A Year Of Blatant Art Consumerism Our 12 Days Of Christmas
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me: A partridge in an Ai Weiwei Tree This… Read More
29 December 2015
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me: A partridge in an Ai Weiwei Tree This… Read More
29 December 2015
A watercolour painted of Charles Darwin on the ship Beagle is to go under the hammer at Sotheby’s. His theory… Read More
24 November 2015
The human body stripped bare has the power to compel, to shock and to seduce. From the heroic, muscular male forms… Read More
13 November 2015
It is a simple law of physics – but, sadly, not a view held by more optimistic economists – that… Read More
13 November 2015
A canvas by the American Abstractionist Cy Twombly has set a $70.5 million auction record for the artist. The “blackboard” painting, Untitled (New York City),… Read More
12 November 2015
A record price has been achieved for a blue period Picasso at Sotheby’s in New York. La Gommeuse, painted in Paris in… Read More
8 November 2015
Sotheby’s New York started off the Autumn auction season yesterday in style by selling $377 of art once owned by… Read More
5 November 2015
An excellent example of Picasso’s Blue Period work will be offered in Sotheby’s New York Impressionist and Modern Evening Sale on 5th… Read More
12 October 2015
Robert Mapplethorpe’s Controversial photograph ‘Man in Polyester Suit’ is to go under the hammer at Sotheby’s for the first time since it… Read More
5 October 2015
On 9th December this year, Sotheby’s London will offer for sale John Constable’s The Lock – one of the small… Read More
27 September 2015
Helene Schjerfbeck – one of the most important and renowned artists of the entire Nordic region – was famously reticent… Read More
9 September 2015
The disgraced Collector and former owner of Sotheby’s, A. Alfred Taubman’s art collection will be sold in a series of… Read More
5 September 2015
eBay and Phillips have announced a new partnership that unites the world’s most vibrant online marketplace with the contemporary art… Read More
4 September 2015
Robin Woodhead, Chairman of Sotheby’s International, has announced the strategic appointments in the Company’s Indian business and the opening of an… Read More
31 August 2015
The forthcoming Made in Britain auction has been announced by Sotheby’s. It is the third edition of a sale uniquely… Read More
17 August 2015
The United States has again overtaken China as the world’s leading marketplace for art at auction. After a record 2015 the… Read More
3 August 2015
In celebration of its tenth annual exhibition of monumental outdoor sculpture at Chatsworth, Sotheby’s has invited respected art historian and… Read More
30 July 2015
A lost original drawing by the well known illustrator E H Shepard of Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet standing beneath Owl’s house, staring at a… Read More
10 July 2015
Sotheby’s June 2015 Evening Sale Impressionist & Modern Art sale has achieved £178.6m / $ 282.1m / €250.9m. This is the Second-Highest Total for… Read More
24 June 2015
Petite danseuse de quatorze ans by Edgar Degas will feature in the forthcoming Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale at Sotheby’s in… Read More
11 June 2015
A work from of Francis Bacon’s most famous series of paintings, of seated and often screaming popes, is to go… Read More
8 June 2015
An important Portrait by the Secessionist artist Gustav Klimt is to go under the hammer following a settlement between the Felsovanyi Heirs… Read More
4 June 2015
A study of ‘Le Bar aux Folies-Bergère’, one of the best known works by the artist Edouard Manet, is to go under… Read More
3 June 2015
The work Four Eggs on a Plate, 2002, was given to the late Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, affectionately known as… Read More
31 May 2015
Unique ceramics by Pablo Picasso belonging to the artist’s granddaughter, Marina Picasso will go under the hammer at Sotheby’s this summer…. Read More
25 May 2015
Sotheby’s, which has gone through major board changes in the last six months has reported a 127% Increase in First… Read More
11 May 2015
In November 2014 the $15 million, or £9.5 million estimate for a Georgia O’Keeffe work was shattered after a rather… Read More
5 May 2015
Two Francis Bacon self-portraits not seen by the public for some time are going on public display after resurfacing in… Read More
27 April 2015
The collection of the highly regarded sculptor and philanthropist Lolo Sarnoff will be presented over several several sales in New York and London… Read More
22 April 2015
A. Alfred Taubman, the self-made billionaire/developer of the modern shopping centre, who was jailed for commission fixing and collusion with Christie’s
21 April 2015
Sotheby’s Made in Britain sale, a dedicated auction celebrating the diversity of British art from 1900 to today has created ten… Read More
27 March 2015
On April 1st a piece of art history will be available to purchase for anyone with $12,000 spare; as the… Read More
26 March 2015