Joshua Holdeman Joins Sotheby’s As Photographs and Prints Head
Sotheby’s has announced the appointment of Joshua Holdeman as Worldwide Head of 20th Century Design, Photographs and Prints. Mr. Holdeman… Read More
14 January 2015
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Sotheby’s To Offer Claude Monet Work Estimated At £20-30 Million
An exceptionally rare and important view of Venice by Claude Monet, Le Grand Canal of 1908, will lead Sotheby’s forthcoming… Read More
9 January 2015
Sotheby’s Achieves Record Year With Women The Unexpected Power Players
Sotheby’s has seen a notably intensified focus on the emergence of female power players in the art market in 2014…. Read More
23 December 2014
Sotheby’s Sets New World Record With Photography Auction
“175 Masterworks To Celebrate 175 Years of Photography: Property from Joy of Giving Something Foundation” auction held at Sotheby’s New… Read More
17 December 2014
Turner Masterpiece Sells For £30.3 million At Sotheby’s London Auction
Last night, at Sotheby’s London, one of the last great Turner masterpieces remaining in private hands set a world auction… Read More
4 December 2014
Privately Owned Turner Masterpiece Under The Hammer At Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s London 3rd December 2014 Evening sale of ‘Old Master & British Paintings’ is set to be a major highlight… Read More
2 December 2014
Felix Dennis Collection By Deviant Artist Eric Gill To Be Auctioned
The estate of the legendary British editor of Oz Magazine Felix Dennis, who died in June 2014, is to auction… Read More
1 December 2014
Henri Matisse Portrait Of Famous Muse Could Fetch £12 Million At Sotheby’s
An exquisite portrait by Henri Matisse depicting Princess Nézy-Hamidé Chawkat, the great granddaughter of the last Sultan of Turkey, Odalisque… Read More
25 November 2014
Georgia O’Keeffe $44.4m Painting Sets New Record Price For A Female Artist At Sotheby’s
The $15 million or £9.5 million estimate for Georgia O’Keeffe’s work was shattered after a rather intense bidding war between… Read More
22 November 2014
Rediscovered Epic Masterpiece By Makovsky Up For Auction At Sotheby’s
This November, Sotheby’s Russian Art auctions will commence with Konstantin Makovsky’s last great masterpiece: a monumental six-metre canvas which celebrates… Read More
20 November 2014
Early Bird’s Eye Landscape Up For Auction At Sotheby’s Old Masters Sale
Sotheby’s London will offer the earliest known bird’s-eye view painting of a British garden for $950,000 or £600,000 at its… Read More
13 November 2014
Sotheby’s Bunny Mellon Auction Sells Out With £100 Million Haul
Sotheby’s placed under the hammer the prestigious collection of Rachel “Bunny” Mellon on Monday night, the auction houses experts called… Read More
11 November 2014
Leading Artists In Sotheby’s Charity Auction For Elton John AIDS Foundation
A large number of leading contemporary artists have very generously donated no less than 12 artworks, all of which will… Read More
10 November 2014
Chinese Film Mogul Purchases Van Gogh’s Masterpiece For £39m
Wang Zhongjun, the chairman of Huayi Brothers film studio in China has purchased Van Gogh’s painting “Still Life, Vase with… Read More
6 November 2014
Sotheby’s And Christie’s In Egon Schiele Restitution Roulette
On November 5th, Christie’s is auctioning a 1910 Schiele watercolor ‘Town on the Blue River’. The auction house is doing… Read More
28 October 2014
Sotheby’s In High Court Over Alleged Misattribution Of Caravaggio
A highly contentious dispute has some of the world’s most prominent Caravaggio experts lining up to take sides in high… Read More
27 October 2014
Trio Of Monets Could Exceed £40 Million At Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s upcoming November Impressionist and modern art sale–has unveiled three major works by Claude Monet – all from the same… Read More
20 October 2014
Manzoni Highest Price Of Frieze Week
At Sotheby’s London, eight bidders drove Piero Manzoni’s monumental Achrome well beyond pre-sale expectations to £12,626,500 or €15,872,822 – the… Read More
18 October 2014
Fabien Baron’s Frozen Monuments Displayed At Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s London has opened an exhibition of Fabien Baron’s portfolio of photographs taken in the frozen landscapes of Greenland. This… Read More
17 October 2014
Giacometti And Rothko On View At £500 Million Sotheby’s Show
Alberto Giacometti’s painted bronze ‘Chariot’, which was one of six that the Swiss artist created in the 1950s, is expected… Read More
13 October 2014
Andy Warhol: Iconic Superstar Women Auctioned At Sotheby’s New York
Sotheby’s is presenting a large selection of ‘Warhol’s Women’, portraits of iconic superstars and muses, November 11-12, as part of… Read More
11 October 2014
Effie Gray: Sensual Rossetti Masterpiece Venus Verticordia Auctioned At Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s will be offering Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s watercolour version of Venus Verticordia in London on 10 December 2014. The Pre-Raphaelite… Read More
9 October 2014
Vincent Van Gogh Still Life Could Realise £50m At Sotheby’s Auction
A stunning still-life painting by the Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh could realise £50m when it goes under the hammer… Read More
27 September 2014
Sotheby’s To Auction Most Iconic Works By Georgia O’Keeffe
Sotheby’s in New York will offer one of the most iconic works by artist Georgia O’Keeffe ever to appear at… Read More
16 September 2014
Sotheby’s Releases Their 2014 Half Year Top Ten Works Sold In London
Sotheby’s net auction sales increased 24% to $2.7 billion on strong global sales during the period – particularly in Hong Kong and London
8 August 2014
Sotheby’s Joins eBay To Create Online Art And Collectables Partnership
Sotheby’s and eBay have announced today a partnership that will unite the global leader in online shopping with the number… Read More
14 July 2014
Claude Monet Water Lilies Achieves £31m At Sotheby’s Evening Sale
Sotheby’s evening sale of Impressionist and Modern Art in London has achieved a total of £121,957,000 / $207,875,707 / €152,555,889… Read More
24 June 2014
Peter Doig’s Toronto Masterpiece Country-Rock Wing-Mirror Goes Under The Hammer
Peter Doig’s masterpiece Country-Rock (Wing-Mirror) will be offered for the first time at auction in Sotheby’s Contemporary art sale in… Read More
10 June 2014
Sotheby’s Appropriate Banksy For Unauthorised Retrospective Exhibition
It may sound like an unsuitable coupling but Sotheby’s S|2 is to present the first, unauthorised, retrospective exhibition of works… Read More
2 June 2014
Francis Bacon Iconic Triptych Portraits Of Lover George Dyer To Be Auctioned
Three Studies for Portrait of George Dyer (on light ground) by Francis Bacon is to go under the hammer in… Read More
2 June 2014
Latin American Modern & Contemporary Art At Sotheby’s Tops $15m
The evening session of Latin American Art Modern & Contemporary at Sotheby’s New York held on the 28 May has… Read More
30 May 2014
Christie’s And Sotheby’s Impressionist And Modern Sales Soar In NY
Christie’s NY Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art on Tuesday, May 6, has realised $285,879,000 (£168,668,610/€205,832,880), selling 89% by… Read More
8 May 2014