One of Francis Bacon’s “Popes” goes up for auction
On 17 November 2021, Phillips will auction “Pope with Owls”, a painting by Francis Bacon that could sell for more than $35 million.
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Nazi-looted portrait by El Greco comes to auction
On 7 December 2021, Christie’s London will auction a “Portrait of a Gentleman” painted by El Greco in 1570, the year of the artist’s arrival in Rome.
A Caravaggio on the art market? The Casino dell’Aurora goes on sale
In January 2022, the Ludovisi family will auction the Casino dell’Aurora on the Roman Via Veneto, which contains the only wall painting by Caravaggio.
Picasso triumphs in Las Vegas
Sotheby’s and MGM Resorts have auctioned in Las Vegas 11 works by Pablo Picasso for a total of almost $109 million.
St. Louis Art Museum receives major gift of Modern Art
The Saint Louis Art Museum has announced the future donation of 22 works of art from Emily Rauh Pulitzer, which includes works by 17 artists, among them Pablo Picasso, Constantin Brancusi, Joan Miro, and Andy Warhol.
Self-destructing Banksy shakes up the art market
“Love is in the Bin”, the already famous painting by Banksy, partially self-destructed after being auctioned in 2018 for just over £1 million, has been auctioned at Sotheby’s for £18.5 million ($25,4 million), almost twenty times the price it had sold for before its self-destruction.
Christie’s to auction two monumental paintings by Basquiat
Between November and December 2021, Christie’s will auction two monumental works painted in 1982 by Jean-Michel Basquiat: “The Guilt of Gold Teeth” and “Donut Revenge”.
Botticelli returns to the art market
In January 2022, Sotheby’s will auction Sandro Botticelli’s “The Man of Sorrows”, a year after a portrait by the same artist fetched over $92 million at auction.
Warhol’s portrait of Basquiat up for auction
Next November, Christie’s will auction a portrait of the painter Jean-Michel Basquiat painted by Andy Warhol in 1982.
Christie’s will auction Peter Doig’s “Swamped”
Next November, Christie’s will auction “Swamped”, one of Peter Doig’s most important works, which could fetch more than $35 million.