HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s Hong Kong 20th Century Chinese Art Spring Sale will be held on 4 April offering a selection of 119 lots estimated at HK$117 million*. The auction will revolve around two major themes – Chinese abstract art and Modern Chinese …
Sotheby’s February Series Realises $394 Million: The Highest Total Achieved in London
LONDON.- Sotheby’s February Series of Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary Art auctions**, realised £242,109,075 / $393,550,838 / €286,186,170. This exceptional sum, which surpasses pre-sale expectations (combined pre-sale estimate for the…
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Appoints Curators to Chinese and Korean Art Department
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announce the appointments of Stephen Little to the position of department head and curator of Chinese and Korean art, as well as Christina Yu to the role of assistant curator of Chinese art…
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Appoints Curators to Chinese and Korean Art Department
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announce the appointments of Stephen Little to the position of department head and curator of Chinese and Korean art, as well as Christina Yu to the role of assistant curator of Chinese art…
A Masterpiece by Félix Vallotton Sells for $2,478,584 at Sotheby’s Swiss Art Auction
ZURICH.- Tonight’s “Swiss Art” Auction at Sotheby’s Zurich realised CHF 10,665,188 under the hammer of Dr. Claudia Steinfels, Director of Sotheby’s Zurich – within the pre-sale estimate of CHF 9,3-12,9 million. Félix Vall…
Gifts Enhance Metropolitan Museum’s Scholarly Activities in Cycladic and Early Greek Art
NEW YORK, NY.- The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today the gift to its Greek and Roman Art Department of an endowment fund from The Museum of Cycladic Art, in Athens, Greece. The gift, in memory of Dolly Goulandris, will support lectures about t…
Sotheby’s New York and London November Sales of Russian Art Realise $30.4 Million
LONDON.- The top-selling lot of the November Sales of Russian Art in London was Alexander Yakovlev’s 1926 oil on canvas The Kuli-Kuta Dance, Niamey, which sold for the within-estimate sum of £937,250 (Est. £800,000-1,000,000**). Two new artist r…
Sotheby’s New York and London November Sales of Russian Art Realise $30.4 Million
LONDON.- The top-selling lot of the November Sales of Russian Art in London was Alexander Yakovlev’s 1926 oil on canvas The Kuli-Kuta Dance, Niamey, which sold for the within-estimate sum of £937,250 (Est. £800,000-1,000,000**). Two new artist r…
Great Results From Christie’s Hong Kong Southeast Asian Modern & Contemporary Art Sale
HONG KONG.- Christie’s Hong Kong Fall 2010 Sale of Southeast Asian Modern & Contemporary Art on 29 November realised HK$56,738,250/ US$ 7,307,887, with 87% sold by lot and 98% sold by value. The top lot is the Walter Spies masterpiece Balinesishe Legen…
Great Results From Christie’s Hong Kong Southeast Asian Modern & Contemporary Art Sale
HONG KONG.- Christie’s Hong Kong Fall 2010 Sale of Southeast Asian Modern & Contemporary Art on 29 November realised HK$56,738,250/ US$ 7,307,887, with 87% sold by lot and 98% sold by value. The top lot is the Walter Spies masterpiece Balinesishe Legen…