MILAN.- Many International private collectors have participated to the Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Sale in Milan. I’m pleased to highlight – comments Stefano Moreni, Head of the department – the 1954 Natura Morta by Giorgio Morand…
Auction Houses in London Eye Russian Recovery Ahead of Next Week’s Sales
LONDON (REUTERS).-Rich Russians return to London next week for a series of art sales which auctioneers hope will prove the once-booming market is on a path to growth. Estimates suggest expectations are for solid gains on last year, although they are li…
Morandi and Fontana Lead the Milan Evening Sale of Modern and Contemporary Art at Sotheby’s
MILAN.- Many International private collectors have participated to the Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Sale in Milan. I’m pleased to highlight – comments Stefano Moreni, Head of the department – the 1954 Natura Morta by Giorgio Morand…
Bonhams Announce the Establishment of an Aboriginal Art Department Based in Sydney
LONDON.- Two former staff from the Aboriginal Art department at Sotheby’s Australia, Francesca Cavazzini and Greer Adams, have been employed by Bonhams as Specialists in Charge of the Aboriginal Art Department. The new department will be advised i…
Sotheby’s Reveals Full Depth and Range of Works to Be Featured in "Hurouf: The Art of the World"
LONDON.- Following Sotheby’s June announcement of ‘Hurouf: The Art of the Word’, its landmark calligraphic auction which will take place at the Ritz-Carlton hotel, Doha on the 16 December, 2010, Sotheby’s is delighted to reveal furt…
Sotheby’s Next Annual Turkish Contemporary Art Sale To Take Place on 7 April, 2011
LONDON.- Following the huge successes achieved by Sotheby’s in the field of Turkish Contemporary Art since pioneering international auctions in this collecting category in 2009, Sotheby’s confirms that its next sale of Turkish Contemporary Ar…
Sotheby’s Reveals Full Depth and Range of Works to Be Featured in "Hurouf: The Art of the World"
LONDON.- Following Sotheby’s June announcement of ‘Hurouf: The Art of the Word’, its landmark calligraphic auction which will take place at the Ritz-Carlton hotel, Doha on the 16 December, 2010, Sotheby’s is delighted to reveal furt…
Sotheby’s Next Annual Turkish Contemporary Art Sale To Take Place on 7 April, 2011
LONDON.- Following the huge successes achieved by Sotheby’s in the field of Turkish Contemporary Art since pioneering international auctions in this collecting category in 2009, Sotheby’s confirms that its next sale of Turkish Contemporary Ar…
Sotheby’s London Sees Strong Prices for Spanish, Scandinavian, Orientalist and Greek Art
LONDON.- Sotheby’s sale of 19th Century European Paintings in London today (which included works by Spanish, Orientalist, German, Austrian, Scandinavian and Symbolist artists) brought a total of £11,166,050 (€13,168,101), a figure comfortabl…
Comedian Steve Martin Novel "An Object of Beauty" Probes New York Art World
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Steve Martin glides from acting to music to writing so fluidly that he gives the impression it all comes easily to him. Martin admits “a certain kind of ease” with writing fiction, as exemplified in his new novel “An Object of Beau…