It's been a week of record-breaking sales for the two leading auction houses Christie's and Sotheby's recording billion dollar sales totals and record-breaking prices for artists living and deceased. 20th CENTURY Billion Dollar WEEK AT CHRISTIE’S NEW YORK TOTALS...
Christie’s NY will be offering a large Richard Diebenkorn, Ocean Park series painting from 1985 on November 15. The iconic artwork, perhaps the most important in the series due to its size, comes from the Collection of the late actor Mary Tyler Moore and Dr S. Robert...
Jeff Koons Cracked Egg (Blue) a large two-part stainless steel sculpture from the Celebration Series, which began with Balloon Dog in 1994, is the first of five versions, each one rendered in a vivid colour. This is blue, or I might myself have called it turquoise....
Two works by Grenfell victim Khadija Saye are to go under the hammer today at Christie's, with profits from the sale going towards creating the Khadija Saye IntoArts Programme. This will be an arts education scheme launching in early 2019, supported by IntoUniversity,...
Edward Hopper’s Chop Suey, 1929, one of the most important works by the artist still in private hands is to go under the hammer at Christie's NY, with an estimate in the region of $70 million. The work of art belonged to the American collector Barney A. Ebsworth who...
Christie’s Record Spring auction series in New York achieved a grand total of $1.79 billion across two weeks of sales, marking another crowning achievement in the company’s more than 250-year history. New clients flocked to Christie’s from 52 countries around the...
Another successful Christies Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale has topped expectations with record prices for Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957) and Kazimir Malevich (1878-1935). Kazimir Malevich (1878-1935) Suprematist Composition 1916 an oil on canvas has...
A Picasso self-portrait belonging to the Las Vegas casino-boss Steve Wynn has been seriously damaged ahead of a Christie's sale. It has been withdrawn from the auction, where it was estimated to sell for $70m. The damage happened on Friday "during the final stages of...
So why is Salvator Mundi the last Leonardo Da Vinci painting in private hands up for sale in a Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale? The answer is, this highly controversial work, through authentic is in questionable condition, having been overpainted...