A marble statue by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin has sold at Sotheby’s, New York for a record $20.4m (£14m). The Impressionist and Modern art sale had mixed results with only a 60% sell through rate, seeing winners like Claude Monet's wife ‘Camille' sold for...
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Richard Prince: The Joke Is In The ‘Re-telling’ At Sadie Coles HQ
Sadie Coles HQ is currently presenting an oeuvre of twelve works by the great American appropriation artist Richard Prince. 'Cartoon Over Cartoon' is a reprisal of the artist’s preoccupation with jokes and cartoons, and shares a relationship with the artist's...
Richard Prince: Cartoon Over Cartoon, Painterly Appropriations At Sadie Coles HQ
Sadie Coles presents the master of appropriation Richard Prince, 'Cartoon Over Cartoon' is a reprisal of the artist’s work with jokes and cartoons via collage and the re-contextualisation of the nude in painting. As well as the artist's infamy gained via the...
Andy Warhol Factory Sale: Christie’s Announces The Latest Online Edition
The latest edition in Christie's series of online auctions dedicated to the work of Andy Warhol sees a selection of 110 works from his iconic Factory era. 'Andy Warhol's Factory' will be open for online bidding from February 16 and...
Vincent Fremont: We Raise An Eyebrow To The New CEO Of ARTnews Ltd
The appointment of Vincent Fremont as CEO at ARTnews ltd, the company that owns Art in America, Art News and other leading art related publications has raised a number of eyebrows. This gives Fremont control of a major chunk of the serious art press. But should this...
Christie’s Auction House Reports 5% Fall In Annual Sales
Christie's International has reported a five percent fall in their annual sales with prospects of economic uncertainty slowing down demand in the emerging markets such as China and India. After five years of sustained growth, the worlds leading auction house has...
Lucian Freud Daughter Portraits Reunited In Christie’s Contemporary Sale
Two Portraits by the English artist Lucian Freud’s depicting his daughters will be united in Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction on Thursday 11 February in London, King Street. Head of Esther (1982-83, estimate:...
Sotheby’s Acquires Art Advisory Company Managed By Amy Cappellazzo
After only a matter of months, Sotheby’s has announced that it has acquired, for around £50m dollars, the art advisory firm Art Agency, Partners (AAP), managed by former head of Contemporary Art at Christie's, Amy Cappellazzo and Allan Schwartzman, and Adam Chinn....
Art 2015 Sum-up: Lawsuits, Over Inflated Auctions And Cultural Armageddon
It's been a year of everyone suing everyone else, grappling over intellectual property, and spending too much at the auctions. Only yesterday a dispatch box used by Maggie Thatcher sold for £200k plus commission at Christie's, smashing its initial timid estimate...