Three paintings from the Hollywood star Liz Taylor’s collection have sold for nearly £14million at auction. The three works, by some of the biggest names in art history - Van Gogh, Edgar Degas and Claude Pissarro – fetched an incredible...
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Super Rich Keep Sotheby’s and Christie’s Afloat
Christie’s and Sotheby’s report booming business thanks to patronage of the super rich, with Ten Richest Clients Responsible For 10% Of Art Auction Revenue It may appear bizarre that, in the midst of such turbulent economic times, business at auction houses Christie's...
Major Warhol Retrospective Set For Asia
BNY Mellon, Christie's, and Bloomberg sponsor Pan-Asian "15 Minutes Eternal" ExhibitionSingapore is to mount a major Warhol retrospective exhibition, which is set to tour asia. The exhibit is called "15 Minutes Eternal" after the artist's claim that "in the future,...
Christie’s And Sotheby’s Defy Resale Tax With Massive Sales
Artist's resale royalty charge as yet fails to dent auction house prospectsIn the face of the January enactment of the artist’s resale royalty charge, London’s auction houses have lined up a killer set of Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary art sales...
Artist’s Resale Right LAPADA Strikes Back
"Damage to Small Businesses from the Artist's Resale Right" dealer Niall Fairhead puts pen to paperSarah Percy-Davis, Chief executive at LAPADA has sent a round robin email directed to members, announcing an official petition in protest to the Artists Resale Right...
Elizabeth Taylor Frans Hals Goes Under The Hammer
Portrait Realises £1.4 GBP at Christies Auction on 25 JanuaryA portrait from the 17th century which once graced the home of Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor and authenticated as a genuine Frans Hals, goes under the hammer at Christie's New York,today. "Portrait...
UK Droit de Suite Comes Into Law
Do blue chip artists need more money? Emerging artists this Law excludes you!In case you took your eye off the ball, while everyone was popping their Champagne or Prosecco corks at midnight 2012, the EU Droit de Suite Artist's Resale rights came into effect, here in...
Warhol Proves Cash Cow In $10bn Art Boom
Art Market Reports $10.6bn Record For 2011 Market uncertainty and global instability has led to the biggest grossing year ever, for sales of art at auction. Auction house pre Christmas results have recorded a total of £6.8bn GBP or $10.6bn for this year. This was up...
Lagrange Sues Gallery For Fake Jackson Pollock
European hedge-fund executive Pierre Lagrange’s is suing NYC’s Knoedler Gallery for selling him a fake Jackson Pollock painting Before parting with $15.3 million for the painting in 2007, Lagrange had apparently been told by the gallery that the...