NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s today announced results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2010. 2010 brought the best financial results for Sotheby’s in its 267-year history, apart from 2007. Consolidated Sales* were $2.0 billion in…
Bolstered by Strong Results, Art Experts Upbeat About London February Auctions
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Bolstered by strong results last year, leading auction houses are hoping sales in London next month will ride an art market recovery after the sharp decline that sent prices tumbling in 2009. Art experts at Sotheby’s said they are …
Bolstered by Strong Results, Art Experts Upbeat About London February Auctions
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Bolstered by strong results last year, leading auction houses are hoping sales in London next month will ride an art market recovery after the sharp decline that sent prices tumbling in 2009. Art experts at Sotheby’s said they are …
Children’s Spontaneity "Wiped Out by Teaching" Claimed Beatrix Potter in Forthright Letters for Sale at Bonhams
LONDON.- Two letters written by Beatrix Potter just before the Second World War to the sculptress, Josefina de Vasconcellos, form part of an archive of papers being auctioned at Bonhams Printed Books, Maps and Manuscripts sale in London on 23 November …
Saatchi Gallery Opens Second Installment of Museum-Scale Survey of Emergent British Contemporary Art
LONDON.- On 27 October, the Saatchi Gallery opens Newspeak: British Art Now Part II, the second installment of the Gallery’s museum-scale survey of emergent British contemporary art. Newspeak: British Art Now Part II provides an expansive insight …
Sotheby’s Q2 Beats Wall Street on Strong Auction Sales
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s today announced results for the second quarter and first half ended June 30, 2010. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, auction and related revenues improved $118.8 million, or 79%, and $168.4 million, or 86%,…
Sotheby’s Q2 Beats Wall Street on Strong Auction Sales
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s today announced results for the second quarter and first half ended June 30, 2010. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, auction and related revenues improved $118.8 million, or 79%, and $168.4 million, or 86%,…
UK Coastal Town to Be Transformed by Six Contemporary Artists
LONDON.- Launching in September 2010,
Wonders of
Weston will feature artworks by six internationally renowned
contemporary
artists: Ruth Claxton, Tim Etchells, Lara Favaretto, Tania Kovats in
association
with landscape architects Grant Ass…
Fotomuseum Winterthur to Present Exhibition of Power and Violence, Disease & Death
Winterthur, Switzerland – Last year’s exhibition “Darkside I –
Photographic Desire and Sexuality Photographed” explored the role of
photography in the imaging of sexuality and desire. Now, the
sequel, “Darkside II”,…