LONDON (REUTERS).- Sotheby’s auctioneer sold a rare cityscape by Austrian artist Egon Schiele for a record 24.7 million pounds ($40.1 million) at a London auction on Wednesday. The auction house had expected to fetch between 22 and 30 million pounds fo…
Sotheby’s in London Announces Impressionist & Modern Art Sale Highlights
LONDON.- Sotheby’s London Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale, on Wednesday 22nd June 2011, will offer a selection of works of exceptional quality and rarity, many of which have remained in private collections for decades and have never before…
Andy Warhol’s "Sixteen Jackies" Expected to Sell for $30 Million at Sotheby’s in New York
NEW YORK, NY.- Painted in 1964 at the heart of Andy Warhol’s most historic period, Sixteen Jackies is a complex and extraordinarily rare declaration of the twin pedestals on which Warhol’s artistic genius rest: ubiquitous public icons and serial imager…
Sotheby’s Offers One of the Most Important Works by Egon Schiele Ever to Come to the Market
LONDON.- On 22 June this year, Sotheby’s London will offer for sale one of the most important oils by celebrated Austrian artist Egon Schiele ever to come to the market. The painting – Häuser mit bunter Wäsche,“Vorstadt” II of 19…
Sotheby’s London to Offer One of the Most Important Works by Egon Schiele Ever to Come to the Market
LONDON.- On 22 June this year, Sotheby’s London will offer for sale one of the most important oils by celebrated Austrian artist Egon Schiele ever to come to the market. The painting – Häuser mit bunter Wäsche,“Vorstadt” II of 19…
Vibrant Southeast Asian Modern & Contemporary Art to Be Presented at Christie’s Spring Sales in May
HONG KONG.- Christie’s Southeast Asian Modern and Contemporary Art Spring Auction on 30 May, at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, presents distinctive highlights from some of the most vibrant and invigorating voices within Southeast As…
New York’s $30 Million MoMath Museum Aims to Add to Mathematics Appreciation
NEW YORK (AP).- Mathematics. It’s a subject that can elicit groans and exclamations of “boring.” But Glen Whitney, a former hedge-fund quantitative analyst, is betting he can change that with a formula that looks like this: math (equals) discovery (e…
Stanford Selects Diller Scofidio + Renfro to Design New Burton and Deedee McMurtry Building for the Arts
STANFORD, CA.- Stanford University announced today that it has selected Diller Scofidio + Renfro to design a new home for the Department of Art and Art History. The 90,000-square-foot Burton and Deedee McMurtry Building will serve as an interdisciplin…
Andy Warhol Painting Bought for $1,600 Could Fetch $30 Million at Christie’s Sale
NEW YORK, N.Y (REUTERS).- An Andy Warhol self-portrait purchased in 1963 for $1,600 on an installment plan is poised to fetch $30 million or more when it hits the auction block at Christie’s in May. “Self-Portrait,” a four-panel acrylic silkscreen dep…
Andy Warhol Painting Bought for $1,600 Could Fetch $30 Million at Christie’s Sale
NEW YORK, N.Y (REUTERS).- An Andy Warhol self-portrait purchased in 1963 for $1,600 on an installment plan is poised to fetch $30 million or more when it hits the auction block at Christie’s in May. “Self-Portrait,” a four-panel acrylic silkscreen dep…