Rapid Ascent: African-American Fine Art at Swann Auction Galleries
Since founding the African-American fine art department at New York’s Swann Auction Galleries in the fall of 2006, category specialist Nigel Freeman has seen a profound strengthening of the market for...
View ArticleDatebook: National Art Sales at Uruguay’s Castells
As MoMA’s retrospective of Uruguayan-Catalan artist Joaquín Torres-García brings attention to Uruguayan art, the country’s foremost auction house, Castells, presents a series of sales highlighting...
View ArticleA Myth Comes to Market: Tajan’s Old Master Paintings Sale
On offer at Tajan’s Old Master paintings sale on December 17 in Paris is The Battle of the Amazons, a mid 18th-century oil on copper by the Austrian artist Johann Georg Platzer. With an estimate of...
View ArticleSotheby’s Paris Sells €38.4m of Art in Major December Sales
Sotheby’s Paris has achieved a combined total of €38.4M / $42M / £27.5M for its December sales of Impressionist & Modern and Contemporary art. The December 10 sale of Impressionist & Modern Art...
View ArticleSale Analysis: Buyers Selective at Old Masters Auctions in London
Sotheby’s led London Old Masters Paintings sales last week, achieving a result of £22.6 million, or about $34.25 million. That total, including buyer’s premium, compared with only £6.4 million, also...
View ArticleChinese Collector Pays $918,000 for Historic Letter From Mao to UK Leader...
One of the first communications between Communist party chief Mao Zedong and any Western politician has sold for around $918,000 at Sotheby’s in London.The signed letter was bought by a Chinese private...
View ArticleRonald Reagan’s Eagle Model Given to Thatcher Sells for $404,000 at Christie’s
The Christie’s sale of items once owned by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was led by a model of an American eagle, given by President Ronald Reagan, followed by one of her document cases.The...
View ArticleGaitonde Record & An Unsold Raza at Christie’s Mumbai Sale
It was a case of two high-profile extremes at the Christie’s India sale held in Mumbai on December 15. An untitled oil on canvas by V.S. Gaitonde (1924-2001) and “Bindu” by S.H. Raza (b. 1922) were the...
View ArticleMario Tavella Named President Director General of Sotheby’s France
Sotheby’s has appointed Mario Tavella as Président Directeur Général of Sotheby’s France.Tavella, who is Italian, is currently Deputy Chairman of Sotheby’s Europe and European Head of Single-Owner...
View ArticleBronze Parvati Sets Record At Saffronart Auction
A bronze Parvati, more than two feet high (32.75 in), appreciated 440% of its highest pre-auction estimate to set a record at the price tag of $981,818 (approx. Rs 6.48 crore) at the Classical Indian...
View ArticleThe 20 Most Expensive Artworks Sold at Auction in 2015
As the global art market pauses for breath after a year of records and prepares for 2016, ARTINFO takes a look at the past 12 months through the lens of the auction market, in particular the 20 most...
View ArticleBonhams to Offer Unseen Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida Portrait
Spanish artist Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida’s 1898 painting “Un Hebreo” will lead Bonhams 19th-Century European, Victorian and British Impressionist Art sale in London on Wednesday March 2, 2016. Unseen...
View ArticleArtcurial to Hold Monaco Sale of Circus Items
Artcurial recently announced a one-time auction dedicated to the Fratellini clowns, to mark the inaugural week of its winter sales in Monte Carlo on January 18 to 20, 2016.As BLOUIN ARTINFO reported on...
View ArticleRodin’s Love Affair in Sculpture May Fetch $1 Million at Bonhams London
An erotic sculpture by Auguste Rodin, created during his passionate love affair with the young Camille Claudel, may fetch as much as $1 million at Bonhams in London. The sculpture will lead the...
View ArticleBonhams to Show London Sale Highlights in Hong Kong
Auction house Bonhams is showcasing highlights from its upcoming London sales at its Hong Kong HQ from January 11-15. The exhibition includes major works by Andy Warhol, Kazuo Shiraga, Alfred Sisley,...
View ArticleSotheby’s London to Offer Works From Picasso’s Studio
Sotheby’s has announced that it will offer a selection of works by Pablo Picasso that remained in the artist’s studio throughout his lifetime. Comprising 187 works, including 70 ceramics and terracotta...
View ArticleDavid Beckham Portraits to Be Sold for Charity at Phillips London
More than 50 portraits of David Beckham by top photographers are to be sold at Phillips in London in aid of charity. The March 10 auction in support of 7: The David Beckham Unicef fund and the Positive...
View ArticleSotheby's Shares Rise on its Acquisition of Art Agency, Partners
In a dramatic development for the auction industry, Sotheby’s announced on Monday that it had acquired Art Agency, Partners, a two-year old, New York-based art advisory company, for $50 million plus...
View ArticleWarhol's Electric-Chairs Painting Leads Bonhams Sale in London
Andy Warhol’s “Fourteen Small Electric Chairs,” 1980, will come to market publicly for the first time in 20 years as the highlight of the Bonhams Post-War and Contemporary Art sale in London on...
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