Christie's $30m -$40m 'Warhol In A Fright Wig' Out of Step If big is beautiful this is big. But since when has big equaled good? This series of self portraits are clearly one of Warhol's low points. The red-on-black silkscreen on canvas which is offered at Christie's...
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Stolen Klimt Worth 26m Returned After 70 Years
A stolen Gustav Klimt painting worth £26m that was confiscated by the Nazis must be returned to the heirs of a Canadian Jewish family. It has been in the collection of a well known Austrian museum (the Museum of Modern Arts in Saltburg) for decades but under...
Pinner Vase Sale a £51m Stiff?
Intrigue and sabotage blamed for the sales collapse The internationally reported sale of an 18th century Qianlong-dynasty Chinese vase from a small suburban London auction house last November has fallen through. Bainbridge's of Ruislip scored the record, for the...
Latest Art Market News
The art market is thriving. Fine art is confidently viewed by financial experts as one of the best performing asset categories of 2010. The international Modern and Contemporary art markets are up by an average of 25%, against FTSE's 11% and Dow Jones 9%, and...
Lehman Art Auction Raises £1.6 Million
Here are the highlighted results of the Lehman sale which took place on the 29th September 2010 at Christies South Kensington. The sale set a European record for the number of registered online bidders, with more than 1,200 people signing up to own a piece of...
Frieze / Zoo / Pavilion Round Up
The Frieze Art Fair was established six years ago in London’s Regent's Park and now ranks among the most important international art events in the calendar. The latest news on Frieze Art Fair in London can be found here.This year featured over 150 stands displaying...