Picasso Ring With Portrait Of Lover Dora Maar To Be Auctioned
A ring, containing a Picasso portrait of Dora Maar is to be auctioned at Sotheby’s.
12 June 2017
A ring, containing a Picasso portrait of Dora Maar is to be auctioned at Sotheby’s.
12 June 2017
Mario Testino, is to put his art collection under the hammer at Sotheby’s. As one of the most celebrated photographers of our time, this project will look beyond Testino’s enigmatic images that have shaped contemporary culture and reveal the artist as collector, patron and collaborator.
27 May 2017
A major painting by the New York artist Jean-Michel Basquiat has sold at Sotheby’s for an unprecedented $110.5m (£85.4m).
19 May 2017
Sotheby’s New York Impressionist and Modern sale last night achieved $173 Million, despite an important early work by the Austrian master Egon Schiele being withdrawn at the last minute. Kazimir Malevich’s Suprematist painting Composition With Plane In Projection (1915). topped the sale.
17 May 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
The auction was led by a record for pioneer of ‘light art’ Chris Levine as his strikingly modern portrait of Queen Elizabeth II tripled its pre-sale estimate to sell for £187,500 (£50,000-80,000).
6 April 2017
Gerald Scarfe (b. 1936) will be selling a chunk of his political cartoons at Sotheby’s in April. Over 130 drawings by this important caricaturist and cartoonist will go under the hammer.
6 March 2017
Sotheby’s is presenting their first sale of Erotica, 16 February. Timed just a few days after Valentine’s day the sale offers a range of art and decorative objects, all with erotic overtones. Across the centuries, art has always been intrinsically linked to expressions of passion and sensuality. The Erotic: Passion & Desire sale in London encompasses representations of love and sex from antiquity to the present day.
14 February 2017
An important painting by the German artist Gerhard Richter goes under the hammer for the first time in March 2017 at Sotheby’s London Evening sale of Contemporary Art.
26 January 2017
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
Last night’s results for the Evening Sales of Impressionist & Modern Art in New York coupled with those in London this June, demonstrate there is strong demand for top-quality works at every price level,” said Simon Shaw, Co-Head of Sotheby’s Worldwide Impressionist & Modern Art Department.
15 November 2016
The first part of the David Bowie art collection that went under the hammer at Sotheby’s yesterday (10 November) has achieved £24.3m ($30.5 m) with a painting by Jean-Michele Basquiat reaching £7 million.
14 November 2016
Lord and Lady Attenborough’s Modern British art collection goes under the hammer November 2016, at Sotheby’s London. On 22 – 23 November, Sotheby’s Modern & Post-War British art sales will offer 37 works from their celebrated private collection, assembled with immense passion and a very distinctive eye.
7 November 2016
From 1–10 November, the collection will be exhibited at Sotheby’s New Bond Street galleries in London, giving fans, collectors, art lovers and experts a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to immerse themselves in the extraordinary range of objects that informed Bowie’s private world.
1 November 2016
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
Sotheby’s Frieze Week auction peaked with two lots selling for over £10m, a record result for an October contemporary auction… Read More
9 October 2016
Sotheby’s launches their first Modern and contemporary Irish art sale of the season. The annual sale in London on 13 September 2016… Read More
31 August 2016
Sotheby’s has made it out of the second quarter with a profit! It reported second-quarter net income, which amounted to $88.6… Read More
9 August 2016
The world’s leading museums are the focus of a new online platform developed by Sotheby’s which will promote video content created by many major institutions. The… Read More
7 August 2016
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
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
“Art was, seriously, the only thing I’d ever wanted to own. It has always been for me a stable nourishment. I use… Read More
15 July 2016
Sotheby’s evening sale of Impressionist & Modern Art in London has totalled £103,280,000 (est. £81.8 – 98.95m). Almost two thirds of the works… Read More
22 June 2016
Sotheby’s Modern & Post-War British Art Evening and Day Sales on 13 – 14 June 2016 achieved a combined total… Read More
15 June 2016
A monumental painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol, two enfants terribles of the art world, will be offered at auction from the collection of Elton… Read More
23 May 2016
“There are signs that the contemporary art market is so cluttered with supposedly avant-gard rubbish that the pendulum is beginning to swing… Read More
15 May 2016
A marble statue by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin has sold at Sotheby’s, New York for a record $20.4m (£14m)…. Read More
10 May 2016
Sotheby’s London is to auction a complete portfolio consisting of 18 hand coloured lithographs of shoe designs by Andy Warhol… Read More
18 March 2016
Melanie Clore, the highly respected Chairman of Sotheby’s Europe and one of the most experienced businesswomen and art experts working… Read More
15 February 2016
Sotheby’s and Christie’s have both held their winter Impressionist and Modern sales this week reaffirming that the art market is… Read More
4 February 2016
Sotheby’s London has announced their latest Impressionist, Modern & Surrealist Art Evening Sales to be held on 3rd February. Works by the… Read More
22 January 2016
Sotheby’s London will be offering a painting that not only marks a pivotal moment in the career of Lucian Freud, but… Read More
19 January 2016