David Hockney is the world’s most expensive living artist as of Thursday night, when “Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures),” his big, color-soaked picture from 1972, sold at Christie’s New York for $90.3 million. It’s a dubious distinction, given that the eighty-one-year-old British painter won’t see a cent of the proceeds. In the U.S.,…
On the historic premises of Künstlerverein Malkasten, the painting Storm at Sea, by Johannes Hermanus Koekkoek (1778-1851) — a leading master of Dutch maritime scenes — was returned to representatives of the Max and Iris Stern Foundation and its three university beneficiaries — Concordia University and McGill University in Montreal and Hebrew University, Jerusalem. It is the 18th painting recovered on behalf of the…
Was Banksy at the evening sale at Sotheby’s on Friday night? That was the question on everyone’s lips when one of the Bristolian street artist’s paintings mysteriously self-destructed as the contemporary auction drew to a close. Girl with a Balloon (2006) was the final lot of the night, and just as the canvas hammered at…
Christie’s announced today (13 September) that it will offer David Hockney ’s 1972 painting, Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures), in its evening post-war and contemporary art sale in New York on 15 November. Should it fetch near its estimate of $80m, it will be the highest auction price ever paid for a…
Leaning on romance of Rockefeller name and its appeal to international and first-time buyers, the auction house triumphed in its marathon week of sales Christie’s brilliant lesson in storytelling paid off in its auctions of the collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller this week in New York. Every single one of almost 900 lots offered…
Artnet News, Eileen Kinsella, 24.04.2018: “Is This the Next Auction Supernova? A Rare Modigliani Nude Carries a Record $150 Million Estimate at Sotheby’s” The painting, which was recently on view at Tate Modern, is reportedly owned by Irish billionaire horse breeder John Magnier. A reclining nude by Amedeo Modigliani is estimated to fetch in the region of $150…
Blouin Art Info, Mark Beech, 01.04.2018, “Picasso self-portrait set to fetch $70 million at Christie’s auction” Christie’s has raised the game with its May auctions with its announcement that it is to sell a Pablo Picasso self-portrait, seen as making as much as $70 million. “Le Marin,” an oil-on-canvas work executed on October 28, 1943, has long…
Geneva, Phillips press release, 16.02.2018 : Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo is proud to announce the sale of a historically important Omega wristwatch, once belonging to Elvis Presley. A highlight of Geneva Watch Auction: SEVEN taking place on 12 and 13 May, this exceptional timepiece, which was owned and worn by the rock and roll…
