Hirst teams up with 'Chili Pepper' Flea to make limited edition £50k BassDamien Hirst has again teamed up with the California based band "Red Hot Chili Pepper's" to create an original work of art. This time the focus is on Flea the bands bassist. Hirst has...
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Contemporary Art Auctions Point To Economic Recovery
Sotheby's Christie's and Phillips produce healthy results This week has been an important one for the art market, with London's leading auction houses all hosting major contemporary art sales to coincide with Frieze week. The Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening Sale...
Elizabeth Taylor’s Disputed Van Gogh In London
A painting by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh belonging to Actress Elizabeth Taylor will be the centerpiece in the Taylor Auction at Christie's 7-8 February 2012. . The show, comprising of more than 100 pieces, continues on a world tour and stops in London this weekend....
Will Art Fairs Replace The Traditional Art Gallery
A new report from CINOA reveals startling new factsHigh profile auction sales of Warhol, Picasso and the Impressionists reported via news headlines doesn't accurately reflect that art and antique dealers account for fifty percent of the global art market's sales. A...
Libya’s Islamic Museum Overrun By Rebels
Saif Gaddafi, Libya's Cultural Ambassador still At LargeLibya's Islamic Museum which stands in the al Sur area, in Shari’ Sidi Khaliffa, just a few kilometres south of the Medina has been over run by rebels. The former palace was thought to be empty at the time...
$25m Disputed Klimt Painting To Be Auctioned By Heirs
Gustav Klimt Stolen By Nazis To Be Offered By Sotheby'sA masterpiece by the Austrian Secessionist painter Gustav Klimt that was looted by the Nazis during World War II, is to go under the hammer following its return to its original owner's great-nephew.The 1915...
Kay Saatchi Collection Fairs Well Under The Hammer
The Kay Saatchi Collection went under the hammer as part of the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening auction at Christie's King Street tonight (28 June). The collection features an outstanding and rare group of early works on paper by Lucian Freud, executed in the...
Mystery Surrounds The Sale Of Jeff Koons $16.5M Pink Panther
It has been rumoured that Sotheby's has had its Lawyers sending litigation threats to one of the oldest online publications for writing a leading passage in an article. The report concerns the sale of Jeff Koons' Pink Panther sculpture from his 1988 Banality series...
Sex Lies and Pablo Picasso
New Picasso Marie-Therese Goes Under the Hammer for £12m A Pablo Picasso painting of his mistress Marie-Therese Walter is to be offered by Christie's London and is expected to fetch at least £9m to £12m in the June auction sales. The proceeds will go towards research...