The $50 million Impressionist veduta
Sotheby’s has announced that its Modern Art Auction on May 17 in New York will include one of Claude Monet’s painted views of the Grand Canal in Venice, expected to sell in the region of $50 million
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A successful evening at Christie’s modern British and Irish art auction
A painting by Op artist Bridget Riley led Christie’s March 2022 auction of modern British and Irish art, with most works achieving prices well above their pre-sale estimates.
The $200m Warhol that will test the art market
Next May, Christie’s will auction in New York one of Andy Warhol’s four “Shot Marilyns”, a work carrying a presale estimate of around $200 million.
Canova’s Magdalena may not be one of the most valuable works of the auction season… But it will be one of the most important.
In July 2022, Christie’s London will auction Antonio Canova’s recently rediscovered “Maddalena Giacente” (Recumbent Magdalene), a work that carries a pre-sale estimate of between £5 million and £8 million
Picabia leads the “Surrealism and its Legacy” auction at Sotheby’s
The €10 million ($11 million) paid for “Pavonia” (1929) is a new auction record for the artist, whose “Nu de de deux” (1940-42) fetched 3.3 million euros.
A first glance at the upcoming Asian art auctions in New York, March 2022
A first overview of the most notable works from the upcoming Asian art auctions at Christie’s and Sotheby’s in New York, March 2022.
Botero and Rivera lead Christie’s Latin American art auction
Summary of the Latin American art auction at Christie’s New York on 11 March 2022, highlighted by works by Fernando Botero, Diego Rivera and Tomás Sánchez.
Picasso’s first cubist sculpture to be sold by the Met at Christie’s
Next May, Christie’s will auction Pablo Picasso’s “Tête de femme (Fernande)”, a key work in the development of Cubism, from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Auction record for a work by Valentine Hugo
“Portrait of Arthur Rimbaud”, painted in 1933 by Valentine Hugo, was sold yesterday 8 March at Bonhams London for £1.04 million ($1,4 million), a record price for this surrealist painter. On the same day, Bruun Rasmussen sold a portrait of Lili Elbe, the first person to undergo sex-change surgery.
Led by Hockney and Brown, Phillips auction raises $7 million for Ukraine
Two works by David Hockney and Cecily Brown were the highlights of Phillips’ auction of modern and contemporary art, with the auction house donating 100% of its commission to the Ukrainian Red Cross.