LONDON.- Phillips de Pury & Company’s June Contemporary Art Evening sale realizes £11,243,350/$16,923,234 in total, selling 95% by value and 87% by lot. In a packed sale room at the Ballroom at Claridge’s there was active bidding in person a…
Sotheby’s London Impressionist & Modern Art Sale Series Achieves Total of $181,028,706
LONDON.- Yesterday, Sotheby’s London June Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale brought a total of £14,622,250/$23,484,796 /€16,436,842, bringing the total for the June Impressionist & Modern Art sale series to £111,590,250 / $181,028,706 /
Art Antiques London Consolidates Success with Strong Sales and Increased Visitor Numbers
LONDON.- Art Antiques London had much to celebrate when its doors closed on Wednesday 15th June after eight very busy days. The Fair acted as a magnet for collectors and connoisseurs with many established buyers visiting the Fair. Visitors commented o…
Impressive Prices at Bonhams Impressionist & Modern Art Sale
LONDON.- Bonhams Impressionist & Modern Art sale on Tuesday 21st June saw an exciting selection of works by artists including Modigliani, Chagall, Picasso, Renoir and Miro make a total of £3,571,440, with 94% sold by lot and 99% sold by value. The top…
Sotheby’s Sale of Contemporary Art to Be Led by a Stunning Work by Francis Bacon
LONDON.- Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Auction on 29 June in London will present a selection of works of major significance, including Francis Bacon’s stunning Crouching Nude of 1961. In 1959 the appearance of the first female nudes painted by Fr…
Confident Art Market Buzzes Ahead of Art Basel, London Sales at Christie’s and Sotheby’s
LONDON (REUTERS).- Billions of dollars of art will be on show in Basel at the annual fair this week and in London ahead of a big series of sales, with experts cautiously optimistic that buyers are set to snap up rare treasures. Art Basel, described as …
Contemporary Art on Sale in the Scottish Summer Exhibition at The Fleming Collection
LONDON.- Works by some of Scotland’s leading contemporary artists will go on sale in The Scottish Summer Exhibition to be held at The Fleming Collection from 10 June to 3 September 2011. Following on from last year’s successful inaugural sell…
GV Art Presents ‘Breath’ by Award Winning Australian Artist Helen Pynor
LONDON.- GV Art presents Breath by award winning Australian artist Helen Pynor. Pynor’s new body of work is a captivating and powerful portrayal of the interior of the human body, introducing a visual language that is at once anatomically explicit…
Daniel Buren to Create Permanent Artwork at Tottenham Court Road Tube Station
LONDON.- Art on the Underground announces that the renowned French artist Daniel Buren has been selected to create a new permanent installation for the upgraded Tube station at Tottenham Court Road. The rebuilding of Tottenham Court Road station is due…
United Kingdom’s Royal Academy of Arts Gives Artist Ai Weiwei Honorary Title
LONDON (REUTERS).- Britain’s Royal Academy has made detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei an honorary member alongside Danish painter Per Kirkeby, the prestigious London art institution said on Wednesday. The title of Honorary Academician goes to artists n…