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.
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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.
A record-breaking Magritte shines at Sotheby’s
The modern and contemporary art auction at Sotheby’s London on 2 March 2022 was led by René Magritte’s “L’Empire des Lumières”, which fetched the second highest price ever paid for a painting at auction in Europe.
Franz Marc and the young artists lead Christie’s auctions
Christie’s global auction of 20th and 21st century art in Shanghai and London on 1 March 2022 was led by works by Franz Marc and Francis Bacon, but the real winners were a group of less established artists who achieved much higher prices than expected.
Phillips to auction an imposing masterpiece by Jean-Michel Basquiat
Phillips has announced that it will auction “Untitled (Devil)” -one of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s most important paintings- in New York next May.
Van Gogh landscape goes up for auction
Christie’s has announced that it will auction “Champs près des Alpilles” -painted by Van Gogh in Saint-Rémy in November 1889- in New York next May.
From Cranach to Basquiat: upcoming auctions at Christie’s
A self-portrait by Jean-Michel Basquiat and a mythological painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder are among several works announced by Christie’s for its spring and summer auctions.
ARCO 2022 · a much desired normalcy
ARCOmadrid 2022 returns to its usual dates and pays tribute to the galleries that have accompanied it during its four decades of existence.