Gérard Faggionato After 22-years London art dealer Gérard Faggionato isclosing his Mayfair gallery and joining the sales team at the London outpost of New York gallery David Zwirner, reports the New York Times.Faggionato's reduced sales at several recent...
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German Officials Plan To Prevent Portigon State-Owned Art Collection From Deaccession
Last month the German state-owned bank Portigon AG of North Rhine-Westphalia, the rebranded successor of the WestLB which folded in 2012 during the financial crisis, decided to deaccession its entire art collection. The bank holds approximately 400-pieces of art,...
Bryan Pearce Outsider Art Stolen In Cornwall Heist
Works by outsider artist Bryan Pearce have been stolen from a quiet Cornwall village. The burglar took the works from a private home in the village of Zennor, absconding with four paintings, included two canvases by the artist. The owner of the paintings estimates...
Goldsmiths Auction For New Gallery Raises Nearly £1.5 Million
Christie’s hosted a special auction today in support of the £2.8 million needed to create the Gallery at Goldsmiths, as part of the Day Sale. Works from Goldsmiths’ illustrious alumni including Antony Gormley, Damien Hirst, Sarah Lucas,...
Buyer Of Georgia O’Keeffe Painting For Record $44 Million Revealed
Late last year the $15 million or £9.5 million estimate for Georgia O'Keeffe's work at auction was shattered after a rather intense bidding war between two unknown rivals. 'Jimson Weed/White Flower No 1', a 1932 painting of a simple white flower, was finally...
Christie’s Joins ArtStack For The First Crowd Sourced Auction Initiative
Christie’s along with the art-social media website ArtStack have formed a unique alliance this season with the first crowd-sourced auction initiative. The aim is to give emerging artists chosen by the public the opportunity to be included in an auction, using...
Misattributed John Constable Purchased for £3,500 At Christie’s Sells At Sotheby’s For £3.4m
We reported on the 9 January that a painting by John Constable misattributed and sold for a fraction of its actual value at Christie’s was up for sale again at Sotheby’s New York. Now it has been confirmed that the picture, bought for £3,500 just 18...
Sotheby’s Old Masters Sale Estimated At $106 Million
Sotheby's Old Masters Sale on 28/29 January has an overall estimate of $73.9 to 106 million, or £48.6 million to £69.7 million for five Old Master sales, represents just a fraction of the hundreds of millions the auction house reaps in a typical autumn or...
YBA Auction To Benefit New Gallery At Goldsmiths Announced
Goldsmiths’ renowned alumni including Damien Hirst, Antony Gormley, Sarah Lucas, Julian Opie, Sam Taylor-Johnson and Steve McQueen have donated works to a special Christie’s auction in aid of raising money to build a new gallery at Goldsmiths, University...