Manzoni Highest Price Of Frieze Week

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 estimate was between 5 to 7 million pounds. This establishes the highest price across all the Frieze auctions this week....
Fabien Baron’s Frozen Monuments Displayed At Sotheby’s

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 exhibition is yet another part Frieze Week. The project, entitled Monuments, represents a collaboration between maison Moncler and...
Jasper Johns Forger Sentenced To Two Years

Jasper Johns Forger Sentenced To Two Years

In 2010, owner of the Empire Bronze Art Foundry in Long Island City, Brian Ramnarine tried to sell a forgery of one of Johns’s bronze flag sculptures for a reported £6 million. “I’m sorry. I’m sorry to bring shame to my family,” stated Ramnarine, 60, as he told...
Friezing Day 2 Ben Austin Takes On The Mighty Frieze

Friezing Day 2 Ben Austin Takes On The Mighty Frieze

So the other night, I went to the opening of the swanky Marian Goodman Gallery in Lower John St. Soho. The New York powerhouse had set up shop in London and how. The well-heeled Euro set crowd, fresh from the fair were out in force. I greeted a dapper Jay Joplin who...