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Women Lead As Sotheby’s Contemporary Sale Fetched $84M
Female artists were the standout performers in an otherwise lackluster contemporary art evening sale at Sotheby’s, which raked in $84 million.
Sotheby’s modern and contemporary evening sale in London on Tuesday brought in nearly £62.5…
Christie’s Design Sale A Moderate Success, Fetching $23.6M
Thanks to a Tiffany Studios work, the design sale at Christie’s brought in a combined total of $23.6 million even in a slow market.
On Thursday, Christie’s organized two auctions related to design works. The first was the “American…
Sotheby’s London To Sell Surrealist Collection Of Pauline Karpidas
The collection of British socialite Pauline Karpidas will hit Sotheby’s London and is expected to shatter records.
Considered the greatest collection of surrealist art in modern times, the Pauline Karpidas collection boasts names like…
Museum Races To Keep Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Within The UK
The Hepworth Wakefield Museum launched a public fundraiser to keep a rare Barbara Hepworth sculpture on British soil.
Titled Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red (1943), the sculpture is an elliptical object with a portion…
cerARTmic 2025: The Ceramic Art Fair Returns to Madrid
From June 5 to 8, 2025, cerARTmic brings together artists, galleries, and collectors for an unmissable celebration of ceramic art in the heart of Madrid.
After a successful debut in 2024, cerARTmic — Spain’s first contemporary art fair…
Artnet Gets Buy Offer From British Firm Amid Financial Troubles
London-based Beowolff Capital has made a public offering to take over financially struggling art giant Artnet AG.
If Beowolff Capital, managed by investor Andrew Evan Wolff, succeeds in the negotiations, it would make the company private…
Christie’s Auction Yields $96M And A Record For Female Artists
Christie’s 21st-century evening sale fetched a rather decent $96.4 million and an auction record for a living female artist.
The highlight of the evening was Miss January (1997) by Marlene Dumas. The portrait features a nude, blonde…
Sotheby’s Modern Art Auction Fetches $186M But Giacometti Flops
The modern art evening sale at Sotheby’s New York fetched an impressive $152 million (or $186.6 million including buyer’s premium).
A total of 60 lots went on the auction block and 50 ended up being sold, achieving a sell-through rate of…
Female Artists Shine In A Dull Phillips Auction
The Phillips New York auction managed to fetch only $52 million, although a few female artists got their spotlight.
The evening sale saw five lots being unsold while four others were withdrawn before the auction. This brought the…
Dubious Provenance Jeopardizes $32M Gustav Klimt Sale
A 2024 Gustav Klimt sale, worth $32 million, has fallen through after the buyer remained dissatisfied with the work's provenance.
In 2024, a sale for Portrait of Fräulein Lieser (1917) by Gustav Klimt was held at im Kinsky auction house…