increase from the same period in 2016. Continued global demand and creative sale planning have helped to drive a rise in Overall sales were £2.35bn ($3bn, up 1%), an increase of 14% compared to £2.1bn in the first half of 2016.
29 July 2017
Max Beckmann Painting Achieves £36m World Record Price
The German expressionist painter Max Beckmann has achieved a new world record price for the artist
27 June 2017
Audrey Hepburn Family Collection To Be Sold At Christie’s
Items from the family collection of the iconic actress Audrey Hepburn a to go under the hammer at Christie’s in London.
12 June 2017
Christie’s Secures David Rockefeller Collection For Highest Estimated Auction Sale
Christie’s Auctioneers have secured the estate of David Rockefeller, the youngest son of American philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and art patron Abby Aldrich Rockefeller.
7 June 2017
Constantin Brancusi Head Smashes Artist’s Auction Record At Christie’s
A bronze sculpture by the Modernist artist Constantin Brancusi has sold for the record-smashing price of $57.37 million in New York on Monday. This is the highest price achieved for the Romanian-born sculptor and more than twice the pre-sale estimate.
16 May 2017
Is This Basquiat The Most Hyped Auction Painting Of 2017?
Jean-Michel Basquiat’s ‘Untitled’ painting from 1982, a monumental canvas that has rarely been seen since it last appeared on the market in May 1984, is the centrepiece of Sotheby’s Contemporary Art sale in New York on the 18 May.
20 April 2017
Greta Garbo’s Sophisticated Modern Art Collection To Be Sold At Christies
The avant-garde collection of Greta Garbo’s modern art will go under the hammer at Christie’s NY, in its Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art.
29 March 2017
Christie’s To Close South-Ken Salesroom Despite Art Evening Auction Achieving $117,781,248
Christie’s record-shattering Contemporary sale in London last night has not halted downsizing of their operations in London and Amsterdam.
8 March 2017
Roald Dahl’s Francis Bacon Studies To Be Auctioned Estimate $50-$70m
Francis Bacon’s Three Studies for a Portrait of George Dyer, 1963 will be a featured highlight at Christie’s in its May 17 Post-War and Contemporary Evening Sale in New York.
27 February 2017
Rothko And Rauschenberg Paintings Featured In Christie’s Post-War And Contemporary Sale
Iconic American painting will be featured in Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction on 7 March 2017 in London.
21 January 2017
Monet To de Kooning Art Market Shows No Sign Of Trump Factor Slowdown
Despite a week of political unease as America comes to terms with the reality of Donald Trump as President-elect, the market showed some strong sales. Christie’s New York held two major sales this week Post-war and contemporary and Impressionist and Modern Art.
21 November 2016
Landseer’s Monarch of the Glen Auctioned By Mean Spirited Drinks Brand Diageo
The Monarch of the Glen by Sir Edwin Landseer, one of Scotland’s best-loved paintings has been consigned to Christie’s Auctioneers, in a move that could see it go abroad.
4 November 2016
Greedy Auction Houses Raise Buyers Premium By Collusion Free Stealth
On 6 September Christie’s announced a rise in its buyer’s premium altering the percentage thresholds. Sotheby’s announced about a month later that they would also fall into line by raising their commission.
31 October 2016
Joan Miro Collection To Remain In Portugal After Government U-Turn
An outstanding collection of 85 works covering seven Decades of work by the Spanish artist Joan Miró’s (1893–1983) has been… Read More
28 September 2016
Brian Sewell Collection Out Of Touch With The Art Of His Time
There’s just time to see the collection of the late Brian Sewell, coming up for auction at Christie’s saleroom in London… Read More
19 September 2016
Brian Sewell Collection Reveals New Attributions During Cataloguing At Christie’s
Christie’s have made further discoveries and positive attributions while cataloguing the collection of the late Brian Sewell critic for the… Read More
26 August 2016
China Returns As Global Art Market Leader For Second Time
According to thierry Ehrmann, Artprice’s CEO, China has returned as the global art market leader. The comprehensive report released on… Read More
1 August 2016
Christie’s Suffers A 38% Mid-Year Sales Slump Signalling Art Market Contraction
The mid-year reports from Christie’s has shown a 38% drop in sales illustrating a contraction in the buoyant art market…. Read More
27 July 2016
Henry Moore: £24.7m Auction Record For Important Festival Of Britain Masterpiece
Henry Moore’s ground-breaking 1951 modernist sculpture Reclining Figure: Festival (£24.7m) led Christie’s 250th anniversary auction Defining British Art on 30 June, the sale achieved… Read More
2 July 2016
Henry Moore 1951 Festival of Britain Bronze Hits Auction Block
A rare Henry Moore 1951 modernist bronze sculpture ‘Reclining Figure’ created for the Festival of Britain, will lead the sculpture section of… Read More
8 June 2016
Brian Sewell’s Art Collection To Go Under The Hammer At Christie’s
Christie’s London has announced a sale devoted to Brian Sewell: Critic & Collector. The auction will take place at Christie’s on 27… Read More
3 June 2016