NEW YORK, NY.- From April 19-26, artnet Auctions will celebrate Spring with 100 contemporary works by 40 artists including Damien Hirst, Robert Indiana, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Tom Wesselmann with estimates between US $2,000 and US $150,000. …
Rediscovered Rothko to Highlight Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announces the auction of a previously undocumented masterpiece by the great Abstract Expressionist Mark Rothko (1903-1970), to be offered as the highlight of the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale at Christie’…
Russian Businessman Evgeny Yurchenko Buys Vostok 3KA-2 Space Capsule at Sotheby’s
NEW YORK, NY.- Today at Sotheby’s, 50 years after Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to travel into outer space, the Vostok 3KA-2 Space Capsule that paved the way for his historic mission sold for $2,882,500 to Evgeny Yurchenko, ch…
Rediscovered Rothko to Highlight Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announces the auction of a previously undocumented masterpiece by the great Abstract Expressionist Mark Rothko (1903-1970), to be offered as the highlight of the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale at Christie’…
Mikhail Baryshnikov-Owned Russian Painting Sells for $746,500 at Sotheby’s in New York
NEW YORK, NY (AP).- A 19th century painting of St. Petersburg that Mikhail Baryshnikov purchased decades ago, and depicting the Russian city he loved, was auctioned Tuesday for $746,500 to benefit the famous dancer’s New York City performing arts cente…
Early Picasso to Highlight Christie’s Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale on May 4
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announces a special highlight of its Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on 4 May: Les enfants et les jouets, an extraordinary work by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) painted in the spring of 1901 when the artist was on…
Phillips de Pury & Company Announces Spectacular Results from the New York Photographs Auction
NEW YORK, NY.- Phillips de Pury & Company’s Photographs sale at 450 Park Avenue, comprising 260 lots, sold 94.5% by value and 90.4% by lot totaling $5,802,250 (including premium). Phillips de Pury & Company finalizes the New York Photographs week …
Bruce Silverstein Gallery Shows Works by Artists Who Found the Night to Be an Inspiring Subject
NEW YORK, NY.- Bruce Silverstein Gallery presents NIGHT, an exhibition of the work of Brassaï, Ilse Bing, Robert Doisneau and André Kertész. The leading artists working with photography in Europe during the 1920s and 30s found the night to be an ins…
West Coast Minimalist Artist, John McCracken, Dies at 76 in New York After a Long Illness
NEW YORK, NY.- John McCracken, a West Coast Minimalist artist who became known in the 1960s for his singular sculptural forms, has died in New York on April 8, 2011 due to complications from a long illness. He was 76. McCracken developed his earliest s…
Elizabeth Taylor’s Jewels, Art, Fashion and Memorabilia to Be Auctioned at Christie’s
NEW YORK, NY.- Elizabeth Taylor’s renowned collection of jewelry, works of art, clothing and memorabilia will be sold at a series of auctions, Christie’s said on Saturday. “Christie’s will be selling the historic collection of Elizabeth Taylor,” who di…